Tagged: kickass

While Daft Punk chose to celebrate with the people of Wee Waa, Australia , metal lords Black Sabbath  promoted their new album 13 with an appearance on your Nana's favorite television program, CSI . Last night marked the show's season finale, which fittingly dealt with murders relating to the three types of sins of Dante's Inferno . Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler appear in the opening scene of the episode, performing their new song "End Of The Beginning" at an intimate rock club. Osbourne also shares [...]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs turned heads yesterday when he revealed himself to be the newest cast member of Downton Abbey . An accomplished actor in his own right, having appeared in last season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and opposite Russell Brand in the film Get Him to the Greek , the news was plausible enough to force a producer for the show to issue a statement denying he'd been cast. As it turns out, Diddy has teamed with Funny or Die for a hilarious new spoof which casts (or, superimposes) [...]

Among Daft Punk' s many unconventional promotional tactics behind Random Access Memories , the decision to hold their album launch party in Wee Waa, Australia ranks pretty high on the "say what?!" meter. But, on Friday, May 17th, amid the sawing contests and canine high jumping of the 79th Annual Wee Waa Show, there will be a full playback of Random Access Memories  that will make Wee Waa more than a mere cotton capitol (the town was originally chosen for its proximity to the CSIRO Australia Telescope). [...]

Earlier this year, Jack White' s Third Man Records partnered with blues label Document Records for an extensive reissue campaign involving artists such as Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, and The Mississippi Sheiks. Now, Third Man Records has forged a similar partnership with Tennessee's Sun Records to reissue 45rpm 73s from its iconic catalog. The initial three releases include Johnny Cash's 1956 "Get Rhythm", which featured the little known B-Side "I Walk the Line"; Rufus Thomas' 1953 single "Bear Cat" featuring Joe Hill Louis on guitar; and The Prisonaires' 1953 single [...]

I understand that refrigerators can break. They are an appliance and sometimes appliances just stop working or short-circuit or you drop the Hamilton Beach six-speed blender it on the floor when you're trying to make the 3rd pitcher of daiquiris for your co-workers. What I don't understand is how a person can break a refrigerator - which is apparently what James Murphy managed to do some years ago to the fridge of Adam Horowiz, AKA Ad-Rock of the  Beastie Boys . In a brief interview with  Vulture , Ad-Rock and his friend Nadia Dajani relayed an anecdote about how James "Fridge Destroyer" Murphy laid waste [...]

So this video's been on the internet for a while now, but in anticipation of Daft Punk' s new album Random Access Memories , we thought we'd throw up this old VHS recording of Thomas Bangalter from 1996, playing some proto Daft Punk at a rave - some of which ended up on their album  Alive 1997 . The footage was shot at a festival in Wisconsin called Even Furthur [sic], held Memorial Day weekend at place called Eagle Cave just about an hour-and-a-half west of Madison. The annual festival was one of the premiere rave fests in [...]

The idea behind the Get Schooled  Attendance Challenge is simple: if you just show up to class, Kendrick Lamar  may show up to your school. The kids at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, RI had the best attendance record, so Lamar took a break from his tour to hang out with the kids for a day. He spoke to the kids about the importance of education: Without education you don’t have anything. My teachers were great positive influences in my life. My middle school English teacher was probably the reason I became a rapper. He used [...]

Happy G.O.O.D. Friday. As we all wait around pressing F5 in anticipation of Kanye West' s new single, a fan named James Workman has debuted a new 45-minute documentary on the reclusive rapper. It's titled Where the Lonely Kids Go When the Bell Rings and offers a nice history lesson on Kanye, incorporating archival footage and past interviews. Here's what Workman said of the project on Kanye To The : Mt first intention was to make like a 10 minute video with Kanye quotes and such, but I had so [...]

A few months back , we introduced you to Instructables user Amanda Ghassaei , a young audiophile/inventor who had created instructions for making your own 3D printed vinyl records. Since that time, the Great Ghassaei (as she'll henceforth be referred to) has expanded beyond the mere confines of vinyl and is now using lasers to cut music onto maple wood, paper, and acrylic. Someone get this girl in touch with Jack White or Wayne Coyne , STAT. We'll let the Great Ghassaei explain the details: "These records were cut on an Epilog 120 Watt [...]

One way  Bruce Springsteen keeps his live shows interesting after so many years is by playing song requests fans hold up on hand written signs. On his gig Wednesday (May 8th) in Finland, a Belgian fan named Nicholas raised a piece of cardboard with "Wages of Sin" scrawled across it. The track stems from the Born in the U.S.A. sessions, but wasn't released until 19982s Tracks. Springsteen and the E Street Band had never played the song live, but thanks to Nicholas, the whole world can see its debut. [...]

