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Where Mouth Geysers Meet Cheesy Macaroni – Warped (Tour) Indeed


It was as if the tattooed hand of a punk rock god reached down and anointed Andrew W.K. The hard partying rocker was enthusiastically playing his anthem “I Get Wet” as the skies opened up and a torrential downpour put an early end to the eighth stop on this year’s Vans Warped Tour. He always sports a maniacal smirk and a dirty T-shirt, but even W.K., surrounded on the stage by a dozen head-banging fans, couldn’t help but laugh. Just one week into a grueling cross-country summer trek, the ninth edition of the punk and extreme-sports tour experienced both kinds… Read more »

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Blink-182, Outkast, Bone Crusher, Joe Budden Score Tracks On 'Madden 2004'


Quarterback sacks and goal-line stances aren’t the only kinds of hits you’ll find on “Madden 2004.” Blink-182, Outkast and Nappy Roots will contribute new songs to the football video game’s soundtrack, while Joe Budden, AFI and the Roots offer previously released tunes, according to an Electronic Arts spokesperson. In the case of Blink-182, “Madden 2004” will be the first place to hear “Action,” a song off the trio’s forthcoming Use Your Erection I and II, while the Roots remixed their “Rock You,” off last year’s Phrenology, exclusively for the soundtrack. While piloting the Patriots, leading the Lions, guiding the Giants… Read more »

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Alien Ant Farm Album Due Out In August


After a two-year recording hiatus which included injuries sustained in a serious bus accident, Alien Ant Farm will release their sophomore effort truANT on August 19. “These Days,” the band’s first single from truANT, will go to radio in July, and the group will tour this fall in support of the new album. Tour dates will be announced Friday (June 6), according to the group’s publicist at Dreamworks. Alien Ant Farm released its debut album ANThology in 2001, and the record took off on the success of its second single, a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” The single reached… Read more »

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Lillix, "Falling Uphill" – Review


Talented kids living in the middle of nowhere Canada get bored, learn some instruments and write some songs. Throw in several accomplished producers (Linda Perry, Phillip Stier and The Matrix) overseeing some of the latest in North American pop, and thus is born Lillix – a quartet of teenage and young twentysomethings who sing about angst and life with eternal girl-powered optimism. “Falling Uphill” is a solid but not groundbreaking debut, and one that will please the teen set – even those looking for some edgier bubblegum. A blend of tight harmonies (the track “Quicksand” is a great example) and… Read more »

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Backstreet Boys Shoot For Fall Album Release


The Backstreet Boys will soon be heading into the studio to record a new album. Once members wrap up some individual projects, the award-winning group will reunite to record, with a fall release date in mind. Howie Dorough told Billboard: “I’ve done a lot of writing in the past year. I’ve written about 12 songs individually and about 15 songs group-wise. I think we’ll get together again in March, after Kevin (Richardson) gets done with Chicago and Nick (Carter) gets done with his solo tour. I’m hoping to have the new album out at least by September, (but) I’d like… Read more »

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With Case out, Parsons seen as likely chairman


With Steve Case set to leave as chairman of AOL Time Warner in May, industry observers said Monday that CEO Richard Parsons was the front-runner to further consolidate his power base and take on the additional chairman title. However, with Case gone as a scapegoat for investor gripes, Parsons must produce proof of a turnaround at the ailing America Online unit or else risk becoming a target for angry investors, they said. “He’s now the man in charge with no one to blame,” said Hal Vogel, head of media investment firm Vogel Capital Management. “He’ll get to take the praise… Read more »

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John Mayer: Music School Dropout Makes Good


If music school grades are a barometer of success, John Mayer should be living under a bridge busking for nickels. During an abbreviated tenure at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1998, the now platinum singer/songwriter found himself out of his element and overwhelmed. He had no formal musical training and his class marks reflected his lack of preparation. “They were pronounced like ‘d-d-d-f-f-f-f-f ‘ – like static,” he said of his grades during an interview in New York’s Central Park. “So I had to kind of totally burn that bridge because I didn’t know what I was doing. But… Read more »

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Latest New Order Gems Out Of Reach For U.S. Fans


Did you find 1995’s Best of New Order unsatisfying? Did the movie “24 Hour Party People” have you itching for more New Order rarities? Well, if you live in the U.S. consider yourself S.O.L. Though they’re slated for release overseas, neither New Order’s forthcoming box set nor their new greatest hits CD, Here to Stay, are slated to land in U.S. stores, due to the band’s current wrangling with parent label WEA. Last year when New Order released their seventh studio album, Get Ready, it seemed like nobody was all that ready for their return. After an eight-year hiatus, the… Read more »

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Rest of Grateful Dead Plan Fall Tour


Since things went so well during the weekend reunion of the Grateful Dead’s surviving members, the band has decided to go ahead with a fall tour. “All I can say is that the fall tour was set and approved contingent on a good weekend and since it was a far better than good weekend I am certainly confident the shows will go,” said Dennis McNally, the band’s publicist and biographer. McNally said Monday he didn’t know when tickets would go on sale for the 15-show tour of the Midwest and East Coast in November and December. Thousands of Deadheads converged… Read more »

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The Strokes Line Up Fall Headlining Tour


Even though a bum knee kept singer Julian Casablancas from performing with his band on select dates of Weezer’s Enlightenment Tour, the Strokes will be back on their collective feet October 1 when they kick off a two-month victory lap around North America. The tour marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the Strokes’ debut, Is This It?, which has sold over 640,000 copies to date. The NYC garage poster boys are simply happy to be on the road again. “The album is being received a lot better then I dreamed of two years ago,” Casablancas said. “I really… Read more »

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