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Built to Spill Back in Top Form
 Built to Spill 
 Back in Top Form 
music REVIEW
Oct 5, 2009 5:52 PM CDT

Built to Spill Back in Top Form

Formerly great indie rockers make a triumphant comeback in There Is No Enemy

(Newser) - Built to Spill went from producing “some of the most ambitious and resonant indie rock ever made” in the 1990s to “merely existing” in the 2000s. With its "unexpectedly terrific” new release There Is No Enemy, the band offers “an improbable late-career reawakening and heartening evidence...

Fashion People 'Heartless': Stella McCartney

Designer wonders why the rest of the industry is still using fur and leather

(Newser) - One of fashion’s most famous vegetarians, Stella McCartney talks—a little bit about her rise from “nervous” young designer to successful businesswoman, but mostly about the fashion industry’s lack of eco-consciousness—to the Guardian on the heels of her Paris show. “I think people in fashion...

11 Reasons to Stop Hating the WNBA

It's no NBA—but it shouldn't be, argues blogger. Plus, some players are hot.

(Newser) - The WNBA finals are going on, which has—in the past—led Sam Greenspan to joke, “Man I hope one of the players lands a one-handed breakaway dunk to seal the best-of-one series!” The league is “universally ripped on,” he writes for 11points.com, but the...

West-Gaga Tour Canceled
 West-Gaga Tour Canceled 
Oct 1, 2009 7:38 PM CDT

West-Gaga Tour Canceled

No word on what killed the 'Fame Kills' partnership

(Newser) - Kanye West and Lady Gaga aren’t hitting the road together after all, but there’s no word tonight on what might have been the death knell for the Fame Kills Tour. The circus was to have opened Nov. 10, but in addition to rumors it was on thin ice...

U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day
 U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day 
Sep 30, 2009 11:17 AM CDT

U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day

Bono and the boys talk pop stardom, expansive tour with Rolling Stone

(Newser) - Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes—and tags along in a private jet—for its cover story on the U2360° Tour (aka “the biggest rock tour of all time”), which is comprised of a 170-ton stage carted around by 200 trucks, 250 speakers, almost 400 employees—and $750,...

Nation at Odds? Miley's 'Party' to the Rescue

Pop starlet's latest song is her best—and it could help heal a fractured nation

(Newser) - At heart, Miley Cyrus is a “peace broker: She loves trying to get seemingly irreconcilable forces to hug, or at least sit together at the same lunch table.” Her most recent career milestone—“Party in the USA” became her highest-charting single ever—takes this role to a...

Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union
 Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union 
Sep 29, 2009 11:07 AM CDT

Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union

Radiohead frontman teams up with 'sock-penised' Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist

(Newser) - Radiohead purists, prepare yourselves: Frontman Thom Yorke is teaming up with, of all people, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The "sock-penised" bassist, along with Beck drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist Mauro Refosco, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, will back Yorke up as he performs material from his 2006...

Best and Worst of Milan Fashion Week
 Best and Worst 
 of Milan Fashion Week  
SLIDESHOW
Sep 29, 2009 10:48 AM CDT

Best and Worst of Milan Fashion Week

Some collections reflect current industry inertia, but a few rise above

(Newser) - With economic stresses making it more difficult for designers to be creative—and the growing trend of manufacturing being outsourced to other countries—the Italian spring collections in Milan were somewhat “joyless,” but still offered a few standouts, writes Cathy Horyn for the New York Times. The good:...

The Books Jay-Z Lives By
 The Books Jay-Z Lives By 
Sep 28, 2009 1:56 PM CDT

The Books Jay-Z Lives By

The rapper talks to Oprah's magazine about books that inspire him

(Newser) - Jay-Z has gone from rapper to mogul, and he shares some of the books that helped him along the way with O magazine:
  • The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukav: "There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them. I believe
...

Worst Films of the Decade
 Worst Films of the Decade 
Sep 25, 2009 1:43 PM CDT

Worst Films of the Decade

From Larry the Cable Guy to Antonio Banderas, these actors should have said no

(Newser) - Some films—including a few released mere weeks ago (we’re looking at you, All About Steve)—are just plain bad. Rotten Tomatoes compiles the absolute worst 100 of the decade so far. A sampling from the top 10, aka the bottom 10:
  • Witless Protection: “Larry the Cable Guy
...

