Maybe I’m just showing that I’m suffering from severe celebrity-baby-bump fatigue, but this clip of Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson saying they’re going to do their part for the world by bringing a Cheeto-soaked infant into it–in part because “you can’t download a baby”–made me giggle quite a bit. More »
I have listened to “Rule Breaker,” the latest song to emerge from Ashlee Simpson’s forthcoming album Bittersweet World, about five times now, and much like when I was confronted with that other song by that other Ashley last year, I’m emerging from each listening session confused. More »
Today Kelefa Sanneh wrote about All $tar, a Nashville rapper who’s been the city’s “next big thing” for three years now–excxept for the fact that his debut album, Street Ball, has been in limbo since 2005, thanks to his label, Cash Money/Universal, going over the preparation for the album with what seems to be the finest-tooth comb ever. (Sanneh: “…it’s not uncommon for rappers to wait months or years while labels try to figure out the right single, the right track selection, the right marketing plan.”) What struck me is that I’ve heard about so many delayed albums lately–from Amerie to All $tar to Nicole Scherzinger–that I can’t help but wonder if the music industry is further shooting its sales hopes in the foot by stoking negative buzz around albums by somewhat established stars or high-profile up-and-comers. Especially in the current environment of music, where people seem to have many excuses for ignoring records at the ready. After the jump, a few arguments against pushing release dates, marketing-department-emanating objections be damned.
Ashlee Simpson’s forthcoming album has apparently been pushed back yet again, after being moved from last November. More »
We’ve been following the exploits of the moshpitting, Jonas Brothers-hating YouTube sensation ADiehardFOBFan all week, but only Alex Goldberg–who likes to go by the name XxstrokesmegafanxX from time to time–was outraged enough by her profane, grouchy tirades to craft his own point-by-point… More »
Dear readers: I am so thrown off by this “East Coast blogging on Pacific Standard Time” thing that I can’t tell if it’s 1:30 or 4:30, if I should be eating brunch or dinner or afternoon tea! (So I decided to get some In & Out, which is really appropriate for any time of day.) More »
ARTIST: Ashlee Simpson
TITLE: “Outta My Head”
WEB DEBUT: Nov. 30, 2007
It’s time for another look at upcoming albums that have had their release dates pushed back, a condition that’s growing ever more chronic as the bottom seemingly falls out of the music industry. Today, we look at albums by Mariah Carey, Mario, and Ashlee Simpson that are allegedly coming soon, although not as soon as originally thought.
