Emerging from the depths of Dublin, Ireland, to the top of the charts, The Script and their unique sound have taken the world of music by storm, selling an excess of a million records along the way.
“Nobody can put our sound in a box,” said Mark Sheehan, the band’s lead guitarist. “We often here that we are ‘the hip-hop version of U2,’ or, ‘Timbaland mixed with Coldplay.’ It’s just pop music, with a little less pop, I suppose.”
The unique sound, however, did not front them into fame overnight. For it was a long and painful road to stardom, littered with tons of snags, obstacles and traps along the way.
“My mother had been terminally ill for about 10 months, and in the middle of recording our first album, she passed away,” said Sheehan. “About four months after that, Danny’s father passed away.”
Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory, two of indie music’s heavyweights, have come together to release a short 4-song EP titled, The Swiss Army Bromance.
The bands have taken an interesting twist with the new release by playing each other’s songs.
The track listing is as follows:
After months of speculation, Pete Wentz has confirmed that his band, Fall Out Boy, is no longer together.
The pop bassist stated on his blog that “Fall Out Boy is on break … but I can’t predict that I’d ever play in Fall Out Boy again.”
If that’s not enough, then just hear what frontman Patrick Stump had to say.
“I am not in Fall Out Boy right now,” he told Spin.com.
Miramax has come crumbling down.
According to slashfilm.com, Disney plans to close the doors of the studio which is known for distributing films that launched the careers of Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Steven Soderbergh and more.
Kevin Smith made the following comment on the closure:
According to MTV, rapstars Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne will team up with Blink-182′s legendary drummer, Travis Barker, for a special performance at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.
They will be performing Drake’s collaborated track titled, “Forever.”
On the recorded version of the track, Kanye West also contributes his vocal talent. However, he will not be performing (perhaps keeping him away from award ceremonies is a good thing for a little while – especially when Taylor Swift is around).
After last year’s bizarre bearded public appearances, Joaquin Phoenix has finally shown his face – and it’s clean shaven!
Phoenix recently appeared in a promotional video for suicide prevention organization To Write Love On Her Arms alongside Miley Cyrus and Liv Tyler.
TWLOHA is a non-profit organization aimed at finding help for people struggling with self-injury, addiction, depression and suicidal thoughts.
In the video, Cyrus shows Phoenix how to log onto www.twloha.com.
Yepp – More Haitian relief.
Pop-punkers Blink-182 can now be added to the long list of celebrities who have contributed to Haitian aid.
The band has released a new t-shirt with the “Blink-182 bunny” holding a Haitian flag, and according to Mark Hoppus’s twitter account, the shirts are being sold for $15 with one hundred per cent of the proceeds going directly to the Red Cross.
After only a few days, the shirts have already raised $30,000.00.
After solid ratings throughout its first two seasons, Heartland, the sprawling family drama set against the vistas of the Alberta Rocky Mountains, has become one of CBC’s biggest shows in its third season, drawing in over a million viewers every week.
“It kind of freaks you out,” Graham Wardle, who plays Ty Borden, tells andPOP. “You try not to think about it though. I just get up there and do my job.”
Ty is a man guilty of having a checkered past. Working closely with his girlfriend Amy Fleming (Amber Marshall), Ty’s life is seemingly back on track.
Wade McNeil, guitarist/vocalist of Alexisonfire, stated that his band will be taking an extra step to help those in need in Haiti.
The statement is as follows:
“In light of the recent tragedy in Haiti, we [Alexisonfire] have been thinking about how to help. With a disaster of this magnitude, we feel the easiest way for us to get involved is by donating money.
This will help get clean water, sanitation and medical supplies, food, and temporary shelter to the people who need it the most in Jacmel and Port-au-Prince. We will be donating all the proceeds from our online store for the month of January to the relief effort.”
“Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief” has announced a stellar series of concerts with all proceeds going to Haitian relief.
A superstar lineup of Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting will Appear in New York City.
Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, ?Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow will take to the stage in Los Angeles.
And finally, Coldplay, Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna will perform in London.
