Friday, March 25, 2011
Rebecca Black Gets Career Boost From Ryan Seacrest
13-year-old Rebecca Black -- the phenom behind that "Friday" song -- has a good mentor, as in Ryan Seacrest ... because R.S. just helped Rebecca sign with a big music manager.
Rebecca did Ryan's radio show on Thursday, and afterward Ryan realized Rebecca and her mom were overwhelmed by the sudden burst of attention.
Sources tell us ... Ryan hooked Rebecca up with Debra Baum, a manager with DB Entertainment.
Rebecca has now signed with DB.
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Rebecca did Ryan's radio show on Thursday, and afterward Ryan realized Rebecca and her mom were overwhelmed by the sudden burst of attention.
Sources tell us ... Ryan hooked Rebecca up with Debra Baum, a manager with DB Entertainment.
Rebecca has now signed with DB.
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Why Do Radiohead Fans Insist There'll be a Sequel to 'The King of Limbs'?
Ever since Radiohead's eighth album The King of Limbs was released in February, a significant number of the band's fans have insisted that the eight-song record was the first part of a larger work or series of EPs. One website, The King of Limbs Part 2, is devoted to proving that a follow-up is in the pipeline. This is very odd, as the band have said absolutely nothing to support this theory and have consistently advertised The King of Limbs as a complete, discrete work.
It's easy to see why fans would believe more Radiohead music is on the way. The band set a precedent a decade ago by releasing Kid A and Amnesiac, two albums recorded during the same sessions, less than a year apart in 2000 and 2001. Members of the group have also talked about transitioning into abandoning the album format in favor of releasing EPs and singles in various interviews over the past few years.
The band clearly has an open mind about atypical releases and very well could put out more music in the near future. The peculiar thing is that so many fans are insisting that the 37-minute, 29-second-long album is not, in fact, an album at all, despite the band labeling it as such.
It could be that fans are disappointed that The King of Limbs is a relatively brief work, particularly after waiting four years since the group's previous record In Rainbows. Others may be let down by the muted, arty music (even compared to their experimental Kid A) on Limbs, and are eager to fit the record into a larger career narrative. Strangely, it could be that many people have forgotten that albums can be brief or contain a relatively small number of compositions after decades of track listings bloated by the expansive constraints of CDs.
In the vinyl era, it was not unusual at all for albums to have eight songs or fewer. Led Zeppelin's IV, Television's Marquee Moon, Patti Smith's Horses and Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure also contain 8 tracks. Steely Dan's Aja, Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express, Can's Tago Mago, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here and the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat all have fewer tracks.
In terms of album length, 37:29 is longer than a host of classic albums including the Beatles' Revolver, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, Joni Mitchell's Blue, Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, Wire's Pink Flag, Slayer's Reign in Blood and Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out.
It's not even usual for recent records to be so brief. Joanna Newsom's acclaimed album Ys has five tracks, while Sleigh Bells' celebrated debut Treats from last year clocks in at a lean 32:04.
Though many of Radiohead's fans are old-school obsessives who are willing to pore over the band's website and artwork searching for clues that may lead to new music, a lot of them seem to have very rigid notions of what an album can be.
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It's easy to see why fans would believe more Radiohead music is on the way. The band set a precedent a decade ago by releasing Kid A and Amnesiac, two albums recorded during the same sessions, less than a year apart in 2000 and 2001. Members of the group have also talked about transitioning into abandoning the album format in favor of releasing EPs and singles in various interviews over the past few years.
The band clearly has an open mind about atypical releases and very well could put out more music in the near future. The peculiar thing is that so many fans are insisting that the 37-minute, 29-second-long album is not, in fact, an album at all, despite the band labeling it as such.
It could be that fans are disappointed that The King of Limbs is a relatively brief work, particularly after waiting four years since the group's previous record In Rainbows. Others may be let down by the muted, arty music (even compared to their experimental Kid A) on Limbs, and are eager to fit the record into a larger career narrative. Strangely, it could be that many people have forgotten that albums can be brief or contain a relatively small number of compositions after decades of track listings bloated by the expansive constraints of CDs.
In the vinyl era, it was not unusual at all for albums to have eight songs or fewer. Led Zeppelin's IV, Television's Marquee Moon, Patti Smith's Horses and Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure also contain 8 tracks. Steely Dan's Aja, Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express, Can's Tago Mago, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here and the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat all have fewer tracks.
In terms of album length, 37:29 is longer than a host of classic albums including the Beatles' Revolver, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, Joni Mitchell's Blue, Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, Wire's Pink Flag, Slayer's Reign in Blood and Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out.
It's not even usual for recent records to be so brief. Joanna Newsom's acclaimed album Ys has five tracks, while Sleigh Bells' celebrated debut Treats from last year clocks in at a lean 32:04.
