Archive: April 2011 (111-120 of 124)

Apr 4 2011 10:29 PM ET

'Glee': Darren Criss and the Warblers cover Keane's 'Somewhere Only We Know': Hear it here

Categories: Glee, Pop, Television
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I bet you can’t listen to this cover of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” from the Warblers’ upcoming album just once. It’s impossible. I’m coming up on my 10th time (although at least two of those were for the purpose of writing this post).

Still, even if this wasn’t one of my favorite songs, I’d be pressing repeat. The first 30 seconds particularly give me chill bumps—the kind I thought were reserved for supergroups and anything that reminds me of the music on Friday Night Lights. Take a listen for yourself below, Mixers, and join me in a collective whine that we have to wait until April 19 to get our eager hands on the full album: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 4 2011 04:23 PM ET

Lee DeWyze Q&A: EW talks to the 'American Idol' champ about this year's batch, what he's up to, and defending his season

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It’s been almost one year since former paint salesman Lee DeWyze became the ninth victor of American Idol—and the last winner crowned with crotchety Simon Cowell piloting America’s top-rated TV show.

After DeWyze performed his latest single “Beautiful Like You” for the new panel of Idol judges a few weeks ago, Live It Up returned to the Top 100 albums chart. Currently on a lengthy tour, the 25-year-old Illini spoke with us about his favorite singers from this season, how his life has changed, and what he has to say to those who criticized his season. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 4 2011 12:50 PM ET

'SNL' skit men The Lonely Island reveal new album cover, guests Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and more

Last week, the Andy Samberg-led comic trio The Lonely Island revealed the hilarious cover to their sophomore album due May 10, Turtleneck & Chain.

In torquoise turtlenecks, gold neclaces, and white slacks, the crew looks less like joke-tellers and more like a ’90s R&B group. “When we met each other in the eighth grade, that was pretty much the look we all had,” group member Akiva Scaffer explained on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Friday evening.

Chain features collaborations with Akon, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, and Rihanna, among others, likely pulling from their guest appearances on Saturday Night Live. Their joyous Akon-assisted jam “I Just Had Sex” with Akon made its debut as a Digital Short late last year, and has already gone gold. (Stalker smash “The Creep” with Nicki Minaj went similarly viral).

Check out the the covers and album titles that didn’t make the cut after the jump. Andy Samberg hoped for 3 Morks, while Shaffer wished for royal whales and Jorma Toccone tried to play basketball in outer space:

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Apr 4 2011 12:19 PM ET

Lady Gaga to kick off 'Born This Way' tour with live concert for 'Good Morning America'

Categories: Divas!, Lady Gaga, Tours
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Good morning, America: Lady Gaga announced today that she will kick off her summer tour with a Good Morning America performance on May 27.  Mother Monster will perform live—none of this pre-taped Britney business—in Central Park during Memorial Day weekend before embarking on her Born This Way summer tour.

Some of you might be confused that an artist currently on tour is already talking about kicking off another one. To clarify, it seems that the workaholic Gaga will wrap her Monster Ball Tour in April and wait at least a few weeks—so lazy!—before hitting the road again with her traveling Born This Way circus.

You can watch GMA’s announcement video here, which involves a weighty-voiced narrator listing off Gaga’s accomplishments, both great and small. (Over one billion YouTube views is truly impressive, but describing 31 million “likes” on Facebook as “passionate” seems an unnecessary inflation.) And will you be watching the real thing on May 27? Tell us in the comments section, below.

Read more on EW.com:
Lady Gaga to receive special award at Logo’s NewNowNext Awards

Gaga hatches ‘Country Road’ version of ‘Born This Way’: Listen to it here

Malaysia censors’ ‘Born This Way’ over gay-friendly lyrics

Apr 4 2011 11:58 AM ET

LCD Soundsystem's final farewell at Madison Square Garden: Watch it here

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If you were not amongst the thousands who were black and white and freaked all over for the last blowout night of New York dance-rock scene kings LCD Soundsystem’s Long Goodbye—or even if you were—it’s not too late to relive it.

From the opening notes of of 10 cc’s velveteen-rock classic “I’m Not In Love” (which I, in my all-black excitement, first mistook for Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone”) and coverage of nearly all the “hits,” as it were (“Daft Punk Is Playing at My House,” “Get Innocuous!”, “Tribulations,” “Losing My Edge”) to an incendiary guest spot from singer/comedian Reggie Watts (on “45:33″), somewhat more demure appearances by members of Arcade Fire (“North American Scum”), and near-religious renditions of “Someone Great” and finale “New York I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” complete with a white-balloon weather system swirling down from Madison Square Garden’s cavernous ceiling, it was—in nearly every sense of the word—an epic undertaking.

