http://2knowmusic.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:13:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en • Heart Lash Out at McCain Campaign • Let There Be Rock: AC/DC Return • 50 Cent: “I Have to Reinvent the Wheel” • Weekend Rock List: ’80s Videos • Jewelry From Diddy, Lil Jon Going To Auction • VMA News: Slash, Kid Rock, Kanye West • News Ticker: Alice in Chains, Michael Moore Top stories from ... http://2knowmusic.com/top-stories-september-5-2008/ This week’s bizarre collision of talk TV and rock & roll comes to us from Australia, where Sonic Youth visited a morning show hosted by a woman who looks like a methed-up Gwen Stefani on a set that might have been vomited by Timothy Leary. Watching Thurston Moore try to ... http://2knowmusic.com/talk-show-flashback-sonic-youth-talk-no-wave-down-under/ This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards, and to celebrate the occasion, the week’s Rock List features our favorite music videos from the decade where it all began: the 1980s. We’ve spent the last hour digging through YouTube to find our favorites, so now tell ... http://2knowmusic.com/weekend-rock-list-%e2%80%9980s-videos/ Young Chris, The Roots and Beans link up for a celeb grand prix in Philly to promote auto racing to urban youth. http://2knowmusic.com/beanie-sigel-and-young-chris-in-celeb-grand-prix/ Photo: Vasquez/Getty Jewelry owned by 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G., Alicia Keys, Tupac Shakur, Diddy, Pharrell and many more will go to auction in what’s being called “Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels.” The auction will feature over 70 pieces of custom-made bling, worth an estimated $3 million and worn by hip-hop’s finest. The ... http://2knowmusic.com/hip-hop-jewelry-owned-by-diddy-big-tupac-going-to-auction/ Photo: Getty This week’s Republican National Convention ruffled all sorts of feathers this week, as Rage Against the Machine stirred the pot and the McCain campaign used Heart’s “Barracuda” as a theme song for VP candidate Sarah Palin, much to the chagrin of Nancy Wilson. What Palin should have done was ... http://2knowmusic.com/comment-of-the-week-sarah-palin-gets-some-campaign-advice/ There are only a few sure things in life: Death. Taxes. AC/DC. This fall, the band will drop Black Ice, an album that returns them to their hard rocking roots after flirtations with their bluesier side on their previous two albums. “I was hoping the songs would lend themselves to ... http://2knowmusic.com/acdc-plans-big-comeback-with-massive-tour-%e2%80%9cblack-ice%e2%80%9d/ INMORIA, the new Swedish project featuring Charles Rytkonen (MORGANA LEFAY) on vocals, Christer Andersson (TAD MOROSE) on guitar, Danne Eriksson (ex-TAD MOROSE) on keyboards, Henke Westin (BLAZING SKIES) on bass, and Peter Moren (TAD MOROSE, STEEL ATTACK) on drums, has completed work on a video for the song "Come ... http://2knowmusic.com/morgana-lefay-tad-morose-members-join-forces-in-inmoria/ UFO keyboardist Paul Raymond has just released a new rock album under the PAUL RAYMOND PROJECT banner. http://2knowmusic.com/ufo-keyboardist-releases-new-paul-raymond-project-album/ 'Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over,' Winfrey says in statement.By Jocelyn Vena Oprah Winfrey Photo: Steve Granitz/ WireImage Oprah Winfrey has reportedly denied a Drudge Report item that claims the talk-show host was considering having Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah ... http://2knowmusic.com/oprah-winfrey-says-sarah-palin-will-not-be-on-her-show-until-after-election-report/ Kwame Kilpatrick, dubbed the "Hip Hop Mayor," has pleaded guilty guilty to obstruction of justice and will resign. http://2knowmusic.com/hip-hop-mayor-pleads-guilty-will-resign/ Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen reportedly shot footage for her new video, "Enough", during a break on her recent South American tour. http://2knowmusic.com/tarja-turunen-films-enough-video/ Stacy Perman of BusinessWeek.com recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. http://2knowmusic.com/gene-simmons-talks-about-the-kiss-business/ On October 22, a two-album Japan-only cardboard sleeve reissue series from British black metal pioneers VENOM will be made