Filed under: News , Holy Hell , News Today, Oh Boy! , I Fought the Law Youtube Robert Wilkinson, the Alberta man who earned some minor internet fame in March for his drunken rendition of Queen 's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the back of a police car, continued his campaign to be awesome in court yesterday. The unemployed karaoke singer showed up at his Edson, Alta. court appearance to fight charges [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Gino DePinto, AOL Shirtless wonder Iggy Pop and pop's filthiest star, Ke$ha , have released a track together. "Dirty Love" isn't terrible, but it certainly is odd. [ Freshplay ] Andrew W.K. has been named Cultural Ambassador to Bahrain by the U.S. Dept. of State. Holy crap, what does this mean? [ Gawker ]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Imeh Akpanudosen, Getty Images Beck is back! His last album wasn't exactly listenable , so he's working on a project that he started back in '08. We're pretty sure it'll be awesome. [ Rolling Stone ] Freed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich has accused the band's first legal team of simply wanting fame. Could the now-fired lawyers have dabbled in some Kremlin [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , News Today, Oh Boy! , I Fought the Law Theo Wargo, Getty Fast-rising rapper A$AP Rocky 's Toronto show scheduled for the Sound Academy on Monday night (Nov. 19) was nixed after a reported bomb threat was phoned in. Local police forces have been particularly cautious about Toronto rap shows in recent months after two separate shooting incidents last April both in [...]
Filed under: News , Video , News Today, Oh Boy! Shawn Brackbill Led Zeppelin 's concert film "Celebration Day" is all about the band's last reunion show back in 2007. And boy did they still have it! Check out the crew playing "Black Dog" right here. [ Antiquiet ] Former Girls lead singer Christopher Owens is striking out on his on and going on tour. Is your city on [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Holy Hell , News Today, Oh Boy! Facebook.com Danny Marianino will live in infamy as the man who cleaned Glenn Danzig's clock by delivering the punch heard 'round the metal world. When his band North Side Kings opened for the oft-surly former Misfits singer back in 2004, an altercation took place, resulting in Marianino clocking ol' Glenn [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! , Politics as Usual Saul Loeb, AFP President Barack Obama won a second term last night over Republican candidate Mitt Romney . Certified madman Ted Nugent wasn't happy about it, saying things like "I cry tears of blood for The Last Best Place & the warriors who died for this tragedy" and "What subhuman varmint believes others [...]
Filed under: News , RPM , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Music , New Releases , EDM Nabil Elderkin Here's VIBE's behind the scenes take on the "big stink" about David Guetta . "When we finally got together to create a song, the fusion of our two worlds created a new experience of a celebratory party connected to an emotion," Usher says in the interview. [ VIBE ] [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Bauer-Griffin Queens of the Stone Age are bringing back Dave Grohl . That Foo Fighters hiatus isn't looking so bad now. [ Antiquiet ] It's Election Day (duh) so here are some of the best lyrics about presidents. [ Diffuser.fm ] Pug Destroyer, the cutest metal-singing canines. [ Animal New York ]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Theo Wargo, Getty Images Gaslight Anthem have softened up their rough and tumble exterior and covered Bon Iver 's "Skinny Love" for Black Friday Record Store Day. Listen to it here. [ Some Kind of Awesome ] Death Grips got pissed off by their label, Epic, then pissed off the label by leaking their own album, and the label was pissed enough [...]
Filed under: News , Holy Hell , News Today, Oh Boy! Twitter Sum 41 singer/guitarist Deryck Whibley decided to use a Halloween party this weekend to dress up like ex-wife Avril Lavigne while his girlfriend Ari Cooper adopted the look of Lavigne's current fiance Nickelback 's Chad Kroeger . In the photo Cooper can be seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black Jack Daniels t-shirt [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Music , New Releases YouTube Tegan and Sara 's newest single "I'm Not Your Hero" continues the sisters' foray into more electronic rock. [ Fuse ] The gentlemen of Guided by Voices just don't quit. Hear a new cut called "She Lives in an Airport" from the band's third album of 2012 The Bears for Lunch. [ Rolling [...]
Filed under: News , Pop Culture , Holy Hell , Awards , News Today, Oh Boy! Getty Images At the age of 25, having released two platinum-selling albums and traveled the world over, rapper Drake has finally graduated high school . At 15, the young Drake, born Aubrey Graham, dropped out of high school to appear as a wheelchair-bound character on popular Canadian television series "Degrassi: The [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Frazer Harrison, Getty Images What would it take to reunite the Wu-Tang Clan ? RZA explains in an interview about his upcoming film "Man With the Iron Fists." [ NY Times ] If you're still trying to figure out who actually slept with who in R.Kelly 's "Trapped in the Closet" hip-hopera, don't worry, the singer is unveiling a new chapter. [ Rolling [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , RPM , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Music , New Releases Denis Ignatov Check out Boys Noize 's Daft Punk inspired new video for "ICH R U," which features a lot of keyboards. Not mad. [ YouTube ] As EDM continues to grow, Ultra Music Festival has announced that it will be taking place on two consecutive weekends this [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Karl Walter, Getty Images Lil B tried out for the Santa Cruz Warriors. Is there really anything else we can say about this? Check out the Based Baller's interview with local media. [ KSBW ] Our friends Tilly and the Wall put on an amazing set at the Bowery Ballroom over the weekend. Check out photos of the show right here. [ Brooklyn [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Michael Stewart, Getty A Keith Richards fan is claiming the Rolling Stones guitarist "autopen" signed copies of his bestselling book Life -- having a machine duplicate his autograph -- instead of hand-signing them himself. An Oct. 12 posting on the Stones fan site It's Only Rock 'n Roll forum by fan "trainarollin" claims two "certified document examiners" inspected an [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! AP Photo, NBC-TV Want to live like The King? You just might be able to. A few months after Elvis Presley 's soiled underwear were auctioned off , the Beverly Hills home where Elvis and his wife, Priscilla, once lived is up for sale. The house hit the market Wednesday for $12.9 million, according to Trulia , a real estate website [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , RPM , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Music , New Releases Lionel Hahn, ABACA/Empics/PA As fans await their new album/tour, Daft Punk has contributed an unexpected new mix for fashion designer Hedi Slimane's Yves Saint Laurent show last week. On one hand, it's pretty dope. On the other, it's a blues mix. Interesting. [ SoundCloud ] Although he's claimed to [...]
Filed under: News , Holy Hell , News Today, Oh Boy! Getty | AFP Singer Stevie Nicks says she wouldn't have stood for what hired rapper/hook contributor Nicki Minaj did to Mariah Carey recently, by smack-talking the "Butterfly" singer on the set of American Idol . In fact, she would've literally gone on the attack. According to The Daily , Nicks was [...]