Christopher R. R. Weingarten

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Ice-T Premieres VH1 Documentary About Crack and Hip-Hop | ARTICLE

Before last night's premiere of the VH1 documentary Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation, the film's narrator and executive producer Ice-T was sitting in a room full of Emmys at the Paley...
September 13, 2011 11:00 AM ET
Hacker Crew AntiSec Goes After Viacom and Universal Music | BLOG ENTRY

Buzzworthy hacker crew #AntiSec, formed from the ashes of the brief but notorious LulzSec, is claiming to have released a cache of files from the servers of Viacom and Universal Music, according to the Wall Street...
July 1, 2011 2:55 PM ET
Shia LaBeouf to Direct Marilyn Manson Documentary | ARTICLE

During an appearance on Live With Regis and Kelly (watch below), superstar and best friend to fighting robots everywhere Shia LaBeouf admitted that he is directing a documentary about shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. LaBeouf told Kelly Ripa –...
July 1, 2011 2:45 PM ET
Pitchfork Announces Paris Festival | ARTICLE

Tireless review website and increasingly rabid festival booker Pitchfork announced today that they will be bringing their curating talents to the land of Daft Punk for the first annual Pitchfork Music Festival Paris. The two day...
July 1, 2011 2:25 PM ET
Hawaiian Musicians Protest Grammys | ARTICLE

A group of musicians are threatening a boycott of CBS after the Recording Academy sliced 31 awards from this year’s Grammys, according to the Associated Press. An official Grammy press release said the decision to reduce the...
July 1, 2011 12:50 PM ET
Amy Winehouse's Website Hacked By Lil B Fans | ARTICLE

Back in hack? Yesterday, Amy Winehouse’s official website was hacked by what appeared to be a cheery gang of Lil B fans. Just one day after the internet-savvy rapper released long-anticipated new album I’m...
July 1, 2011 11:50 AM ET
Wilco Inaugurate Solid Sound Fest With Mavis Staples | ARTICLE

After announcing their split from the label Nonesuch in July, Wilco took another step in celebrating their newfound independence: organizing a three-day festival, Solid Sound, at the Massachusetts art gallery Mass MOCA. Wilco recruited a diverse...
August 16, 2010 6:07 PM ET
"She Luvs Me (She Luvs Mi Knot)" | SONG REVIEW

Rich Boy struck gold with producer Polow Da Don on 2006's "Throw Some D's." The pair hasn't been able to repeat the feat on any of their three subsequent singles together, including 2007's cheery love jam "Good...
June 29, 2010 11:29 AM ET
"Who Dat" | SONG REVIEW

North Carolina rapper/producer J. Cole is Jay-Z's first signing to his new Roc Nation imprint. Though Jigga sees Cole as rap's future, his debut single is lodged in the recent past. "Who Dat" echoes the timeless flamethrowing...
June 29, 2010 11:25 AM ET
Southern Rap Legends Unite at VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' | ARTICLE

Last night, VH1 taped the seventh annual Hip Hop Honors, a massive party celebrating the innovators and originators of the Dirty South. This year's honorees include Rap-A-Lot Records mogul J. Prince, producer and So So Def mastermind...
June 4, 2010 9:38 AM ET
N.E.R.D. Channel Sixties Psych-Rock on June LP 'Nothing' | ARTICLE

Avant-funk cosmonauts N.E.R.D. debuted snippets of their upcoming fourth album Nothing in a dark Chelsea, New York lounge last night. According to the ever-visible Pharrell Williams, the album was influenced by the '60s and '70s counterculture —...
April 30, 2010 9:22 AM ET
Download Konono No. 1's New 12-Minute Track "Wumbanzanga" | ARTICLE

Konono No. 1, the Congolese trance band who shook the music world (and opened for Björk) with their home-tweaked junkyard electronics and delirious grooves, are returning on June 8th with their long-awaited second album Assume Crash...
April 1, 2010 4:02 PM ET
Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop's Godfather? His Ties to Beasties, Roots, More | ARTICLE

Recently, a YouTube made the rounds of Bob Dylan raspily rapping his way through a solid chunk of LL Cool J's classic "Mama Said Knock You Out." The Internet had good time with "LOL" and "WTF" responses,...
March 30, 2010 12:06 PM ET
Animal Collective's Offbeat Art Project Comes to the Guggenheim | ARTICLE

Boundary-pushing avant-indie crew Animal Collective and video artist Danny Perez took over the iconic rotunda of New York's Guggenheim Museum last night, bringing their signature weirdness to a capacity audience of 1,500 people. Billed as an "immersive...
March 5, 2010 10:37 AM ET
Evanescence Go Electro As Lee Has "Fun With Music" on Next LP | ARTICLE

On Monday, February 22nd, Evanescence started recording their upcoming third album in New York with famed producer Steve Lillywhite. Singer Amy Lee tells Rolling Stone the new disc is going to be a mix of "sarcastic aggression"...
March 2, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Behind Animal Collective's Film "Oddsac": Fire, Cults and Glitter | ARTICLE

After four years of furious editing, a polarizing screening at Sundance and loads of body glitter, Animal Collective's long-awaited "visual album" Oddsac...
March 1, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Goldfrapp Embrace Abba, ELO on "Head First," Talk Aguilera Collabo | ARTICLE

Electro-pop duo Goldfrapp wrapped work on their fifth album Head First (due March 9th) just a few weeks ago. "It's so new we don't even know what we think about it," says lead synthesizer tweaker Will...
February 2, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Breaking: The Big Pink | ARTICLE

Who: A fuzzy, scuzzy electro-indie duo made up of Londoners Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze. Their enormous sound is currently sweeping the indie underground, but you may know them from the countless reviews that joke about how...
December 9, 2009 12:00 AM ET
Adam Lambert Goes Glam on "For Your Entertainment" Album Cover | ARTICLE

Do not adjust you computer monitors: the above image of Adam Lambert is in fact the cover for his post-Idol debut album For Your Entertainment, due out November 23rd. The album cover was confirmed by Lambert's Adam...
October 27, 2009 6:13 PM ET
Jay-Z Reveals "DJ Hero" Habits, Onstage Tips Learned From Bono | ARTICLE

"My nephews ain't beat me their whole entire life — until now," said Jay-Z, clad in his trademark Yankee cap and shades yesterday, demonstrating for a small press roundtable that he could be just as competitive with...
October 27, 2009 10:36 AM ET