Though many of Radiohead's fans are old-school obsessives who are willing to pore over the band's website and artwork searching for clues that may lead to new music, a lot of them seem to have very rigid notions of what an album can be.
Source
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sources Say Britney Spears Has Scheduled Bay Area Coheadlining Concert
Britney Spears has been causing near heart attacks for weeks as fans in the Bay Area tried to figure out exact details about her Good Morning America performance in the Castro. Between yesterday’s sudden venue change and this morning’s ticket frenzy, the highly anticipated show has proved frustrating for many fans. If you weren’t able to get your hands on tickets for this Sunday’s GMA show, we’ve got some good news. Sources are telling us that Spears has scheduled another performance in the Bay Area!
Sources say that Britney has already scheduled another concert date in the Bay Area as part of an all out tour in support of her album Femme Fatale. The exact date has not been released, however, they assure us that you don’t want to miss this next tour date. She’ll be hitting the road with a very high-profile co-headliner. All the info is expected to be announced very soon. We’ll have the information for you first, as soon as it is released.
Hogg & Pease speculate on the potential coheadliner below.
Sources say that Britney has already scheduled another concert date in the Bay Area as part of an all out tour in support of her album Femme Fatale. The exact date has not been released, however, they assure us that you don’t want to miss this next tour date. She’ll be hitting the road with a very high-profile co-headliner. All the info is expected to be announced very soon. We’ll have the information for you first, as soon as it is released.
Hogg & Pease speculate on the potential coheadliner below.
Kanye West and Jay-Z have completed their new joint album
Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch The Throne' album is complete apart from "little tweaks".
Producer Guru said the bulk of recording is complete and he's currently doing his best to get the rap superstars to "hurry up" in completing it.
He told Vibe.com: "Right now, I'm really trying to get Jay and Kanye to hurry up and finish this 'Watch The Throne' album because the world needs to hear it.
"It just needs little tweaks and things like that. But the core of the album is finished. Kanye takes what contributing producers do and adds on to it and I think that's his genius."
One track from the album, 'H.A.M.', has already been released digitally, but fellow rapper Talib Kweli said the song is not representative of the overall album.
He said: "I think the most unexpected part is kind of out the way with 'H.A.M.' That was probably the last kind of track I was expecting to hear from Jay and Kanye, but they definitely have some tricks up their sleeves.
"And they have some types of songs that you would think they might have. They really did a good job at covering all aspects, from the songs I've heard."
In February it was reported Kanye and Jay took over a whole floor of the Mercer hotel in New York to lay down tracks for the album, and they also held recording sessions in England last year.
No release date for 'Watch The Throne' has been set yet.
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Producer Guru said the bulk of recording is complete and he's currently doing his best to get the rap superstars to "hurry up" in completing it.
He told Vibe.com: "Right now, I'm really trying to get Jay and Kanye to hurry up and finish this 'Watch The Throne' album because the world needs to hear it.
"It just needs little tweaks and things like that. But the core of the album is finished. Kanye takes what contributing producers do and adds on to it and I think that's his genius."
One track from the album, 'H.A.M.', has already been released digitally, but fellow rapper Talib Kweli said the song is not representative of the overall album.
He said: "I think the most unexpected part is kind of out the way with 'H.A.M.' That was probably the last kind of track I was expecting to hear from Jay and Kanye, but they definitely have some tricks up their sleeves.
"And they have some types of songs that you would think they might have. They really did a good job at covering all aspects, from the songs I've heard."
In February it was reported Kanye and Jay took over a whole floor of the Mercer hotel in New York to lay down tracks for the album, and they also held recording sessions in England last year.
No release date for 'Watch The Throne' has been set yet.
Source
Rihanna to Perform with Sugarland at Academy of Country Music Awards
Rihanna is going a little bit country. The pop siren will join country duo Sugarland for a special performance at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Ryan Seacrest reports that RiRi and Sugarland frontwoman Jennifer Nettles will duet on a country-tinged version of “California King Bed,” a ballad from the Barbados singer’s latest album Loud.
Fellow songbirds Beyoncé and Keri Hilson have both previously performed with Sugarland at the American Music Awards and “VH1 Divas Salute the Troops.”
The ACM Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 3 at 8 p.m. on CBS. Other performers include Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Reba, Carrie Underwood, and more.
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Ryan Seacrest reports that RiRi and Sugarland frontwoman Jennifer Nettles will duet on a country-tinged version of “California King Bed,” a ballad from the Barbados singer’s latest album Loud.
Fellow songbirds Beyoncé and Keri Hilson have both previously performed with Sugarland at the American Music Awards and “VH1 Divas Salute the Troops.”
The ACM Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 3 at 8 p.m. on CBS. Other performers include Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Reba, Carrie Underwood, and more.
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