Ryan Adams is recording a Smiths-inspired ‘1989’ covers album, and Taylor is pumped. More »
Katy Perry shattered many a teenage dream when she and Russell Brand tied the knot in India this past weekend. In doing so, our Halloween costume inspiration has officially joined the ranks of some of pop music’s oddest romantic pairings. While many of the marriages didn’t last—some even a week (we’re looking at you, Britney Spears)— we’re sure that Katy and Russell have what it takes to make it work. Now, a look back at the strangest pop star couples all thanks to Cupid’s misguided arrow. More »
Our friends at The Awl have debuted Ryan Adams’ video-game column, and it is a delight, looking back on the old-school console game Gorf while mulling over the possibility of Danzig and Whitesnake squaring off at an arcade. There’s also a video co-directed by Adams and his wife, noted Jandek enthusiast Amanda Adams (a.k.a. Mandy Moore). [The Awl] More »
Norah Jones has a new album coming out in November, and it’ll feature contributions from chameleonic musician/famous type Ryan Adams, Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff, and avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot, as well as songs that she worked on with the co-writer of her breakout hit “Don’t Know Why,” Jesse Harris. (Am I the only person who thought of “Don’t Know Why” as more of a slightly more mannered indiepop song than anything “jazzy”? No? OK.) [Billboard] More »
Nic Harcourt, who may be the most influential radio DJ in America not named Ryan Seacrest, will step down from his post as music director and morning show host at Santa Monica’s KCRW on Nov. 30, so he can spend more time with his family and on other projects like his music-supervision gig for the CW’s remake of 90210.
Our look at the closing lines of the biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Ryan Adams and the Cardinals’ Cardinology, which lands in Stateside stores today:
Ryan Adams has posted 18 updates to his blog in the past hour! Eighteen! That’s, like, a whole day of posts around these parts! OK, so one of them is just a shot of him reading an X-Men, but still! Ryan, if you get bored on your upcoming tour, please do give me a shout. More »
… and, by extension, causes me to actually care about his blog for the first time in a while. (Seriously, even those of you who aren’t fans of his other stuff but who do enjoy hypercaffeinated takes on super-distorted indie rock would do well to take 1:27 out of your day and sample the track.) More »
So Ryan Adams has sort of responded to Courtney Love’s accusation that his album Rock N Roll was recorded with $868,000 of Francis Bean Cobain’s money, posting a “personal statement of clarity” on his Web site that talks about how he’s working hard to become a better person, how he regrets his past mistakes, etc., etc. (There’s also a peace card linked in the source code of the page, but it’s not visible.) At the very end of the statement, he pretty much takes Courtney head-on, saying that he never meant anyone any harm intentionally, especially anyone who goes airing dirty laundry about him online; sure, he doesn’t name any names, but the descriptions “possibly reality-challenged,” “unreliable” and “outlandish” make the target of his ire pretty obvious. Full statement after the jump
