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Aimee Mann

Nothing parts the clouds this time of year like spreading some Christmas cheer.

By Cole Haddon
Dec 6, 2007

If there's one artist who's the least likely to release a Christmas album, it's gotta be Aimee Mann, who's built an entire career out of penning songs about heroin addiction and miscellaneous other forms of emotional agony. But that's just what she did last year, and with the Aimee Mann...
Maroon 5

Adam Levine talks about jamming with Prince and balancing his influences.

By Cole Haddon
Oct 25, 2007

In 2002, Maroon 5 released Songs About Jane, which went on to sell something like a bajillion copies around the world. Consequently, the band hit the road for so many years that it didn't have time to record anything other than live albums until this year's It Won't Be Soon...
Rob Zombie Gives Halloween A Makeover

Meet the new man behind the Michael Myers mask.

By Cole Haddon
Aug 30, 2007

Rob Zombie made the leap from stage to screen in 2003 with his surreal debut House of 1,000 Corpses. Two years later, he released a sequel to that film called The Devil's Rejects. And this week, his lifelong passion for horror movies culminates in a remake of the 1978 classic...
A Labor of Lavoe

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony talk about making El Cantante.

By Cole Haddon
Aug 16, 2007

In Hollywood, you often hear of passion projects — movies that nobody in their right mind should try to produce, yet a handful of stubborn filmmakers do it anyway. El Cantante, starring Marc Anthony as salsa pioneer Héctor Lavoe and Jennifer Lopez as his wife Puchi (she also produced), is...
Mmm, Mmm Good

Bowling for Soup reveals its favorite flavors.

By Cole Haddon
Aug 9, 2007

Man has been boiling meat and veggies for about 5,000 years now, but it wasn't until some Neolithic primitive invented the spoon that we also learned to sup up the liquid with the boiled contents. A few thousand years and countless varieties of soup later, man gets the next step...
Cary Brothers Discusses Who You Are

Why did Garden States golden boy wait to cash-in?

By Cole Haddon
Jul 19, 2007

Cary Brothers isn't a household name yet, but it's been pretty hard to escape his music ever since his acoustic ballad "Blue Eyes" appeared on the Grammy-winning soundtrack to 2004's Garden State. In the interim, Brothers has released two EPs, and his folksy pop has served as the emotional backdrop...
Red, White and You?

How American are you? Take this quiz and find out.

By Cole Haddon
Jun 28, 2007

In case you've ever wondered how "American" you really are, here's a quiz to help find the answer. 1. Given the chance to actually wear the American flag, you would... a) Turn it into a sexy leather halter top to accentuate your barely legal curves, like Britney Spears did on...
The Sounds of Summer

Tunes that take us back to those lazy, hazy days.

By Cole Haddon
May 31, 2007

Summer's right around the corner, which got us to thinking: If there was an undeniable, universal soundtrack for summer, one that appealed to everyone regardless of their individual inclinations, what would the final track list look like? Probably a lot like this. "School's Out," Alice Cooper: We never get over...
Joss Stone

The British chanteuse re-introduces herself and takes ownership of her latest record.

By Cole Haddon
May 24, 2007

Joss Stone needs no introduction. By now you've either heard her preternatural voice or seen her barefoot on any number of award shows, or maybe you saw her in Eragon or checked out her Gap ad cameo. With two mega-selling albums, Stone clearly isn't unknown. Nonetheless, the British chanteuse chose...
The Hold Steady

Never trust a critic unless hes lauding this band.

By Cole Haddon
May 17, 2007

Here's a good rule of thumb: Never trust what critics have to say about music, since most critics hardly trust what other critics have to say about music. Here's another good rule of thumb: Ignore that first rule if said music critic is talking about the Hold Steady. The Brooklyn-based...
In the Flesh

The secret to Keith Richards's seeming immortality.

By Cole Haddon
Apr 19, 2007

Earlier this month, NME quoted 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards as saying, "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father.... He was cremated, and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." Within days, Richards issued an explanation, insisting that his comments were just...
Tax Evasion

How to live like a rock star -- and pay taxes like one, too.

By Cole Haddon
Apr 12, 2007

If national elections are the government's way of dicking you over every four years, Tax Day is its way of making sure you don't forget who has the biggest dick every single year. The worst part is that while you could spend the rest of the year wondering how your...