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All-American Rejects are itching for new tunes. The Oklahoma rockers’ self-titled debut was released by Dreamworks in January, but it’s really almost a year-and-a-half old, having been first released last fall by indie Doghouse Records. “We’ve got some new stuff going on,” says guitarist Nick Wheeler. “We’re totally stoked on doing a new album.” More than half of the new album is already in demo form or in the head of frontman Tyson Ritter. “He comes up with the melody and the basic chord structure, and then I’ll come in and do the music-theory, geeky shit to it,” Wheeler says.… Read more »

Lil’ Kim can finally relax. For the first time in four years, the hip-hop diva is not a fugitive from justice in the state of New Jersey. Her deliverance came earlier this week, when $350 in bail was posted on her behalf. Shortly thereafter, Lil’ Kim, aka Kimberly Jones, was removed from Teaneck’s wanted list. Lil’ Kim’s legal snafu stems from her 1996 arrest during a raid of the home of late rapper, Notorious B.I.G. She was charged with pot possession, while Biggie was hit with illegal weapons charges. Biggie never saw his day in court-he was murdered in Los… Read more »

The music industry is hoping that the availability of child pornography on peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa will help put file sharing out of business. Record executives have been frustrated that Congress hasn’t acted to curb piracy on these services, but some are now optimistic that lawmakers will intervene. “This is like Al Capone and taxes, which is how the government got him,” says Jimmy Iovine, chairman of Interscope Records. “This shows peer-to-peers for what they really are.” At a September 9th Senate hearing on the connection between porn and peer-to-peer, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, warned about the “great risk… Read more »

Ozzy Osbourne will not receive the Freedom Of Birmingham, the highest honor that can be awarded to a citizen of the British city, according to the icbirmingham.co.uk website. City Councillor Tony Kennedy led a campaign to bestow the award upon Ozzy by claiming that his battle to overcome drug and alcohol addiction could be a model for residents of the city. But other councillors shot the idea down, saying they wouldn’t vote for the heavy metal legend. Councillor Coun John Hemming said, “Frankly, the idea of Osborne as a role model is laughable. I can’t see many parents wanting their… Read more »

Hanson, who parted ways with Island Def Jam in May, announced on Wednesday the formation of their own 3CG Records label, which will issue their new album, Underneath, in the spring. Underneath will contain several songs that Zac, Isaac and Taylor Hanson have already issued on their Underneath Acoustic EP, currently on sale via their Web site. The fresh-faced trio’s first single will be “Penny and Me,” produced by Don Henley associate Danny Kortchmar. Michelle Branch and Matthew Sweet also appear on Underneath, whose title track was co-written by Sweet. “In general, records these days tend to be overproduced,” guitarist… Read more »

The Beatles again proved their enduring popularity when an auction of several pieces of the Fab Four’s memorabilia, including a rare early concert poster and a program for a 1965 U.S. concert tour, fetched thousands of dollars. The Beatles’ mementos were among hundreds of items from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Queen and Madonna at Christie’s biannual pop memorabilia auction. Items up for sale Wednesday included autographed material, lyrics, gold discs, unpublished photographs and clothing. Christie’s said the total raised in the one-day auction was $632,030. “Once again, The Beatles topped the bill at Christie’s pop sale,”… Read more »

Napster, a division of Roxio, today announced it will offer a customized version of the soon-to-be-introduced Napster 2.0 service for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 PCs. Customers of Media Center PCs will be able to enjoy the full benefits of a specially-designed Napster 2.0 interface – including individual a la carte downloads or a premium service, each offering more than 500,000 tracks – created to give music fans access to the new Napster service through their televisions in the comfort of their living rooms. “Napster 2.0 will be the first online music service that allows consumers to enjoy their… Read more »

Hanson will bop into Carnegie Hall for the final show of their acoustic tour. The trio, whose 1997 hit “MMMBop” helped launch the boy band craze of the late ’90s, will perform there Nov. 8, they announced Wednesday. Tickets go on sale Thursday. Isaac Hanson, the oldest of the three brothers at 22, said it was “a lifelong dream for us to perform at the historic Carnegie Hall and be able to stand on the same stage as many of the artists we so admire.” Taylor Hanson, 20, and Zac Hanson, 17, round out the group. The trio began their… Read more »

The pressures on a frontman are fierce. Besides remembering the words and singing in key, you have to look cool. Keep the guitar slung low. Get close to the mic and sneer. Don’t be afraid to windmill. But what if you’re a singer without an axe to wield? Good luck trying to make like Pete Townshend with a piano, but somehow Andrew McMahon pulls it off. “I think it’s the whole idea of not trying to look cool,” he offered as an explanation of why he appears just the opposite when leading his band, Something Corporate. “I don’t think that… Read more »

Musicmatch, Inc., the leader in personalized music software and services, today announced its new Musicmatch(R) Downloads service, the first service on the PC that allows consumers to purchase and download music from a broad catalog of music from all five major labels and more than 30 independents – with no complex, restrictive usage rules. The new service offers effortless access to high-quality, personalized music and the ability to purchase while listening to CDs, MP3s and Musicmatch Radio. Musicmatch downloads can be purchased now at www.musicmatch.com. Until today, legitimate PC download services forced people to pay a subscription fee, or required… Read more »