FROM THE NEWS NEST: New music from Bjork and more.
Icelandic singer Björk has released a new track “The Comet Song” that will benefit UNICEF’s work with Pakistani flood relief.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: No more Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and more.
No fears, indie lovers of Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head! They’re not going away forever, just saying goodbye to their namesake.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: Slipknot bassist dead at 38 and more.
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead today in an Iowa hotel room. He was 38. There is currently no word on cause of death.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: Bret Michaels hospitalized and more.
Bret Michaels, lead singer of ’80s hair metal favorites Poison and reality t.v. star, was hospitalized late last night after he was rushed to the emergency room with a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, or bleeding at the base of the brain stem.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: Sublime reunites for 4-20 and more.
Sublime has been mainly broken up since the overdose of lead singer Brad Nowell in 1996, and fans have had to mainly do without the fantastic SoCal band. The surviving members took the stage last night in L.A. with 21-year-old Rome Ramirez, and according to Spin Magazine, the house was rocking.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: M.I.A. announces new album with Coachella blimp and more.
We know that most of you kids at Coachella — P.S. for those of us stuck in the Bay Area, we hate you — who checked out the Jay-Z set this weekend were probably looking at the stage.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: Punk pioneer Malcolm McLaren dies and more.
Malcolm McLaren, 64, one of punk’s leading men, passed away Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. McLaren managed acts like the Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow and the New York Dolls.
FROM THE NEWS NEST: Black Lips member apologizes for homophobic comments and more.
You kids may remember the heated words and thrown punches that went down last year between Black Lips’ Jared Swilley and Wavves frontman Nathan Williams. Swilley had a subsequent interview with Buddyhead about the confrontation, and proceeded to use the word “faggot” to describe Williams. Well, Swilley has recently gotten around to apologizing for the homophobic comments.