Below, Pitchfork.tv has uploaded all three hours and 40-plus minutes of extended rave-out space-jam bonanza (minus openers Liquid Liquid). Go ahead and clear out a four-by-four foot space in your cubicle today, and, with the power of the skip button at your disposal, dance yrself clean: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 4 2011 08:55 AM ET

Lykke Li performing 'Possibility' for the first time ever, on' Unplugged': Watch it here -- EXCLUSIVE

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Fresh off her excellent second album Wounded Rhymes, Swedish songstress Lykke Li will be the guest of honor this Thursday on Unplugged.

Amongst her seven-song set will be Wounded tracks “Sadness Is a Blessing,” “I Know Places,” and “Jerome,” along with Youth Novel’s  “Dance Dance Dance,” and a cover of Big Pink’s “Velvet”—and a song she’s never performed live before, “Possibility,” from the New Moon soundtrack.

The show premiers in full on April 7 at 9 p.m. ET, but you can see “Possiblity” here exclusively first: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 3 2011 11:32 PM ET

ACM Awards: Miranda Lambert dominates, but Taylor Swift wins Entertainer of the Year

Miranda Lambert led the nominations going into the ACM Awards, and she left Las Vegas with the most trophies. Lambert took home Top Female Vocalist while her tearjerker “The House That Built Me” earned Single Record of the Year, Video of the Year, and Song of the Year. Taylor Swift, meanwhile, was crowned fan-voted Entertainer of the Year. Brad Paisley won his fifth consecutive ACM for Top Male Vocalist.

Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
Top Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist: Miranda Lambert
Top Vocal Duo: Sugarland
Top Vocal Group: Lady Antebellum
Top New Solo Artist: Eric Church (previously announced)
Top New Vocal Duo or Group: The Band Perry (previously announced)
Top New Artist: The Band Perry
Album of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
Single Record of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
Video of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year: “As She’s Walking Away,” Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson

Read more:
The ACM duets: Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler and Rihanna and Jennifer Nettles provide glam and glitz
ACM Awards: We live-blogged ‘em!

Apr 3 2011 02:18 PM ET

ACM Awards: We're live-blogging 'em!

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How many reaction shots will we get of presenter Robert Pattinson? What will cohost Blake Shelton do to warrant his preemptive apology? How many trophies will top nominee Miranda Lambert take home, and will they include one for Entertainer of the Year? Find out tonight when the ACM Awards air live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. Below, join me — and my 63-year-old mother, Joyce, who belongs to Josh Turner’s fan club and once told him “I love your voice, and the rest of you isn’t bad either” — for the play-by-play. (I apologize in advance as well.)

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Apr 1 2011 05:50 PM ET

Matthew Morrison announces tour dates, details, and his surprise opening act(s)

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Hot for teacher? Then you’ll be happy to hear that Matthew Morrison—a.k.a. Glee‘s Mr. Schuester—has announced the dates for his summer tour. Morrison will be performing songs from his upcoming, self-titled album as well as covers he first performed on the show.

In lieu of one consistent opening act, the tour, along with VH1′s Save the Music foundation, will give local school glee clubs the chance to compete to be Morrison’s opener. If you think your group has what it takes, you can enter the contest at Morrison’s website, starting April 8.

Additionally, Morrison is teaming up with Friday Or Die Funny Or Die to create video content for the tour; if the clips are anything like “Nuthin’ But a Glee Thing,” we’ll be pleased. Here are the tour dates themselves: READ FULL STORY »

Apr 1 2011 05:20 PM ET

ACM Awards: Cohost Blake Shelton tells us what to expect from the show. (Hint: money will change hands)

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The ACMs (that’s the Academy of Country Music Awards) air live April 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS from Las Vegas.

We’ll be live-blogging them here on The Music Mix, so we were particularly curious what Blake Shelton, the genre’s reigning smart-ass who joins Reba McEntire as cohost, has planned. A tease:

• At least one Charlie Sheen joke “Honestly, I don’t see any way around it. But I’d rather take shots at country artists because I know them, and we’ll laugh about it later,” he says. (“Where I come from, if you talk bad about somebody you haven’t met, that’s a good way to get your a– kicked,” he explains.) Truly, no one is safe. “There are no boundaries with me. I’ll even make a joke, if I have to, about Taylor Swift. And that’s a big no-no these days,” he adds. With a presenters list that now includes Robert Pattinson, Chace Crawford, and Celine Dion, we look forward to his ad libs. READ FULL STORY »

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