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Up to the minute breaking news from the world of music, from the editors of Rolling Stone.
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Top Stories: December 4, 2008
• Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominees
• Oasis, Ryan Adams Open U.S. Tour
• Grammy Nomination Show Live Blog
• Busta Rhymes’ Controversial “Arab Money”
• Hot Scene: Laurel Canyon
• Slash, Melissa Etheridge Protest Prop 8
• Hudson Family Killed In “Jealous Rage”
• M.I.A. Pays Tribute to K-Swift
• Hype Monitor Featuring The Hours
• Weezer Record Christmas Tunes For iPhone
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Hot Scene: The Return of Laurel Canyon
California’s Laurel Canyon is one of rock’s most mythic neighborhoods: Where Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young first folded their voices into one beautiful harmony; where Zappa welcomed artists including Hendrix and Mick Jagger to parties at his infamous “Log Cabin” in 1968. Laurel Canyon was the inspiration for the Doors’ “Love Street,” the Mamas and [...]
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Slash, Melissa Etheridge, Jack Black Protest California?s Prop 8
Two months ago, voters in California approved Proposition 8, which banned same sex marriage in the state. Since then, a wave of protests have popped up throughout the state in opposition to the new law. Many rockers have weighed in on the situation, including Slash, who made the video above with his wife Perla to [...]
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M.I.A. Breaks Hiatus to Pay Tribute to K-Swift
Radio and club DJ K-Swift, who passed away earlier this year in a swimming pool accident, tirelessly championed her hometown’s bombastic brand of hip-hop/dance music known as Baltimore club. Swift’s longtime record label, Unruly Records, will release a tribute album, K-Swift’s Greatest Hits, next Tuesday, December 9th, which will show just how far the DJ’s [...]
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On the Breaking Blog: Hype Monitor Featuring The Hours
In the big box retailer that is the Internet music community, it’s hard to determine what are the really good deals and what are just empty promises. That’s why the Breaking blog brings you Hype Monitor once a week, which acts as your personal shopper in the Wal-Mart of life. Click below for this week’s [...]
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Oasis and Ryan Adams Deliver Workmanlike Rock in Oakland
Photograph by Tim Mosenfelder for RollingStone.com
Manchester, England’s Oasis and New York’s Ryan Adams & the Cardinals both focused on workmanlike songcraft as they opened the United States stretch of their joint world tour last night in Oakland, California. Although both bands are known for the verbal swagger of their respective leaders, Oasis and the Cardinals [...]
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Busta Rhymes? Controversial ?Arab Money? Gets DJ Suspended
Photo: Getty
Busta Rhymes’ new song “Arab Money” continues to be a lightning rod for controversy, with one UK DJ being suspended after playing the Quran-sampling track on the radio. Steve “Smooth” Sutherland was suspended from his popular show after the song’s broadcast resulted complaints from listeners. In the song’s chorus, the first chapter of the [...]
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Weezer Record Christmas Songs For iPhone Game
Photo: Getty
Weezer have teamed with the makers of Tap Tap Revenge for a new, Christmas-inspired game for the iPhone. The band have recorded new versions of six classic holiday songs for the game, which “takes full advantage of the innovative Multi-Touch capabilities and accelerometer as players tap and shake their phones.” Get your thumbs ready [...]
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News Ticker: Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, Tori Amos, Britney Spears
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After touring the bulk of 2008, Trent Reznor told fans that Nine Inch Nails would likely cease touring “for the foreseeable future” following their 2009 concerts. “Forgive me for having a Kanye West moment,” Reznor wrote, “but this was FOR SURE the best show of the year.”
A film about the life of original AC/DC [...]
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Jennifer Hudson?s Family Killed In ?Jealous Rage,? Say Prosecutors
Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were all killed “in a jealous rage,” according to a prosecutor on the case. At a bail hearing yesterday, it was revealed that William Balfour thought his wife, Hudson’s sister, was seeing another man. Balfour was charged with three counts of murder in the first degree, plus another charge [...]
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