Girls' Debut 'Dizzily Powerful'
 Girls' Debut 
 'Dizzily 
 Powerful' 
MUSIC REVIEW
Sep 25, 2009 1:27 PM CDT

Girls' Debut 'Dizzily Powerful'

Up-and-coming band 'getting a ton of blog love' for 'heartbreaking' debut

(Newser) - The frontman of the pop duo Girls has a backstory that’s “epically sad and squalid and ultimately triumphant,” but you don’t need to know his history to recognize Girls' debut, Album, as “a dizzily powerful piece of work,” writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Christopher...

Coco Before Chanel Is 'Beautifully Woven'

Reviewers mostly positive on biopic of French designer

(Newser) - Coco Before Chanel gets mostly positive reviews for its portrayal of the legendary designer in the days before her rise to fame.
  • “The most obvious credit goes to the strong, sure performance of Audrey Tautou,” writes Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times. “Tautou not only resembles
...

'Obama Effect' Cleaning Up Rap

Common says hip-hop turning more positive

(Newser) - Thanks to President Obama, today’s rap focuses less on drugs, bling, and violence, and the “conscious rapper” is on the rise—at least according to Common. “I don't find as much gangsta talk,” the rapper/actor tells CNN. “You see the whole chain-shining-and-rim era is gone....

Lily Allen Rode Piracy to Fame, But Now It's Not OK?

Singer ripped others' music for own mixes before she was a star

(Newser) - Singer Lily Allen has caused a stir with recent rants against music piracy (and a blog where she posts opinions from like-minded creative pals), but when she was trying to make it, she was guilty of just that offense. Allen included tracks from Jay-Z, Jefferson Airplane and others on mixtapes...

British R&B Star Climbs US Charts

Jay Sean finds a home on Lil Wayne's Cash Money label

(Newser) - “It doesn't matter if we're from a little place called Hounslow,” Jay Sean tells the BBC. “If you have some good music, you can make it anywhere.” That’s how the British R&B singer found himself collaborating with Lil Wayne, and climbing to No. 2...

Lefties Finally Get Their Undies
 Lefties Finally Get Their Undies 
Sep 23, 2009 10:07 AM CDT

Lefties Finally Get Their Undies

Thanks to one genius store in Britain, left-handed men will no longer suffer at the urinal

(Newser) - Male lefties of the world have long suffered inconvenience and embarrassment at the urinal, thanks to their underwear. One British store is making up for the indignity with a new line of undies featuring a horizontal, rather than vertical, opening—giving Britain’s lefties an alternative to boxer shorts, Reuters...

Airbrushed Pics May Get French Health Warning

Lawmakers look to require label on digitally altered photos

(Newser) - Amid the uproar over fashion photos whose models are airbrushed to teeny-tiny perfection, French politicians are proposing a law that would require any such photos to include a health warning, Reuters reports. Digitally altered ads, press photos, campaign art, packaging, and art photography would have to include “Photograph retouched...

WWE Offers Kanye $10M to Get Into Ring

West would have to do some 'light wrestling,' sources say

(Newser) - World Wrestling Entertainment has offered Kanye West nearly $10 million to step into the ring, sources tells MediaTakeOut.com. The rapper, swamped by a wave of disastrous publicity following his award-show interruption of country star Taylor Swift, would be on the hook for some “light wrestling” in three events...

100 Definitive Songs of the '00s
 100 Definitive Songs of the '00s 
Sep 18, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

100 Definitive Songs of the '00s

From Amy Winehouse to Outkast and beyond, tunes define a music-rich decade

(Newser) - As the 2000s draw to a close, the Telegraph takes a look at the 100 songs that define the decade. The top 10:
  1. "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (2006)
  2. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," Arctic  Monkeys (2005)
  3. "Crazy In Love," Beyonce (2003)
  4. "
...

'Midwest Diva' Aims to Be Next Britney

'I think I can take this all the way to Hollywood,' says Web sensation Leslie Hall

(Newser) - She’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of  “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall...

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