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Mark Mothersbaugh says the score he wrote for The Royal Tenenbaums is a logical progression from the work he did on director Wes Anderson’s two previous films, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. “Bottle Rocket was a jazz quintet, a little bit quirky,” says the former Devo singer. “Rushmore was a little more Vivaldi influenced, a lot more sixteenth notes. This movie, although the sounds are related to the last two movies, kind of branched out further. I’d never used any horns before. The core of it is a cello and piano. There’s a lot of harp in this movie, a lot… Read more »

You know an awards show is unique when Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 5 and the Beatles are nominees in the same category. But one way next week’s 2001 Billboard Music Awards is like the others is in its recognition of R&B newcomer Alicia Keys, who is the leading contender with nominations in eight categories. Keys – whose “Fallin’” helped her debut album, Songs in A Minor, top the charts when it was released in June – was named Best New Artist at MTV’s Video Music Awards in September, is the leading nominee in the American Music Awards… Read more »

U2 wraps up the latest North American leg of its Elevation world tour this weekend, with shows Friday (November 30) in Atlanta, Saturday (December 1) in Tampa, and Sunday (December 2) in Miami, just down the road from Fort Lauderdale, where the tour opened on March 24. U2 guitarist the Edge said that the tour, supporting the Grammy-winning album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, has been exhausting at times but enjoyable throughout. “I’m having the best time, as we all are,” he says. “It’s been such a thrill to play this album live and to kind of just see… Read more »

Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and the Backstreet Boys are among the acts that were nominated for the 28th annual People’s Choice Awards. The nominations, which were announced Tuesday (November 27), cover 18 categories in television, film, and music, and were determined by a Gallup Poll of more than 200 million Americans. Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and George Strait earned nods for favorite male musical performer, while McGraw’s wife Faith Hill, Lopez, and Spears were nominated for favorite female musical performer. Lopez will also vie for favorite actress against Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock. The favorite musical group or band nominees… Read more »

The music industry finally received the holiday gift it had been hoping for this week, as the album charts got a formidable one-two punch from alt-rock superstars Creed and the perennially popular “Now That’s What I Call Music” compilation series. “Weathered” (Wind-Up), Creed’s follow-up to the platinum blockbuster “Human Clay,” sold nearly 900,000 copies its first time out, according to SoundScan data for the week ended Nov. 27. Those numbers made “Weathered” the biggest bow since ‘N Sync’s “Celebrity” shifted 1.9 million out of the gate last summer. Nipping at Creed’s heels was the eighth installment of the “Now” series… Read more »

Music video pioneer MTV says it is just a matter of time before Asian pop idols make their presence felt on an international stage. “I think we are starting to see an awakening of interest in the West about what’s going on in Asia, spiritually, musically, creatively. You have Madonna singing about Asia, Alanis Morissette singing about India,” Frank Brown, president of MTV Networks Asia, told Reuters in a recent interview. For years now, western pop singers such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Robbie Williams have been idolized by fans across Asia. But that trend may be changing. “The flow… Read more »

BMI, the performing rights organization, today announced that the BMI rate court has approved an interim license agreement for radio stations streaming their over-the-air broadcast signals on the Internet. The agreement is available to radio stations represented by the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), which is currently involved with BMI in a proceeding in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to determine final license fees and terms for broadcasting music in the BMI repertoire over-the-air and streaming broadcast signals on the Internet. In the proceeding, the RMLC’s position is that stations do not need… Read more »

In a major victory for Hollywood movie studios, a federal appeals court on Wednesday barred a Web site from revealing how to make unauthorized copies of digital video discs (DVDs). The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled that the controversial 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not infringe on the free speech protections of the U.S. Constitution. There were actions in two other DMCA-related cases on Wednesday. A federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the DMCA filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). In that case, a group of… Read more »

The members of No Doubt are pleased to announce that fans will have one less week to wait for the arrival of the band’s new Interscope Records album, ROCK STEADY. The collection, which was recorded throughout 2001 with a variety of producers at a number of international locations, is now scheduled to arrive in record stores on December 11, 2001, seven days earlier than first planned. The release date has been pushed up in response to the overwhelming response that’s greeted No Doubt’s new single and video, “Hey Baby,” including an impressive 130 first-week adds on Top-40 stations. The pride… Read more »

Hip-hop mogul Master P will release Gameface, the first album under his new No Limit Records distribution agreement with Universal Records, on December 18. The set features guest appearances by Weebie, Silkk The Shocker, C-Murder, and Lil’ Romeo. Recently LAUNCH spoke with Master P who explained why the time was right to switch distributors. “I filled my obligation up. I made sure I didn’t owe them nothing,” he said. “I made sure we were straight on the end with whatever they owe me, and it was like a great business relationship. They couldn’t believe it but it was nothing negative.… Read more »