Monthly Archives: June 2007

addicto | 06.29.07

Sonic Youth’s Starbucks

  • Arrest Warrant Issued For Man Accused Of Ordering Foxy Brown Attack
    … Woman Charged With Attacking Foxy Freed; Brown Refuses To Testify
  • Busta Rhymes Working On 8th Album
  • McCartney’s L.A. Record Store Gig Review: ’90 Minutes Of Intimacy, Bliss’
  • P.J. Harvey To Release Piano-Based Album In September
  • Lily Allen Impersonates Amy Winehouse
  • Morrissey Cancels NYC show
    … To Tour Iran?
    … Photo Illustration: President Ahmadinejad As Morrissey
  • Jacko’s Family Fears For His Life
    … Says He’s Addicted To Drugs
    … ‘Vomiting Blood’
    … Plans Intervention
  • Paul Weller Plans Double Album
  • Another Van Halen Reunion Tour?
  • Spice Girls Reunion Tour Already On The Rocks?
  • An Irreverent Live Earth Preview
  • Video: R.E.M. Debuts New Songs In Dublin
  • Ashanti, Nelly Do Their Best Beyonce-Jay-Z On New Single
  • Linkin Park Singer Stalked
  • ‘Health Emergency’: Ted Leo Cancels U.K. Dates
    … Scraps Remainder Of European Tour
  • John Peel’s Legendary Studio to Close
  • Fergie Signs Product Placement Deal
    … To Write Tunes For Candie’s From Scratch
  • Eddie Vedder Signs On For Sonic Youth’s Starbucks CD
  • Lily Allen Questioned For Alleged Assault On Photog
  • Emily Haines Preps EP
  • New Courtney Love Track: ‘Terrible’
  • Live Video: Man Man @ Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool
  • addicto | 06.28.07

    Spice Girls

  • Spice Girls To Kick Off World Tour In L.A.
    … Nine-Cities
  • Sales Slow For Hamburg Live Earth
  • Eve Sentenced To Wear Alcohol-Monitoring Ankle Bracelet
  • Prosecutor, Pathologist Spar @ Spector Trial
  • Idol Runner-Up Blake Promises New Music
  • Video: Goth Meets Crunk
  • House Committee Begins Internet Radio Royalty Hearings
    … Video: WOXY Testimony
  • Prince To Give Away Copies Of New Album With Sunday Paper
    … Insults U.K. Record Shops
  • Andre 3000 Gets Animated
  • 50 Cent Explains BET Awards Mishap
    … ‘I Just Wasn’t Concentrating’
    … To Play Hard Rock Cafe In NYC
    … Video: 50’s BET Performance
  • Pitchfork Fest Sold Out
  • 20 Loudest Albums Of All-Time
  • Metric Side Project Bang Lime Announce Album, Tour
  • Air Announce West Coast Shows
  • Lauryn Hill ‘Lost’ At Comeback Show
  • New Videos: Art Brut
    … Ryan Adams On Letterman
  • Is Hip-Hop The New Heavy Metal?
  • Afro-Punk Filmmakers Speak Out
  • Blue Note Jazz Club Sued By Waitress
  • McCartney Rocks L.A. Record Store
  • addicto | 06.27.07

    Bon Jovi’s Lost

  • Bon Jovi: First No. 1 Album since 1988
    … Sell 292,000 Copies Of Lost Highway
    Thump White Stripes
  • Avril To Headline Fashion Rocks
  • Spector Trial Update
    … Defense Expert: Clarkson Committed Suicide
  • Interscope Record Enters Beverage Industry
  • BET Awards: Beyonce, Hudson Top Winners
    … Backstage
    … Public Enemy Pay Tribute To James Brown
    … Video: Beyonce
    … 50
  • Jacko, R. Kelly, Others Slap Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club With Federal Lawsuit
  • Amy Winehouse Carves Husbands Name Into Torso With Mirror Shard
  • My Chemical Romance: ‘Marilyn Manson Is Two-Faced’
  • Spice Girls To Reunite With Tech-Aided Vocals
  • Rossdale Fuels Bush Reunion Rumors
  • iPhone iNsanity Won’t Effect Music Industry
  • Larry King Interviews John, Ringo, Yoko
    … Calls Ringo ‘George’
    … How Not To Interview The Beatles
    … Video!
  • Morrissey Cancels Shows Due To Throat Infection
    … Abruptly Ends Boston Gig After 30 Minute Set
  • Behold! Prince’s New Fragrance!
  • Sonic Youth To Play Free L.A. Show For Indie Radio
  • Lily Allen Begins Work On Second Album
  • Rogue Wave Sign To Jack Johnson Label
  • New Videos: Kanye West
    … Blitzen Trapper
    … Ryan Adams
  • Meat Puppets Announce Tour
  • addicto | 06.26.07

