Looks like Janet Jackson is pretty pissed with her label, the iconic Island/Def Jam, who she says have given up promoting her latest album Discipline. She told Radio & Records that Island discontinued promo for the album after the second single they released failed to do squat on the charts, though singles one and three both cleared no. 40 on Billboard, including 'Feedback,' which may be the worst thing I've heard since Buckcherry's awful hit 'I'm Sorry,' which continues to test my patience - and gag reflex - whenever I have the misfortune to hear it. Anyhoo, Jackson says that this lack of support means she won't be able to go to Europe for her world tour, which kicks off in Vancouver in September - the label, however, says, they ain't got nothin' for her, woman. [R&R]
I've heard the first single in the shower(I keep a little FM radio in the bathroom to monitor what kind of crap is on the air these days), and while I'm very much 'meh' on it, you can decide for yourself by listening to the new Offspring album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace over here. [decoy]
Suddenly I'm sixteen again: Blues Traveler, Live and Collective Soul will be touring this summer - TOGETHER. Fantastic! Where do I sign up?
I'm sure it's only a coincidence, but...okay, no it ain't. Nas has posted a new song over on Youtube called 'Black President.' The hook? Supplied by a guy you may have heard of called Tupac.
Wonder if this is an open admission to the world that he's a huge nerd, but Leo DiCaprio will direct and star in the upcoming movie Atari, about Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the pioneering game system. I'd watch that. Oops. *blushes*
Zebrahead still exist!
Baltimore's oppressionist-metal maestros Misery Index(I bantered with them about minor-league baseball once!) will partner with Origin to headline the 2008 Relapse Records Contamination tour. The jaunt kicks off July 21st in St. Louis - check local listings, as they say.
Ah, punch-drunk punk-rock romance(I see you, Every Time I Die): rumours abound that New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert is dating Paramore frontwoman Hayley Willliams. I bet they're a cute couple. Or something.
More band-label wars - Bleeding Through(the band who in my opinion closest approximates the sound of an atom bomb going off onstage) have called out Trustkill Recs over the label's plans to put out a special edition of 2006's The Truth. Check out the nastiness over here. I don't have the time.
Let the controversy ensue!
Posted by mike at June 10, 2008 10:34 PM