• U2 Break Down No Line on the Horizon
• The Dead Reunite For New Tour
• Springsteen “Life Itself” Video Hits the Web
• Kelly Clarkson’s New Look for Masquerade
• Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck to Share Concert Bill
• Beatles Catalog Goes Digital in Podcast
• Prince Plots Three New Albums for 2009
• My Morning Jacket, Flaming Lips Rock [...]
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Besides being the gateway to 2009, New Year’s Eve was also arguably the biggest concert night of 2008, with hundreds of artists performing across the globe for a champagne-soaked night of revelry. (Check out all the big names in our photo gallery.)
Here in New York City, My Morning Jacket was the [...]
The Breaking Blog kicked off 2008 with a post about L.A. quartet Bodies of Water, and we’re happy to do the same in 2009! Head on over to Rock Daily’s sister blog to watch the band’s creepy but beautiful new video for “Under the Pines.” Last year we said the band’s sound recalled “The Arcade [...]
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In early December, Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt traveled to London to visit U2 in the studio as Bono and Co. worked on the upcoming No Line on the Horizon. For the full story see the new issue, which hits newsstands Wednesday, January 7th. Click here for a first report on 10 of [...]
Somebody posing as the comeback star of 2008 just posted the following:
HI Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all on the size of my vagina. Its about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth.
A few things could have happened here: Britney Spears could have become a fan of dark 2007 indie film [...]
With 2008 on the verge of becoming a distant, boozy memory, join the Rock Daily crew as we look back at the year that was. Ah, 2008, the year Chinese Democracy became a reality, Obama was elected President, Britney Spears went from crazy mama to hot mami. To quote our favorite Kanye West rant of [...]
We love it when Breaking Artists make good and wind up on our Best Albums of the Year list, like Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson, the Knux and Bon Iver did in 2008. Here’s a look back at their Breaking videos, plus two bonus clips — Deerhunter busking on a Brooklyn street and Sam Champion rocking [...]
What were the best movies of the year? What were the worst letdowns? Peter Travers explains what was so great about Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight — and why 007 flick Quantum of Solace, hideous epic Australia and vampire love story Twilight were massive cinematic bummers.
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Brooklyn rockers Love As Laughter’s 2008 disc Holy — a Smoking Section favorite — was produced with a little help from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, who signed the band to his Epic imprint, Glacial Pace. The crew recently popped by the Rolling Stone offices to perform “Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz” from Holy, as well as their [...]
Britney’s breakdown (and comeback!); Metallica’s Death Magnetic; the long-awaited arrival of Chinese Democracy; the death of drummer Mitch Mitchell; the crowning of a new American Idol; the crowning of a new president — the year’s biggest stories were all documented right here in Rock Daily. For a month-by-month guide of 2008’s most important album releases, [...]