    Trey

  • Trey Anastasio To Release Instrumental Album
    … First Since Drug Arrest
  • Rage To Co-Headline Vegoose
  • Spector Trial Update
    … Defense Begins Calling Witnesses
  • Net Radio’s Day Of Silence
  • Beasties Expand Summer Tour
  • Foxy Brown Manager On Rapper’s Assault
    … Foxy Misses Probation Hearing
    … Was She Robbed Or Not?
  • Bad Brains Rock NYC Boat Cruise
  • Baby On Nirvana’s Nevermind Album Cover Turns 17
  • The Verve Reform, Announce U.K. Tour
  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Tour Dates
  • New Videos: Interpol
    … Joss Stone Slams Perez Hilton
  • Paul McCartney To Play Amoeba Record Store In L.A.
    … Hundreds Camp Out For Free Tix
    … ‘I Don’t Download Music’
    … ‘Freedom’ Got ‘Hijacked’
    … George Harrison To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
  • White Stripes Interview Guidelines: No ‘Silly’ Questions About Favorite Albums
  • Major Labels Reviving Old Stars
  • Swedish Man Gets Medical Benefits For Heavy Metal Addiction
  • Magnolia Electric Co. To Release 5-Disc Box Set
  • Pianist Mulls Lawsuit Over Bad Review
  • Weezer: ‘We’re Not Done Yet’
  • Smashing Pumpkins To ‘Foster Environment of Creativity, Risk Taking, Mutual Community’ During West Coast Residencies
    … Encourage Fans To Record Shows
  • Wilco’s New Material ‘Aural Equivalent Of Warm Milk’ 
  • Trail Of Dead Seek Drummer For European Tour
  • addicto | 06.25.07

    Crowd @ Glastonbury 2007

  • Glastonbury 2007
    … Wet, Muddy
    … Dame Shirley Survives Helicopter Crash
    … Saturday
    … Sunday
    … Mud, Sweat and Beers
    … 1,200 Injuries
    … Festival Chief Apologizes For Poor Sound
    … Killers Make Splash
    … Record Crowd
    … Photos
    … The Cribs’ Controversial Set
    … The Who Close Weekend
  • Led Zeppelin To Reunite, Tour?
  • Chaka Zulu Releases Statement On Ludacris-T.I. Dust-Up
  • Spector Trial Update
  • Morrissey Mulls Warner Bros. Deal
  • Live Earth South Africa Switches Venue
  • Most Irritating Song Of All Time? James Blunt’s ‘You’re Beautiful’
  • Fergie’s Live Show: ‘Dancing Aliens, Heart, Crystal Meth’ — Times Review
  • Bright Eyes Oberst: ‘Stay Drunk, Stay High’
  • Boredoms ‘Boadrum’ Schematic
  • Lily Allen Holed Up In $10,000/month NYC Apt.
  • Icky Thump Review Generator
  • Obama Ringtones?
  • Stefani Surprises Fans With Hometown No Doubt Reunion
  • Stax Retrospective On PBS
  • Foxy Brown Robbed Of Bag, Cash
    … Denies Assault
  • Trainwreck Riders In Car Wreck
  • New Videos: Bright Eyes
    … Amy Winehouse
  • addicto | 06.22.07

    iTunes

  • iTunes Third Largest Music Retailer
  • Donnas Launch Own Label
  • Queen — Queen — Working On New Album
  • Live Earth Instanbul Scrapped
  • Spice Girls Reunion?
  • Spector Trial Update
    … Phil Near Clarkson When Shot
  • Storms At Germany’s Southside Fest Leaves One Dead, Others Injured
  • Rage, Pumpkins To Headline New Orleans’ Voodoo Fest
  • The Cure Announce Fall Tour
  • Akon Sets Ringtone Sale Record
  • Congressman To Take On P2P Services
  • Smashing Pumpkins Announce Zeitgeist Marketing Plan
    …Billy Corgan’s ‘F*ck You To Indie Retailers’?
  • Diplo Launches Non-Profit Music Initiative
  • Ryan Adams Expands Summer Tour, Again
  • Video Faceoff: Kanye vs. Daft Punk
  • Lauryn Hill Readying Second LP
  • ‘Net Radio To Go Silent
  • Os Mutantes Extend Tour
  • New Videos: Rufus Wainwright
    … Yung Joc
    … Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    … Mark Ronson Feat. Lily Allen
  • addicto | 06.21.07

