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A Recap of the 2011 Grammy Awards: A Quick, Easy Guide to What Happened

Dan MacMedan, USA TodayNicki Minaj, doing what she does best: always trying to get attention.​The 2011 Grammy Awards kept things classy this year: There wasn't even a single mention of Ke$ha during the entire show!Good job, Grammy people! Thanks for taking out the trash this year. Aside from the l ... More >>

Rubber, Hugo Cabaret, Tintin, and Other 2011 Films to Look Forward To

No. 3 Lady Gaga - Countdown of the Best Concerts of 2010

​Over the last days of 2010 Up On The Sun will be counting down the best live shows of 2010. Today we look at the #3 show of the year, Lady Gaga at US Airways Center.

Michael Jackson Penned a Tune For Hanson

​At some point in time, Michael Jackson wrote a song for Hanson, according to ShowBiz 411.The song was written for them to play, not in their honor. Jackson never actually gave the song he wrote for Hanson to them. He intended to send it to the 90s boy band but never did. It must have been stashed ... More >>

Everlast and Everything You Need To Know About White Rappers Explained

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Everlast and Everything You Need To Know About White Rappers Explained

Jack White and Norah Jones Join Danger Mouse for New Project

​Jack White and Norah Jones will be featured on Danger Mouse's long-running project with Daniele Luppi, according to Consequence of Sound.While Norah Jones has only been rumored to be on the album in some capacity, Jack White has been in the loop for a while. After having showed off his work to Ja ... More >>

Is Eric Nally's Theory on Musicians as Mythical Creatures Valid?

​Foxy Shazam front man Eric Nally made a very interesting point about the private lives of rock stars when I spoke to him last week. He brought up the factor of their ambiguity and how they were considered to be characters that all their fans wanted to know everything about even though they were n ... More >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Music and Movies

​Bring in Le Noise, bring in da funk.Neil Young stole the top spot on the chart this week at Hoodlums Music and Movies.Guitar king Eric Clapton also made the list with his latest album, as did classic rocker Robert Plant with his most recent release. English indie pop band Mumford & Sons slipp ... More >>

Kanye West: Still the Busiest Mofo in America

​Kanye West has been in music news nearly every day for the past week. You'd think this guy was taking over the world or something.'Ye has been releasing a new track every week on his Twitter (@kanyewest) and has named the weekly occasion G.O.O.D. Fridays. Collaborations have included Chris Brown, ... More >>

The MTV Video Music Awards Get Worse Every Year

​MTV's annual Video Music Awards have been working their way steadily downhill for a few years now.This year's show was pretty damn near the bottom of the slope, one would hope. The 2010 iteration included predictable performances, a lack of pans to stars in the crowd, and a lack of award winners ... More >>

X Japan Is the Biggest Rock Band in Their Homeland -- Can They Finally Break Through in the States?

'American Idol' Live! at US Airways Center Last Night

Luke HolwerdaAmerican Idol Live​American Idol Live! August 12, 2010US Airways CenterFor Valley residents who always wanted to make it out to the American Idol studios but never did, last night at US Airways Center was their opportunity to see the top 10 contestants from 2010's season perform on th ... More >>

Michael Jackson Record Due Out in November

The man has ten new projects set to be released. For reals.​How could someone who's been dead for over a year release a new record? The simple answer would likely be that the people who have control over any remaining recorded material are hungry for the money that accompanies anything involving M ... More >>

Lady Gaga Isn't So Much a Phenomenon as a Prophecy Fulfilled

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Lindsay Lohan Warned By Female Prison Inmates

Century Regional Detention Facility: Is this what Lohan's new home looks like?​According to PopEater and British tabloid The Sun, (don't you just love gossip first thing in the morning?) California prison inmates are warning Lohan that her time in the pen may be tougher than she expects. The Sun r ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan's Musical Career: A Retrospective