available via Universal Music featuring the following LPs: * "Welcome To Hell" (1981) * "Black Metal" (1982) Each cardboard sleeve reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players). http://2knowmusic.com/venom-japanese-cardboard-sleeve-reissue-series-announced/ AC/DC's first new single in eight years, "Rock 'N Roll Train", is the first song to debut at No. http://2knowmusic.com/acdcs-new-single-rock-n-roll-train-storms-radio/ Photo: Getty T.I. featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne, “Swagger Like Us” [Immukization Remix] Kanye, Weezy, Jigga and T.I. get crammed inside what sounds like some odd outtake from the TRON soundtrack. Fittingly, this is the only musical environment in which using that aggravating vocoder effect actually makes sense. Dr. Dre, ... http://2knowmusic.com/single-minded-ti-dr-dre-and-the-walkmen/ TODAY IS THE DAY frontman Steve Austin has issued the following statement about the future of SuperNova Records, the label he launched in 2006: "As of September 15, 2008, SuperNova Records is changing its retail format. http://2knowmusic.com/today-is-the-days-steve-austin-announces-supernova-records-new-direction/ Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have issued the following update: "We're just about to head out on tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and while we're in Canada we thought we would stop by MTV Canada and play a few songs for them to air. http://2knowmusic.com/shadows-fall-to-play-free-show-for-mtv-canada/ McCain had a tough act to follow after VP candidate Sarah Palin's blockbuster address.By Gil Kaufman John McCain addresses the Republican National Convention on Thursday Photo: Emmanuel Dundand/ Getty Images ST. PAUL, Minnesota — After a week when Republicans blasted Democrats for being the same old tax-and-spend liberals and a star was born ... http://2knowmusic.com/john-mccain-gets-intimate-with-rnc-delegates-in-nomination-speech-promises-change-2/ McCain had a tough act to follow after VP candidate Sarah Palin's blockbuster address.By Gil Kaufman John McCain addresses the Republican National Convention on Thursday Photo: Emmanuel Dundand/ Getty Images ST. PAUL, Minnesota — After a week when Republicans blasted Democrats for being the same old tax-and-spend liberals and a star was born ... http://2knowmusic.com/john-mccain-gets-intimate-with-rnc-delegates-in-nomination-speech-promises-change/ Singer takes to MySpace blog to explain that she and GQ Awards co-host were only joking.By Jocelyn Vena Lily Allen at The <i>GQ</i> Men Of The Year Awards in London on Tuesday Photo: Eamonn McCormack/WireImage The verbal catfight between Lily Allen and Elton John at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in ... http://2knowmusic.com/lily-allen-says-catfight-with-elton-john-was-the-invention-of-bitter-journos/ Belgian razorgrind warriors LENG TCH'E, who recently parted ways with vocalist Boris Cornelissen and replaced him with Serge Kasongo from southern Belgian band ACKROS, will team up with Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN and Quebec's PAROXYSM for a tour of Canada in October/November. http://2knowmusic.com/leng-tche-to-tour-canada-with-krisiun-paroxysm/ VanityFair.de recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. http://2knowmusic.com/slash-on-chinese-democracy-its-a-great-statement-by-axl/ Photo: Getty 50 Cent digs Lil Wayne, but he can’t help but notice the similarities between Weezy’s summer smash “Lollipop” and his own 2005 hit “Candy Shop.” “‘Lollipop’” is ‘lick lick lick lick it like a lollipop,’” 50 told Rolling Stone, singing the verse to prove his point. “And ‘Candy Shop’ ... http://2knowmusic.com/50-cent-says-lil-wayne%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clollipop%e2%80%9d-is-just-like-%e2%80%9ccandy-shop%e2%80%9d/ Patrick Stump explains LP's political edge and how Pete Wentz's marriage affects the lyrics.By James Montgomery Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump (file) Photo: Matt Sayles/AP Photo LOS ANGELES — "Hell yes, this record is political. But it's not ever going to be overt. You have to look beyond that," Fall Out Boy frontman ... http://2knowmusic.com/fall-out-boy-exclusive-band-previews-folie-a-deux-tracks-for-mtv-news/