    White Stripes @ Irving Plaza

  • White Stripes Play NYC Club Warm-Up
    … Tower Records Stunt Gets Icky
  • Catching Up With Radiohead
  • Promoters Finding Ways To Sidestep Ticketmaster
  • Luscious Jackson’s Gabby Glaser Goes Solo
  • Killers To Tribute Joy Division @ Glastonbury
  • Hold Steady @ Bonnaroo: ‘Derivative’ & ‘Full Of Shit’
  • Bon Jovi Covers Leonard Cohen
  • Interpol: Not Into Fashion Anymore
  • Report: Digital Music Sales To Surpass Physical Music Sales In Three Years
  • Surviving Run DMC Members To Perform ‘Walk This Way’ With Aerosmith In London
  • Spank Rock Signs With Gnarls Barkley Label
  • Beirut Tour Dates
  • addicto | 06.20.07

    Roots’ Questlove

  • New Roots Album
    … Details
  • Jacko Settles $48M Lawsuit
  • Spector Prosecution Rests With Flourish Of Gory Photos
  • Music Journalists: Liberal?
  • VH1 Greenlights Salt N’ Pepa Reality Show
  • Avril May Record XMas CD
  • ‘Kate Moss Effect’ Hits Music Festivals
  • New Video: R. Kelly
  • Dick Clark Prods. Acquired By Six Flags
  • Toby Keith On The Colbert Report
  • Mariachi Icon Aguilar Dies @ 88
  • Prince’s Intimate L.A. Hotel Gigs
  • addicto | 06.19.07

    Ramones’ Converse

  • Hillary Spoofs Sopranos Finale For Campaign Song Selection
  • R.I.P. Punk Planet
  • Yes, That’s Kurt Cobain On A Lunchbox
    … Converse Manufactures Ramones Sneaker
  • Jose Gonzalez: Angry
  • Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem To Tour
  • New Magnetic Fields Album Due Next Year
  • A Janet Reno Indie Compilation?
  • M.I.A. Cancels Glastonbury Appearance
  • ‘Facebook Meets MySpace’: iLike
  • Radio Billboards Removed After Spears’ Complaint
  • Caribou’s Merge Debut
  • Bob Schieffer’s Hoinky-Tonk Band To Make NYC Debut
  • B.E.T. To Launch In U.K.
  • addicto | 06.18.07

    Bonnaroo 2007

  • Wilco, White Stripes, Widespread Close Bonnaroo
    … Weekend Fest Grosses $17M
    … 80,000 Tix Sold
    … Police, Flaming Lips Rock
    … Scorching Heat
    … Ornette Coleman Collapses, Suffers Heat Stroke
    … Stable Condition At Tennessee Hospital
    … Photos
    … More Photos
  • Young Buck G-Unit Joke ‘Misconstrued,’ Says Manager
    … The Game Continues Feud At Lazy Eye Foundation Benefit
  • Spector Trial Update
    … Judge May Hold Attorney In Contempt
  • Stack Bundles Mourned At Funeral
  • Robert Pollard Launching Single Series With Two New Albums
  • Ringo Follows Paul, Gets Digital EMI Deal
  • Radiohead Tease New Album
  • QOTSA’s Josh Homme: Rolling Stones ‘Only Put Out Albums To Remind People They’re Going On Tour’
  • Television’s Richard Lloyd Still In Hospital, Skips Central Park Show
    … Quits Band
  • Despite Drummer’s Death, Ra Ra Riot Push Ahead With Summer Tour
  • The Go! Team Sign To Sub Pop
  • Stoner Rockumentary Close To Completion
    … Trailer
  • Punk Planet To Fold
  • Bottle Of Elvis Antihistimine Autioned For $2,600
  • Ryan Adams Comes Clean, Admits Drug Use
  • Primal Scream To Headline Environmental Fest In Norway
  • Masked Rioters Storm Greece Fest During Beastie Boys Set
    … Underworld Member Injured
  • Devendra Banhart Plans Tour
  • Warner Music Cuts Staff