Artist: The Hit List

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Bob Dylan is one of America's musical fountainheads. He distilled folk, blues, rock, jazz and more into a singular style, one that would be reduced, reused and recycled throughout the years by hundreds of artists including himself. One thing that Dylan is revered for above all else is his contribution to the lyrical canon -- many call him a poet [...]

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Filed under: The Hit List Kevin Winter, Getty Images Against Me! singer Tom Gabel recently made the stunning announcement that he would transition to living as a woman , a revelation that was met with both support and insults. That brave move got us thinking about other artists who've risked their careers -- or in some cases, lives -- to stand up for something or someone. For some musicians, that risk paid off; for [...]

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Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Robin Marchant, Getty Images Easter gets the most mainstream attention with its bunnies and its chocolate eggies and such, but it's not the only religious holiday going down this time of year. This weekend also marks Passover, the Jewish holiday and festival that celebrates the ancient Israelites and their freedom from slavery in Egypt, as detailed in Exodus (the book of the bible, not the movie starring Paul [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List Keystone/Getty Images | Andreas Rentz/Getty Images | Hulton Archive/Getty Images April Fool's Day can bring out the best and worst in people. There are the harmless pranksters who put a whoopee cushion on your office chair, and there those evil jokers who'll tell you your favorite celebrity is dead. Rock 'n' roll, it seems, brings out plenty of the latter type of pranks, whether it's an intentional hoax [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Helen Sloan, TMN If you possess that same special sort of cruel humour as King Joffrey Baratheon and you're already well read on the George R.R. Martin fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire , the basis for HBO's hit show Game of Thrones , you've probably spent the last six months spoiling all your friends catching up on season one of the show by [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List , Movies , New Releases Capitol Much ado has been made about this Hunger Games film, but what impressed us the most was the franchise's attempt to give movie soundtracks back their pop-cultural import with the film's heavily curated compilation. Produced by rock legend T-Bone Burnett , an Oscar-winner for his O Brother, Where Art Tho? [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , The Hit List Meagan Fredette | Michael Pugliese For weeks, SXSW attendees have been agonizing over their schedules, checking their lists and RSVPing for the best parties, all with the hopes of seeing their favourite bands and squeezing all the free food and booze they can out of the festival. But what happens when Bruce Springsteen , Big Star [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Getty Images Among the 2,000 or so acts that will ply their trade at SXSW this year, a lucky few will leave Austin on the road to stardom. Amy Winehouse , the White Stripes , the Strokes and many, many others saw their careers take off after the festival, and rather than give you yet another SXSW preview, we decided to ask some of the [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Roadrunner Records Can you imagine a world where, instead of fossil fuels, modern machinery runs on the power of steam and everyone's favourite band is Rush ? If so, you've glimpsed into the alternate reality that unfolds in the forthcoming steampunk novel from sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson. The best-selling scribe of over 100 genre books, including titles for the ' Star Wars ,' [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP President Barack Obama has been creating quite a stir over the past couple weeks with his his renditions of 'Sweet Home Chicago' and Al Green 's 'Lets Stay Together.' He shocked the nation with a surprisingly smooth croon , letting loose his warm dulcet tones to great effect, at once humanizing and impressive. With his display of showmanship, [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP President Barack Obama has been creating quite a stir over the past couple weeks with his his renditions of 'Sweet Home Chicago' and Al Green 's 'Lets Stay Together.' He shocked the nation with a surprisingly smooth croon , letting loose his warm dulcet tones to great effect, at once humanizing and impressive. With his display of showmanship, [...]

Filed under: R.I.P. , The Hit List Larry Marano, Getty Images It was sort of a revelation to realize that Davy Jones was the only Englishman in the Monkees . Denied the position of drummer because he was too short to be seen over the kit, Jones stepped to the front of the stage. His energetic, tambourine-playing presence had the tendency to eclipse the rest of the band. The Monkees often get [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Getty Images In a recent interview we published with the writers of 'How Will I Know,' we learned that the hit song was originally written for Janet Jackson before it ended up as a chart-topper for Whitney Houston . With that in mind, we decided to look at some other unforgettable tracks that were intended for other artists. Check out the gallery below and find out who could [...]

Filed under: The Hit List , Awards Getty Images The Grammys are long. You know that. We know that. What you might not know is what else you could accomplish in those three and a half hours. We combined our limited math skills and excellent Google prowess to come up with some of the other ways you could pass your time instead of watching Sunday night's Adele [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Getty|Redferns|Getty The day after the 2012 Grammy nominees were announced, the New York Times released an excerpt from an interview with Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon conducted earlier in the year, before he was nominated for four Grammys, including best new artist, best song and record of the year. After claiming his self-titled album "isn't the kind of [...]

Filed under: The Hit List , Television YouTube This year's crop of Super Bowl commercials was pretty crappy, but we do have to hand it to the people who picked the tunes. Echo and the Bunnymen , James Brown , Ray Charles , Kanye West , Fun , the Animals ? That's a hell of playlist right there. Now that our food coma has worn off, we went ahead and picked our [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , The Hit List Frank Micelotta, Getty Images It's hard to criticize anyone who has to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show: They're live (mostly) in front of an absurdly large audience on a stage that's set up in under 10 minutes. That said, we'll gladly pick apart the performances and bring you the 10 best bloopers of all time. Lip-syncing, flashing, technical errors and downright bad judgment -- it's all here! [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Wire Image | bauergriffinonline.com In January 1992, Nirvana 's 'Nevermind' album toppled a four-week holiday-season reign by Michael Jackson 's 'Dangerous' atop the Billboard 200 sales chart. The Alternative Revolution had stormed the barricades. Grunge, goth, pop-punk, industrial and electronica suddenly all came together to a degree, as outsider acts from outsider genres broke through to the mainstream in [...]