News Roundup: 11/24/2009
November 24th, 2009 | 5:10 pm est |
Susan Boyle’s debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, may oust the Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not as the fastest-selling U.K. debut in history. Boyle sold 130,000 copies of her album during its first day of release, while Arctic Monkeys moved over 360,000 during their album’s first week. The race is on. [NME.com]
Following Adam Lambert’s sexually-charged performance during the AMAs, ABC has canned the singer’s next gig — a Wednesday morning appearance on Good Morning America. “Given his controversial live performance on the AMAs, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning,” said an ABC spokesperson. Instead, Lambert will serenade early risers on CBS’ The Early Show, and will appear on the same network several hours later as part of The Late Show With David Letterman. For Your Entertainment, Lambert’s debut album, was released today. [RollingStone.com]
Noah Lennox, the man known to most music fans as Panda Bear, will be releasing another solo album in the near future. Although details are sparse, Lennox says the material won’t be as sample-heavy as his past work, and he plans to focus on “a simple arrangement of drums, the guitar, and singing.” [Pitchfork.com]
iTunes and Live Nation have bonded together to create a legal download source for concert recordings. iTunes users can now purchase live content from shows filmed at a number of Live Nation venues. Early offerings include A Fine Frenzy, OK Go, Saving Abel, Hilary Duff, and Motley Crue’s Crue Fest, while the prices ($7.99 - $9.99 for full shows) mimic the costs of digital albums. [Variety.com]
Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai apparently moonlights as a beekeeper, having installed his first bee colony several years ago in an attempt to beautify his wife’s garden. The trick worked, and Vai now bottles his bees’ honey for charity drives and holiday gifts. [Spinner.com]
Members of Coldplay, A-ha, and Mew have teamed up for Apparatjik, a supergroup that formed in 2008 and recently released the first song from its upcoming debut album. Only 30 fans received the track, although one generous person has uploaded a snippet of the song to share. [Guardian.co.uk]
Many of people write about this topic but you wrote down really true words.
So basically Adam Lambert was punished for doing something in his act that straight performers do all the time but no one bats an eyelash at. Congrats to CBS for not being as hypocritical as ABC was.
If God didn’t want gays discriminated against, he wouldn’t have made us so stupid. So there.
I saw the comments from yesterday that a whole load of reviews have gone missing from your site. This is still the case today. Any news when the problem will be fixed?
Sit tight, guys! We’ll get the site fixed ASAP.
Everytime I see Steve Vai’s name I always think of that musical duel he did with Chick Corea for the album that sort of modernized ‘The West Side Story’. The piece he performed with Corea is the one about the fight of the Jets and the Sharks. That performance is solid, explosive and musically daring. I can’t imagine him as a beekeeper. And Susan Boyle’s popularity seems bouyed more from her Cinderella story on youtube. I listened to some snippets from her album and I was pleasantly surprised that she was recorded well and that she has a nice and warm voice. So maybe she will withstand the flash-in-the-pan criticism people say about her. Adam Lambert is a provocateur and while I approved of his derring-do during the AMAs, I think he should showcase his voice more (which is awesome) rather than cultivate a persona that is more tabloid fodder than a dissection of his artistry.
-Susan Boyle breaking records ? Already expected!
=Adam Lamberts Performance ? Well, he tried way too hard to shock us, if he’s a provocateur he needs to try harder, madonna done that back in 90’s, and many others done that too. Kiss a guy and simulate a bl*wj*b will only hurt his popularity. Janet showed her boob, and look at her these days. You know what he thinks he’s big, but he’s not that big, he’s popular, but not as much as he thinks he is. He has great vocals but that is not all, he’s a singer, not an artist. He’s more a Lady Gaga-wannabe than an artist, he wants to have a controversial image, he wants the crazy outfits. He scared his fan base, i laughed at that cheap performance and also bad material and bad career choice… that KILLS ANYONE’S CAREER!
I Don’t know if it was because of the bug or not, but suddenly Lady GaGa’s The Fame was changed. It is now a 4.5 stars record, it was 3.5. The review is also a new one. WTH happened to AMG ? It would be awesome if someone explained to us what is happening. I the rating was really upgraded than at least explain cause i’ve been complaining about some timeless recordings that are not rated 5 stars, and suddenly Lady GaGa gets a 4.5 ?! It’s not as good or consistent as Robyn’s Robyn or Roisin Murphy’s Overpowered, just cause Lady GaGa is big now, and everyone says she’s original and everything AMG upgrades her rating, so you guys dismiss her first, now that she’s the IT girl, she’s Superb ? If you guys rated her album a 4.5 back in the day, i would never complain, but why now ? Why the same songs which were dismiss as silly (eh, eh nothing else i can say), and not always good, are now close to be a pop masterpiece ? WTF is going on ?
A guy named Lester explained to me why they upgraded, they now think is the strongest album of her career that’s why they upgraded. We can’t compare that album with other people albums, only with the same artists’ album. Now I Understand, sorry about that huge bullshit post!
Lady Gaga does not deserve a 4.5 rating. that album heavily lacks a lot of material that would make it a real treasure. son, i am disappoint. all-music needs to change their rating back.