The Year in Breaking Artists: Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson and More December 31, 2008
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsWe love it when Breaking Artists make good and wind up on our Best Albums of the Year list, like Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson, the Knux and Bon Iver did in 2008. Here’s a look back at their Breaking videos, plus two bonus clips — Deerhunter busking on a Brooklyn street and Sam Champion rocking […]
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On the Travers Take: The Best Movies - And Biggest Letdowns - of 2008
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsWhat were the best movies of the year? What were the worst letdowns? Peter Travers explains what was so great about Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight — and why 007 flick Quantum of Solace, hideous epic Australia and vampire love story Twilight were massive cinematic bummers.• […]
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On the Charts: Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Britney Spears Lead the Charge in Big Sales Week
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsThe Big News: Taylor Swift managed to keep the top spot on love lockdown for yet another week, selling 262,000 more copies of Fearless (which went double platinum). Platinum was the theme of the week as Britney Spears’ Circus, Nickelback’s Dark Horse, Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak and the Twilight soundtrack all crossed the million-selling […]
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Rock Daily By the Numbers: The Official 2008 Blog-Down
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsWith 2008 on the verge of becoming a distant, boozy memory, join the Rock Daily crew as we look back at the year that was. Ah, 2008, the year Chinese Democracy became a reality, Obama was elected President, Britney Spears went from crazy mama to hot mami. To quote our favorite Kanye West rant of […]
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Guns n? Roses Guitarist Denies ?Chinese Democracy? Tour Rumor He Allegedly Started
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsWell, that was fast. Just days after telling a St. Louis newspaper that Guns n’ Roses were planning a two-year tour set to embark in March, guitarist Richard Fortus is now saying he was “misquoted” in the article. “OK, it seems that I am being misquoted once again,” Fortus told fans in a statement. “I […]
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On the Smoking Section: Exclusive Love As Laughter Performance
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsBrooklyn rockers Love As Laughter’s 2008 disc Holy — a Smoking Section favorite — was produced with a little help from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, who signed the band to his Epic imprint, Glacial Pace. The crew recently popped by the Rolling Stone offices to perform “Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz” from Holy, as well as their […]
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News Ticker: Jennifer Hudson, Hard Rock Park and DMX
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsJennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law William Balfour was indicted on three charges of murder and one count of home invasion for allegedly killing Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew in October. Prosecutors painted Balfour as a “jealous man” who murdered his ex-wife Julia Hudson’s family because he thought Julia had a new boyfriend.The Hard Rock amusement park […]
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Las Vegas Faker Than Usual on New Year?s Eve
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsIn true Las Vegas fashion, Sin City will usher in the New Year with “Tribute Palooza,” a concert featuring performances by David Bowie, the Eagles, U2, Kiss, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Aerosmith and Billy Joel… impersonators. 2U will substitute for U2, Queen Nation will copycat Freddie Mercury, Aeromyth will channel Aerosmith, the Long Run will […]
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Reminder: Foo Fighters, Jack Black Pay Tribute to the Who at Kennedy Center Honors Tonight December 30, 2008
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyTonight the Kennedy Center Honors airs at 9 p.m. on CBS. Why do you care? Because it’s the generally stuffy Washington, D.C. affair’s most rocking ceremony in its 31-year history: As we reported from the scene earlier this month, the Who will be the first-ever rock band honored at the event, which this year […]
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Devendra Banhart?s Megapuss Joins Fab Moretti?s Little Joy for New Video
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsFreak-folk icon Devendra Banhart’s new project Megapuss pals around with Fab Moretti’s (of the Strokes) side project Little Joy — who you may remember from their exclusive Smoking Section performance — in the latter’s new video for “No One’s Better Sake.” Dig the Seventies, Sesame Street-style graphics above.Related Stories:• Album Review: Megapuss’ Surfing• Devendra Banhart’s […]
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