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Saturday Night Live's golden boy Andy Samberg will be putting out a comedy album, titled Incredibad, next February, and you can expect it to be just as raunchy as "Dick In A Box" and "Jizz In My Pants." A slew of "real" musicians will join Samberg on the album, including T-Pain, Norah Jones, Jack Black, E-40, the Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas and Justin Timberlake.

The album is a product of the three-man team known as the Lonely Island, comprised of Samberg and fellow SNL writers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer.  

"We definitely wanted it to be a classic comedy album, but also one you put on more than once," Samberg said in an interview with MTV News. "We've gone out of our way to make it musically pleasing. We started on a few songs that were not funny enough, for us, but they sounded pretty cool. And the bottom line for the project was, 'Is it going to be funny first and music second?' I think it's 95 percent music, and we hope people would throw it on and bump it."

The trio has been posting songs and videos on their website for years, but have always wanted to put out a full album. Incredibad will rely heavily on hip-hop beats, recruiting Sly & Robbie, Jurassic 5's DJ Nu-Mark and underground producer DJ J-Zone to help them create rhythms. Jorma helped create some of the beats as well.

The first single "Jizz In My Pants," has become a viral hit since it debuted on SNL last week and features cameos from Timberlake (as a store janitor), the Sopranos' Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Molly Sims.

A DVD is slated to ship with the album, but no word on what material will be included. For now, enjoy some "Jizz In My Pants."

 

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Last night we had the extreme pleasure of chatting with Stevie Nicks, who in January will release a DVD titled Live In Chicago, featuring takes of many of her greatest hits with Fleetwood Mac and her stellar solo career. It's truly awesome.

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A few weeks ago we told you about the current Van Halen tour rider and some of the more crazy requests, but now, The Smoking Gun has gotten their hands on the ultimate artifact, Van Halen's 1983 World Tour Rider!

The typed, 53-page rider contains some ridiculous demands, but what tops them all is the request for a bowl of M&Ms with the disclaimer: "WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES!"

Promoters were also asked to provide the band with herring in sour cream, four cases of the Shlitz malt liquor beer and one large tube of KY Jelly!

The group has claimed the M&M stipulation is not a form of "rock excess," but rather a strategic plan to make sure promoters were reading the rider in its entirety. They figured if they walked into their dressing room and found brown M&Ms, then the promoter probably missed some more important requests.

Finally!

Spinnerette, the years-in-the-making solo project from former Distillers frontchick Brody Dalle, released their debut EP, Ghetto Love, today! 

The four-song disc -- available on the band's website now, and on iTunes next week -- is Dalle's first new music since the Distiller disbanded two years ago. Since then she's been doting on her husband, Josh Homme, and their baby girl, Camille.

On the site you can also check out the video for the title track, directed by genius Liam Lynch.

Tour dates and a full album details to come!

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We were so devastated to miss Van Morrison's performances of Astral Weeks at the Hollywood Bowl last month.

We felt a little better when we heard that Van was planning on releasing live recordings from the two gigs sometime before Christmas (on vinyl!), and a CD/DVD after the new year. 

But those plans have been shelved, and we couldn't be happier.

The L.A. Times is reporting that Morrison is planning to bring Astral Weeks to New York City in early 2009!

After all, this is where he recorded his masterwork, 40 years ago!

Joy.

Click here for a recent RS interview with Van about Astral Weeks.

Click here for an old essay about Astral Weeks by Lester Bangs.

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Jason Mraz's Grammy-nominated song, "I'm Yours," has reached the Number One slot at Top 40.

Now, first and foremost, we are music fans. We think it takes a lot of balls to get up and perform songs in front of crowds, and to put your lyrics and melodies out there for the whole world to hear. And we're sure Jason is a nice dude, but...

We just listened to "I'm Yours" really closely, and here are our thoughts, arranged chronologically:

• "Wait, did we click on Jack Johnson by accident?"
• "No, that's Mraz's voice. God damn he's been listening to Jack Johnson!"
• "Maybe Jack Johnson wrote this song. And he gave it to Mraz?"
• "Wait... maybe Colbie Caillat wrote this song."
• "Record stores should have a section called Retarded Reggae, and this album should be the one on display."
• "Did he just sing, 'We're just one big family?' Please say he didn't. We hate it when people say shit like that."
• "He did."
• "Let's see... When was scatting cool? Hmmm... Right! Like eighty years ago."
• "Will somebody please take two ice-picks and drill them into our ears until all we hear is a faint scrape of metal."
• "How, on God's sacred planet, did 'I'm Yours' get to Number One on Top 40?"

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Here's some splooge-inducing news for Pearl Jam fans. 

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 Live from Bonnaroo 2008 -- a DVD featuring the highlights of this year's fest -- will be out in January.

The doc was directed by Sam Erickson, with live performances and backstage footage from Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, Gogol Bordello and more. 

(Sadly, though, there doesn't seem to be any footage from Kanye's legendary 4 a.m. set.) 

Anyway, check out the trailer below, and click the jump for the full tracklisting.

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DMX is on the lam! 

A warrant was issued for his arrest after missing a court appearance on Friday for drug charges, identity theft and animal cruelty in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Now the Maricopa County Sheriff's department is asking for your help.

Snitchin' is for bitches, but here's one reason to dime out DMX: $5,000. That's what the cops will be donating to the person who gives information leading to D's capture and arrest. 

For a while DMX was the hottest rapper around -- between 1998 and 2003 he released five straight Number One albums, selling more than 15 million copies. 

Now he's on the run!

UPDATE: They got him! FBI agents found DMX hiding in producer Scott Storch's mansion off the coast of Florida on Palm Island. The arrest was made yesterday afternoon, and now D is sitting behind bars in Miami-Dade County Jail. A woman tipped off police after hearing about the cash reward.

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Jeff Beck has publicly slammed  members of Led Zeppelin for even discussing a tour without Robert Plant.

Beck -- a former bandmate of Jimmy Page in the Yardbirds -- said "I really don't think it's a good idea."

Amen to that.

"I was there at the one-off show at the O2 Arena [last December] and it was fantastic," said Beck. "But I think they should just leave it there. They will have been offered loads of money and it'll be tempting but that's not a good enough reason to me. 

"It would be different if they all wanted to do it and record new material but that's not the case."

Plant put rumors of a full Zeppelin reunion tour to rest in September when he said he has "no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years."

What do you think? Should JPJ and Page go on without Plant?