More than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music will appear on “Hope for Haiti Now,” including Wyclef Jean, George Clooney, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Girls, mark your calenders.
The release of New Moon on DVD has been announced for March 20th.
Accompanying the film is a six-part behind-the-scenes documentary, rehearsal footage from Muse, music videos from Death Cab For Cutie, Anya Marina, and Mute Math, and commentary from Chris Weitz (director), and Peter Lambert (editor).
Legendary Rush drummer, Neil Peart, recorded a new rock version of ‘The Hockey Theme” last month.
His rendition of the song made its television debut Thursday night on TSN, kicking off the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs game. The new track will be heard during select TSN broadcasts throughout the remainder of the NHL season.
In the video accompanying the new song, Peart showcases his custom drum kit that features the logos of all 30 NHL teams.
Peart was more than thrilled to combine two of his favourite interests.
Garage-punk king Jay Reatard (born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.) was found dead on Wednesday in his Memphis home.
The 29-year-old burst onto the music scene at the young age of 15.
Rumors of his death ran rampant Wednesday morning, but it wasn’t until late afternoon that Goner Records, Reatard’s record label, officially confirmed it. Their message board read, “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. Jay died in his sleep last night.”
Memphis police have opened an investigation into his death.
R.I.P.
What a sad day for Hannah Montana fans (and happy day for Hannah Montana)
The infamous blonde wing and cowboy boots are being hung up. Perhaps for good.
After about a year of speculation, a Disney representative confirmed that the Hannah Montana show will end after the fourth and final season.
Harrison Ford is ready.
Despite being 67 years of age, he holds high hopes that he will, once again, take to the screen as the lovable, adventuring archaeologist known as Indiana Jones.
According to MTV, Ford stated that he is keen on making a new addition to the legendary four-part film series.
After the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have announced that they have donated $1 million towards relief in Haiti.
According to MuchMusic.com, The Jolie-Pitt Foundation, as the couple identifies themselves, made the donation towards Doctors Without Borders, an organization that saw each of it’s Haitian hospitals destroyed.
“It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades,” said Jolie.
According to a teaser for “The Blinkumentary,” a documentary focusing on the reunion of pop-punk legends, Blink-182, the band is hitting the studio this month to continue the sessions for their new album.
Tom DeLonge, guitarist and singer of the trio, stated that the album is shaping up to be the best thing they’ve ever done in their collective lives.
“No one really knows what to expect from the next Blink record,” said Delonge. “I’ve always said that this band can do anything, but at this point, if you look at our careers and everything that we have done independently and outside of Blink, we did some of the best growing as musicians on the last Blink record and immediately afterwards.”
Rock favourites, Kings of Leon, are moving from your iPod and into your closet. Relax girls, not literally.
According to MuchMusic.com, the group has teamed up with Surface to Air, a Parisian fashion label, and are debuting a new line of clothing titled S2A x KOL.
The new line is composed of rock-inspired formal wear, leather jackets, accessories, jewelry and more.
For a glimpse of what to expect, check out Vogue.com.
S2A KOL is planned to launch this month.
Debuting on FX Network on Jan. 14, is “Archer” – a satirical, animated comedy fusing the spy thriller worlds of James Bond and Jason Bourne with that of Austin Powers.
The series is set in the confines of the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), a spy agency where espionage and global crises are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray and royally screw each other.
Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), the protagonist of the series, must juggle his numerous romantic liaisons, his ex-girlfriend/fellow agent, Lana Kane (Aisha Tyler), the jealousy of ISIS comptroller, Cyril Figgis (Chris Parnell), and his mother, Malory Archer (Jessica Walter).
Having sold over 24.3 million digital tracks, Taylor Swift has become the highest-selling digital artist in music history, according to sales figures released yesterday by Nielsen SoundScan.
In addition, her most recent album, Fearless, was 2009’s top-seller, with an excess of 3.2 million copies sold.
Swift also claimed both the first and second positions on Nielsen’s Top 10 Most Played Songs chart, with “You Belong With Me” at #1, and “Love Story,” at #2.