Nine Inch Nails are no stranger to the censorship of their content, from Apple  prohibiting the band's iPhone app  because it violated app to classic "Scene Missing" place-cards in their heretofore creepiest, most disturbing video for "Closer." This bootleg copy of the 20-minute short film for  Broken EP  might just take the prize as their most disturbing and graphic video ever. According to the official  Nine Inch Nails Tumblr , this 1993 short film, directed by Peter Christopherson, collects all videos from the  Broken EP  and ties them together as a 'snuff' film.' Because of the [...]

What's it take for Tom Waits to perform live these days? An invitation from The Rolling Stone s, apparently. Last night in Oakland, Waits made a rare public appearance in which he joined the band for their vintage 1964 cover of Sam Cooke's rendition of "Little Red Rooster". Fun fact: This cover was a #1 hit over in the UK, but didn't appear stateside until it surfaced on their third studio album, 19652s  The Rolling Stones, Now! , despite being recorded at Chicago's legendary Chess Studios. Suffice to say, Waits' barnyard growl fits in just perfectly here. [...]

Paul McCartney treated fans to one surprise performance after another during his concert in Belo Horizonte, Brazil last night, which marked the first date of his all new "Out There!" world tour . Macca performed five Beatles songs live for the first time ever (!), specifically: "Eight Days A Week", "Your Mother Should Know", "All Together Now", "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!", and "Lovely Rita". Watch fan footage of these performances below. "Eight Days A Week": "Your Mother Should Know": [...]

Yesterday we told you that Sigur Rós would be drawn into, and contribute original music to an upcoming episode of The Simpsons . Now, as Pitchfork points out, the band has revealed an early look of themselves Simpsonfied. Nice digs, Jónsi! The band also offered more details about the music they're contributing, along with a synopsis of the episode: sigur rós have scored part of an upcoming episode of the simpsons. the episode, which will feature new, original music by sigur rós, as well as [...]

We're half way there: Last night in Brooklyn, The Smiths' Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke reunited on stage for a performance of "How Soon Is Now?". Introducing Rourke, Marr said: “When I was 15 and formed one of the first bands with my best friend, he was at that time one of the best musicians I’d ever heard. We were just kids. Then, in 1982, I formed a band in Manchester, and I asked my best friend to come play the bass with me and he’s still one [...]

Yesterday was Metallica Night at the San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers game. James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett were on hand to perform The Star-Spangled Banner, while Lars Ulrich threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Check out footage of the festivities below, including a pre-game interview with Hetfield and Robert Trujillo, along with footage of a jam session the band had with Giants pitcher Barry Zito. The Star-Spangled Banner: Interview: [...]

Make the best use out of the next 46 minutes by tuning into this incredible conversation between Nardwuar the Human Serviette and Questlove (of The Roots, D'Angelo, Jimmy Fallon, et. al). The two Scholars of Modern Music discuss Philadelphia and its graffiti culture, influential radio DJ Jocko Henderson, Stevie Wonder's cameo on The Cosby Show , Mel Brooks and Rodney Dangerfield as rap pioneers, and who Questlove considers to be the first true emcee. You'll likely learn a thing or 10. Plus, if you take a sip every time Questlove laughs, you're in for a pretty fun [...]

The last time the wonderfully  awkward  combo of  Steve Buscemi  and  Vampire Weekend  bumped into someone, they got some career advice (and some props) from  New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio . In the latest promo video for their upcoming  webcast concert , Buscemi just so happens to run into none other than Grimes while conversing in the park with his pal Gio. Seemingly old friends, Buscemi invites the orange-haired singer to Easter Brunch with him and the band, only Grimes decline because she hates Easter and the accompanying parade because "there's so many children. It's all [...]

The National are already considered a New York institution by many. Now, the Cincinnati-turned-Brookly n outfit will prove it on Sunday, May 5th with a new installment at the city's MoMA PS1, where they'll perform the  High Violet track "Sorrow" for six hours straight . Such insanity is part of an original work by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson titled A Lot of Sorrow . The museum's official site expands upon the piece, writing: "By stretching a single pop song into a day-long tour de force the artist continues his explorations into [...]

The National are already considered a New York institution by many. Now, the Cincinnati-turned-Brookly n outfit will prove it on Sunday, May 5th with a new installment at the city's MoMA PS1, where they'll perform the  High Violet track "Sorrow" for six hours straight . Such insanity is part of an original work by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson titled A Lot of Sorrow . The museum's official site expands upon the piece, writing: "By stretching a single pop song into a day-long tour de force the artist continues his explorations into [...]