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Alanis Morissette’s forthcoming album Under Rug Swept is locked in for a February 26 release. It features guest appearances from Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo, former Jane’s Addiction bassist/guitarist Eric Avery, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who played bass on her monster hit “You Ought To Know.” The first single from the new album, “Hands Clean,” hits radio in mid-January. “I like the idea of him ‘speaking’ to me from the past and my responding from the present,” said Morissette in a statement. “It was really healing and empowering for me to be able to… Read more »

Blink-182’s Travis Barker and A Perfect Circle’s Josh Freese will perform at this year’s Drum Day L.A. festival at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles Saturday (December 8). The event, sponsored by drum manufacturer DW, will also feature a drum circle for all-comers and the Guitar Center’s Drum Off Grand Final. Others appearing include King Crimson’s Bill Bruford, Alanis Morissette drummer Gary Novak, Elton John skin man Curt Bisquera, and Zoro, the basher in Lenny Kravitz’s group. While Barker’s participating in the Drum Day, he opted against joining his Blink-182 bandmates at the Billboard Music Awards earlier this week.… Read more »

For the first time, consumers can access MusicNet, a digital distribution platform for streaming and downloading music, through RealOne(TM) Music starting today. In development for more than a year, MusicNet combines the music catalogs of major and independent record labels – which now include Warner Music Group, BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, and Zomba, with media delivery technology from RealNetworks ® to create a subscription-based technology platform. MusicNet will continue to add music to the service over time, providing customers with a broad selection of content. MusicNet is based on RealNetworks’ RealSystem(TM) iQ and RealSystem Media Commerce Suite which provide… Read more »

MusicNet today announced the appointment of Alan McGlade as President and CEO. As head of the company, Mr. McGlade will oversee the development and deployment of the MusicNet service, which MusicNet recently announced was being delivered to distribution partners AOL and RealNetworks, as well as programming, distribution and content relations, operations, and all technology initiatives. MusicNet will be headquartered in New York, and the technology development and operations teams will remain in Seattle. Mr. McGlade will also serve on the MusicNet board of directors. “It is a true pleasure to announce that Alan McGlade will be heading up the MusicNet… Read more »

Timbaland has been making noise on the CEO/producer side of things lately with the first act off of his Beat Club imprint, Bubba Sparxxx. Next month, the world will finally get to hear more fruits of his labors as an MC. On November 20, Indecent Proposal, the second LP by Timbaland and his partner in rhyme, Magoo, will finally see the light of day after accumulating dust on the shelf. “I did it a year ago,” Tim said, somewhat flatly, of the album last month. The production impresario, who handled all the work behind the boards for the LP, confided… Read more »

As Fred Durst says, the title tells it all: New Old Songs. The Neptunes do it all for the nookie, Timbaland tries a mission impossible and P. Diddy shows his way on Limp Bizkit’s upcoming remix album, due in December. Also among the hitmakers who are contributing versions of Bizkit’s songs are DJ Premier and William Orbit – in addition to Limp’s own DJ Lethal, guitarist Wes Borland and Durst. “The remixes are like brand new songs,” Durst said Thursday. “We’re writing our new record, so this is something you can put in your stereos and bump to.” E-40 and… Read more »

Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews, Stone Temple Pilots, Moby, and Nelly Furtado are among the acts set to honor John Lennon in front of live and television audiences tonight (October 2). Come Together: A Night For John Lennon’s Words & Music will air live from Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall on both cable channel TNT and the WB broadcast network at 8 p.m. ET. All performing acts will deliver renditions of Lennon songs, including “Dear Prudence” (Morissette), “In My Life” (Matthews), “Revolution” (Stone Temple Pilots), “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” (Marc Anthony), and “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Cyndi Lauper). Others participating… Read more »

Alanis Morissette is tidying up her next album, tentatively titled Under Rug Swept, for release in February, and she’s giving fans a little taste of her new material online. As previewed on a recent tour, Morissette’s new songs hark back to the provocative pop-rock of 1995’s Jagged Little Pill and steer away from the moody, Eastern-influenced sound of 1998’s Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. Lyrically, she takes a more reflective, mature stance without abandoning the raw, confessional sentiments that endeared her to fans in the mid-’90s. The Canadian singer/songwriter wrote and produced the new disc without the help of Glen Ballard,… Read more »

When you’re one of the game’s most sought-after producers, working with somebody of your choice is usually not that difficult. Unless, of course, it’s another heavily sought-after producer you’re looking to work with. In August, Timbaland said he was hoping he and Dr. Dre could juggle their hectic schedules long enough to work on a major collaboration. “I want to do a Dr. Dre/Timbaland album,” he said. “We’ve been talking about that. We’re trying to do something real crazy.” On Thursday, Tim said it looks like that project is becoming more of a reality. “[We’ve] been talking about doing an… Read more »

Alanis Morissette was scheduled to appear Wednesday (September 12) in Washington D.C. to present testimony from the artists’ point of view in regards to the future of music and intellectual property at the Kennedy Center. Due to the terrorist attack, the hearing was postponed. Morissette put out a statement via her website: “Alanis sends her love to everyone and would like to express her deepest sympathy to those who have lost loved ones and friends…Peace and love, you are not alone.” Jewel was in New York City briefly and passed along the message, “We are safe and not there…Pray for… Read more »