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It may have been Super Bowl weekend, but the big event for thousands of mostly tween-age girls had nothing to do with football. Instead, all eyes at the Gibson Amphitheatre were focused on three relative rookies known as the Jonas Brothers, who played three sold-out shows there this weekend. After selling out their first show at the 6,000-seat theater in a two minutes — the fastest sellout in the venue’s 36-year history — the Jonas Brothers added two more shows that also sold out. Not quite as impressive as Garth Brooks’ recent five shows in two days at Staples Center,… Read more »

Rock band Yellowcard will soon travel to the Persian Gulf and perform for service men and women as part of a USO/MNC-I expeditionary entertainment tour.   This is the first USO tour for Yellowcard, who will hang out with armed forces, sign autographs and treat U.S. troops to a selection of hit songs from all their albums.   Their latest album “Paper Walls” debuted at no. 13 on the Billboard charts and sold more than 40,000 copies in its first week. Recognized for their trademark sound infused with entwined guitar lines, airtight vocal harmonies and flourishes of violin, Yellowcard has… Read more »

After more than 15 years on Epitaph, punk troupe Pennywise has left the label for different, digital pastures. The veteran foursome has inked with MySpace Records for its as-yet-untitled ninth full-length effort, and teamed with the social networking site to offer the album to fans for free. A high-quality audio version of the album will be made available for free digitally March 25, sans digital rights management, to MySpace users who befriend mobile distributor Textango through the popular Web site. It not only marks the first time the label has married one of its acts to an ad-supported distribution model,… Read more »

They’ve been called weirdoes, freaks and Satanists. Animal Collective’s otherworldly song structures, deconstructed harmonies and tribal rhythms aren’t always met with receptive ears, but there might not be a more progressive band in indie music. With two of the best-reviewed albums of the year – the band’s new “Strawberry Jam” and the solo disc by keyboardist Panda Bear, “Person Pitch” – Animal Collective has established itself as an act wildly separate from the many retro-oriented bands that populate today’s scene. The sound of the future, the psychedelic band acknowledges, is something they seek. “That’s kind of always been a goal,… Read more »

Rock legend Iggy Pop insists writing about his penis is perfectly natural, because he wants to sing about “things of importance.” The 60-year-old Stooges frontman and protopunk icon has been lambasted by critics, including his former NME writer pal Nick Kent for writing songs about his appendage on the Stooges’ latest album The Weirdness. For example, opening track “Trollin’” features the lyrics: “My d–k is turning into a tree.” But Pop is adamant his penis has a place in his music. “You write about things of importance to you,” he tells Rolling Stone magazine. “And it’s gotta be for real.… Read more »

Good Charlotte know they aren’t the world’s most critically acclaimed band. So instead of trying to appeal to an audience bent on hating them, they’ve fully embraced their pop leanings on their new album, Good Morning Revival. The record finds the band in a much more comfortable place than 2004’s The Chronicles Of Life And Death, and they even seem to accept why so many people hate them. “I remember one of the first reviews I ever read about our band when we first came out, they were like, ‘They’re a manufactured band and they’ll be gone tomorrow,’” guitarist Benji… Read more »