Inspiration for her next single?​Lindsay Lohan may not be able to take an iPod with her when she starts her 90-day jail sentence, but that doesn't mean she can't use the experience to get inspired for a new album. Lohan, who released only two albums, in 2004 and 2005, could really use a career jum ... More >>

What's Selling: Zia Records Phoenix

​Zia Records in Phoenix always seems to attract the hip hop and metal crowds. While this week is no exception with Eminem's The Recovery coming in at number 1, and both Ozzy Osbourne and Whitechapel making the list. Apparently the Phoenix kids still dig classic rock though, as Exile on Main St. an ... More >>

Eminem Shows Off a Respectful Side on "Love the Way You Lie"; Rihanna Goes Backwards

​Eminem is shaping up to become quite the softy.His first single off his current album, Recovery, was "Not Afraid," where he sang, "Everybody come take my hand, we'll walk this road together." He's also done collaborations with popster Pink and emo girl Hayley Williams of Paramore, whom in a past ... More >>

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Carrie Underwood Takes the Classy Route in "Undo It"

​Slashing your ex's tires after a breakup isn't exactly the healthiest way of dealing with things, and it seems Carrie Underwood is moving on from her "Before He Cheats" ways into a more mature way with "Undo It." The song, off her album Play On, also deals with breaking up, bu ... More >>

Drake: Thank Me Later

​A funny thing happened to Jimmy Brooks, the dude in the wheelchair from Degrassi: The Next Generation. Yeah, he grew up to become Drake, hip hop's next biggest star.After what seems like two years of singles and mixtapes and other nonsense, Canadian sensation Drake's debut album, Thank Me La ... More >>

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Lady Gaga Bruce Springsteen Elton John = Journey Cover Last Night

Photo from Kane/Wireimage.​So last night, Carnegie Hall was the place to be. Rolling Stone wrote a review of a star-studded benefit for the Rainforest Fund that included Sting performing a Fine Young Cannibals cover, Elton John doing an over-the-top rendition of Madonna's Like a Virgin, and the fi ... More >>

The Beatles as Zombies on the Silver Screen -- This is Really Happening

The graphic novel featuring zombie Beatles is about to be turned into a film.​According to one of our favorite British music blogs, NME, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher have bought the rights to a graphic novel, titled Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion. The book depicts the Beatles as z ... More >>

Top Ten Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They're "Legal," From West Coast Sound

Should Lady Gaga carry her birth certificate when she swings through town this summer?​It's a rough time to be an Arizonan. The only thing tougher is being a brown Arizonan. Our moronic, racist legislation, (our sister paper LA Weekly uses a much better, more accurate string of adjective ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas at Jobing.com Arena

Luke HolwerdaFergie on stage with Black Eyed Peas at Jobing.com Arena. For more photos check out our slideshow.​It's hard to believe that the Black Eyed Peas who performed last night at Jobing.com Arena once started out as a little known hip-hop group out of Los Angeles.A lot has changed since th ... More >>

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Zooey Deschanel: This Actress/Singer Really Can Act and Sing

Jay-Z, Jack White Record New Song Together

Jay-Z and Jack White. Together at last. (Image taken from twentyfourbit.com.)​Jay-Z and Jack White have collaborated on a new song.Can this week get any better? I submit that it cannot!While the two had publicly discussed a desire to work with one another, no specifics had ever been announced. Whi ... More >>

Mariah Carey and Ozzy Osbourne Over the Weekend

Mariah Carey at Dodge Theatre It's pretty much accepted fact that pop musicians have to switch identities every album or two to stay ahead of the curve. Everybody does it -- Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Madonna -- with varying degrees of success...full story See: Mariah Carey's Dodge Theatre performanc ... More >>

Madonna and Other New Releases

​Of course, everyone knows Madonna as the middle-ager who keeps managing to re-invent herself. Part of how she's done that is by working with contemporary artists, such as Justin Timberlake, to create a relevant, ever-evolving sound.Today, the Queen of Pop releases Revolver (Mixes), an EP with eig ... More >>

