Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladehawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.
Yet another example of something cool coming from New Jersey besides The Sopranos and Bruce Springsteen. The Gaslight Anthem has shaken up the punk rock community, so much that even Pitchfork likes them. We spoke with the band about their recent release American Slang, and also about Justin Bieber. Believe it or not, they are not Justin Bieber fans.
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.
Ever wanted to look like Avril Lavigne? Well now is your chance. Canada’s punk princess has conquered the music world and now is out to conquer the fashion world with her new line Abbey Dawn. Jordan spoke with Avril and her husband Deryck about the newest project during the Toronto launch.
Folk-punk band “This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb” released their first single 12 years ago, and have developed a dedicated group of fans since. One fan in particular tagged his bike with a sticker, and learned his lesson the hard way.
According to chartattack.com, the bicycle was discovered bearing a sticker with the band’s name near the passenger ramps at a terminal in Memphis International Airport on Monday. An airport police officer mistook the sticker for an actual threat. The ticketing and baggage claim desks at the terminal were closed down and people were evacuated while a canine unit sniffed around, to no avail.
Other measures were took to ensure the safety of the airport. Traffic was briefly shut down at a portion of the airport, and the owner of the bike was detained an searched by authorities before being released.
This isn’t the first bike mistook for a pipe bomb because of the band’s stickers. There have been similar incidents in Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania in the past and have resulted in building closures, arrests and destruction of the bikes.
Chartattack.com also posted the band’s reactions to these incidents:
“I was at work and just kind of freaked out,” lead singer/guitarist Ryan Modee told the Pensacola News Journal on Thursday of his reaction to hearing about the incident. “I was like, ‘Oh God, not again. How could this be happening?”
Along with Modee, TBIAPB contains bassist/vocalist Terry Johnson and drummer Teddy Helmick. Their latest album was released last year, entitled ‘Convertible’.
“Never surrender” is punk music’s rallying call, and supporters of CBGB’s are taking that message to heart as they plan a last-ditch effort to save the famed New York rock club.
CBGB?s will host a benefit show almost every night during August, the last month of its lease, The Associated Press reports.
The ?Save CBGB?s campaign? will be capped off on the 31st by a public rally and concert at Washington Square Park, said singer/songwriter/”The Sopranos” star Little Steven Van Zandt, who has been involved in the preservation efforts for the last few weeks.
The club is battling its landlord, the Bowery Residents Committee (BRC), over back rent and an increase to the monthly rental cost, which is about $19,000. The committee provides shelter for homeless people in the building that houses the club.
The conflict, which sees the club?s impending closure in September, stems mainly from a series of rent hikes. According to CBGB?s spokesperson Scott Goodstein, the BRC raised the rent on the building several times without properly informing the club and later brought the issue to court to collect interest. The most recent dispute concerns about $80,000 in back rent the BRC claims it is owed.
Van Zandt said a proposal was submitted to the landlord last week which offered to pay more rent and host events to raise money for the cause. He said no response to the proposal has been received.
Van Zandt, who has played with Bruce Springsteen?s E Street Band, spoke of the plans for the month-long campaign during a news conference Monday. He was accompanied by musicians such as Tommy Ramone and punk journalists, as well as Hilly Kristal, the founder and owner of the rock club.
?CBGB is the last real rock ?n? roll club,? said Van Zandt, according to New York Daily News. ?There?s nothing like it left in the world.
?It?s a club that embodies the spirit of New York ? people with nothing, rising to something successful.?
Ramone, whose band The Ramones used to play at the club, said CBGB?s is a part of history. ?This is one of the last vestiges of old New York ? what it was and what it could be in the future.?
After the news conference, Blondie?s Deborah Harry took the stage for an impromptu jam session.
Dozens of punk and indie acts are slated to play the upcoming benefit shows, including Chevelle, Living Colour, Kid Dynamite, The Exit, Dead Boys, Against Me and The Vandals.
Beyond the shows, artists such as The Bangles, Elvis Costello and Sting have donated memorabilia for a fundraising auction.
More details about the campaign will be posted online (savecbgb.org), where supporters can also offer donations and add their names to a petition.
Kristal founded CBGB?s in December 1973, with its initials standing for ?country bluegrass blues? ? the type of music Kristal originally meant for the venue to host. Although he also gave it the surname Omfug (signifying ?other music for uplifting gormandizers ? the latter words described by Kristal as ?a voracious eater of, in this case, music?), the club became known as simply CBGB?s.
The club, located in the city?s Lower East Side, is considered to be the birthplace of punk and has acquired legendary status in New York?s music history. It was there that previously little-known acts such as The Ramones, Talking Heads, and Blondie kick-started the U.S. punk and New Wave scene in the 1980s. In those days, the small crowds would pay a $1 cover charge.
The Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna and Paul McCartney have had some of the highest-grossing tours in recent memory. But if you see one of them one summer, chances are they won’t hit your city again for another few years.
There is one tour that returns year after year?this is its eleventh year?and that’s the Warped Tour.
The Warped Tour is unique because it brings together almost every punk band for a summer long outing. Established bands (The Offspring), hot bands of the moment (My Chemical Romance) and up and coming acts (Fall Out Boy) all co-exist in an informal setting with no preferential service. It doesn’t matter if you’ve gone triple-platinum or are looking for a record deal; lunch is served at noon.
And they go all summer without controversy. There’s the very odd band scuffle, but it’s like a summer camp, and every band is thrilled to be a part of it; even Good Charlotte, who were booed last year because they put too much pop into pop-punk. “Warped Tour’s kind of like a community,” Joel Madden told andPOP last summer. “It’s not about the money, it’s about being part of the Warped Tour. I’ll play Warped Tour for free if I had to. When you play it, you become a part of it.” Turns out they aren’t back this year, but the fans probably aren’t complaining.
So why aren’t more genres trying this? Here’s why:
-Hip-hop- 50 Cent has a beef with everyone. Even if he’s not on the tour, one of his G-Unit members will be, or Emimen, or Dr. Dre, or someone associated with him. There are far too many beefs in the rap world that a hip-hop tour with 50 artists going from city to city all summer will never happen. That’s a certainty. If 50′s on the tour, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, and The Game won’t be. If Jay-Z signs up, Nas and R. Kelly drop out. No R&B singers will dare to commit, out of fear that the audience will jeer them off the stage for not being tough enough. It’s a shame because few hip-hop artists tour extensively, and it would be a great chance for people to see artists that don’t normally visit their city.
-Country- First, it would be hard to secure big artists like Faith Hill and Shania Twain because they’re making 6-figures for every concert on their own tours. Second, country music is trash, nobody would go (ok that’s my bias, and fine, lots of people will go, but wouldn’t it be great if nobody showed up and country music just, well, stopped?). Third, all the artists will break the audience’s achy hearts with their tear-jerking music, there wouldn’t be enough Kleenex in each city to go around (Editor’s note: country fans can send their complaints to Adam on the contact page).
-Pop- Who’s going to perform, the Backstreet Boys? There are no pop acts left, and if there are, they say they’re rock or hip-hop. Try telling Ashlee Simpson she’s pop and she’ll hit you with her never-working microphone. Her sister Jessica is too busy making movies in scantily-clad shorts. Leave her to be. And heaven forbid a pop tour.
-Jazz- what a great tour that would be, except the average age of a jazz artist is 82.
Somehow those punk kids know what they’re doing.
