All posts from 24 August 2007

Album release updates: His Name Is Alive, Everlast, and more

Babyshambles
“Shotter’s Nation,” the second album from Pete Doherty & co., already scheduled for release Ocotber 1st in the UK, now has a US release date as well, courtesy of Astralwerks: October 23rd.
Everlast
The artist’s first album since 2004, to be entitled “Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford,” should arrive in stores in early 2008.
His […]

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Music briefing: From 50 Cent to $75 million

Morrissey has once again rejected overtures to re-form The Smiths (or at least reunite with Johnny Marr) and go on tour. This time, he turned down an offer of $75 million. Everyone has a price, don’t they?
If rapper 50 Cent loses his September album sales battle with Kanye West, at least he has a new […]

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REVIEW ROUNDUP: Talib Kweli, Eardrum

Although reviewers and fans alike were down on (rather than down with) the Brooklyn rapper’s previous two solo albums, “The Beautiful Struggle” and “Right About Now,” he has finally–after a lengthy delay–returned with a follow-up to silence the critics. The 20-track “Eardrum” is stuffed with producers and collaborators, including Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, UGK, Norah […]

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