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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , I Fought the Law , Politics as Usual Alex Wong, Getty Last week, Nelly 's stop at the Sierra Blanca border in Texas came to an end when his tour bus was allegedly found to be containing guns, marijuana and heroin. However, more shocking than the contents of Nelly's bus (and the fact that he's still getting gigs) is [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Barry Brecheisen, Getty Images Last month, Fiona Apple gave what Spinner deemed a "manic and intense" performance at SXSW, proving she's still plenty capable of bringing the angsty alt-rock goods. This summer, she'll make that point in cities across North America, promoting her forthcoming new album with a 27-date U.S. and Canadian tour. The trek begins in Ithaca, N.Y., on June 19, the same [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Chromewaves A live wire is dangerous -- and, yes, exciting -- because of its power and unpredictability. But it's also an adjective that can be hard to come by at SXSW , where 2000-plus acts play here, there and everywhere, and often deliver rote set after set. But live [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive With the likes of Fiona Apple , Kanye West and Sean Lennon on his production resume, it's no shocker that anyone would want to jump at the chance to work with Jon Brion. Such was the case for the Punch Brothers , who recently released their second album 'Antifogmatic,' a booze-inspired collection of orchestral-pop-tinged psych-bluegrass songs. In Punch Brothers' founder Chris Thile's view, their first record was "murky" and "ambiguous," [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours After releasing two E.P.'s 'I Hate Birds' (2006) and 'From Panda Mountains' (2007), French duo Cocoon released their full-length debut in 2009, 'My Friends All Died in a plane Crash' (Sober and Gentle, 2009), an album filled with moving melodies and melancholic lyrics. Mark Daumail [composition, acoustic guitar, ukelele, beatbox...] and Morgane Imbeaud [vocal harmonies, keyboards, arrangements] are two sublime voices that blend together perfectly. Add an acoustic guitar bursting forth with powerful arpeggios, poignant keyboards and a catchy ukulele and you've got a sound that [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Earlier this year, it was announced that Lilith Fair -- the all-female music festival founded by Sarah McLachlan -- would be resurrected after its denouement in 1999. On Tuesday, the first round of cities for Lilith Fair 2010 were revealed, including stops in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and for the first time, international locations such as London, with others to be announced. "I can't reveal anything further now," Lilith Fair co-founder and Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride said in [...]