The Grammy's Top 10 Moments

Beyonce also did a version of Alanis' "You Oughtta Know" when she played Phoenix last summer.​ This year's Grammy's ceremony was full of instances that just made you scratch your head, furl your brow, and go, "Really?!?" Whether it was a pleasantly surprised reaction, a hearty laugh, or a look of ... More >>

Pop Music Video Round-Up

I just spent all morning catching up on the latest music videos by watching VH1 (since MTV doesn't show music videos unless its viewers are sound asleep.) Here are my impressions of some of the stuff I saw:Adam Lambert- "What Do you Want from Me"- Wow, I was a Kris Allen fan last season, but Adam La ... More >>

You're Not Hallucinating: Katy Perry and Timbaland in Music Video

​Timbaland made an interesting choice in choosing his fourth single off Timbaland Presents Shock Value II. The hip-hop producer, whose most recent singles featured frequent collaborators Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, opted to go with his duet with pop princess Katy Perry, "If We E ... More >>

Year in Music: The Most Unintentionally Hilarious Lyrics of 2009

Timbaland Quits Hip-Hop, Scores with Pop

Will he work with Jonas Brothers next?​With Missy Elliott missing in action the past few years (fyi, she has a new album coming out in January), her producer Timbaland's been busy working with Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and...Miley Cyrus. It sure would have been fun to have been in th ... More >>

Middle-Aged Showdown May Not Happen When Brett Favre Comes to Glendale This Weekend; Cards Coach Whisenhunt Says Warner is a Game-Time Decision

ChopsRock​When NBC moved this Sunday's Cardinals - Vikings game from a locally broadcast afternoon game to a nationally televised prime time game, it was probably expecting a middle-aged showdown between two of the league's most seasoned quarterbacks. The combined age of Kurt ... More >>

Nice Young Lady Norah Jones Announces Tour, Includes Phoenix

Hello, my name is Norah Jones and I am not skipping Phoenix on my 2010 tour.​ Much has been made about why certain big name musicians skip Phoenix on their large-scale North American tours. Phoenix once was the jumping off point for the Fame Kills Tour, featuring both Kanye West and Lady Gaga. Wes ... More >>

Lady Gaga Gets Royal Performance, Miley Cyrus Tragedy, Green Does Big Band Version of Single

NME: Lady Gaga to perform for the Queen in London Idolator: Shocking News: Lil Wayne's 'Rebirth' Pushed Back...Again Spin: Early Lady Gaga: New Clip from 2005! Idolator: One Dead In Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash Pitchfork: Listen: The Big Pink Cover Beyoncé Rolling Stone: Green Day Record "21 Guns" W ... More >>

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Katharine McPhee's New Hair, Kanye Interupts Obama, Details on New Vampire Weekend

Electric Mustache: Electric Mustache Is Blog of the Week!Idolator: Katharine McPhee: Over Her Brown Hair, Not Over Classic Adult-Contemporary StylingsIdolator: Kanye West: Back To Reality?NME: The Strokes' Julian Casablancas reveals release date for debut solo albumPitchfork: Vampire Weekend Announc ... More >>

Kanye West and the Art of Award Show Interruptions

Watch out, Taylor Swift, you're next -- especially if that already opened bottle of Hennessy is any indication.​ In a move that is shocked no one, Kanye West once again bum-rushed the stage to interrupt an acceptance speech. At last night's MTV Music Video Awards, the Late Graduator himself took t ... More >>

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O. Sings to Fatties, Nirvana vs. Courtney Over Cobain's Guitar Hero Likeness, Weezer Unveils New Album Art

NME: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O to soundtrack anti-fat advertsRolling Stone: Grohl, Novoselic Didn't Approve Cobain's "Guitar Hero" AvatarRolling Stone: Paula Abdul and "American Idol" Insiders React to Ellen NewsPitchfork: Weezer's Raditude Cover RevealedIdolator: Someone Decided To Put Together A Ga ... More >>

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