Mark Ronson

I Read The News Today... For Nov. 15, 2010

The Besnard Lakes, Misteur Valaire, Fred Fortin, Random Recipe, Poirier, We Are Wolves, Radio Radio, and Brains won GAMIQ Awards last night. Arkells, Karkwa, The Sadies, Radio Radio, Sarah Harmer, Aidan Knight, Silly Kissers, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, The Pack A.D. and Hollerado have made this year's CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards short list....
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Blur

I Read The News Today... For Oct. 21, 2010

Looks like 102.1 The Edge and Dean Blundell are in some trouble again. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Wednesday that comments Blundell made suggesting Justin Bieber was "gay" and that his fans were "likely 12 years old" violated part of the council's "equitable portrayal code" because they had "inappropriately sexualized children."...
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Justin Bieber

I Read The News Today... For Oct. 19, 2010

Calgary experimental quartet Braids will release their Native Speaker debut album on Jan. 18. If you don't already know who they are, you will soon; the internets are hyping them up like crazy. —Tell All Your FriendsLightspeed Champion will release a new EP titled Bye Bye on Dec. 13 in the U.K. It'll contain a cover of The Beach Boys' "Til I Die...
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Braids

I Read The News Today... For Sept. 20, 2010

This ought to leave you teenage ladies crying into your pillow: Kings Of Leon's Caleb Followill is engaged to model Lily Aldridge. Now maybe they can focus on making babies and Kings Of Leon can stop making shitty records (aka go away forever). —US Weekly Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has signed on to co-manage London, Ont.'s Baptized In Blood. —...
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The Charlatans U.K.

I Read The News Today... For Sept. 9, 2010

Arts & Crafts will reissue Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub, which will contain the two EPs by Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin's pre-Broken Social Scene band K.C. Accidental, on Oct. 26. It'll be available in double-LP and CD formats, as well as a digital download. —Arts & CraftsHedley will release a live CD/DVD, Go With...
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The Dresden Dolls

Duran Duran Re-Record "Rio" For Ronson

One of Duran Duran's biggest hits was "Rio" from their 1982 sophomore album of the same name, and the British band have re-recorded the song for producer Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen). Ronson, who's producing material for Duran Duran's follow-up to 2007's Red Carpet Massacre, appeared on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe Show on Monday...
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Duran Duran

Yoko Ono Resurrects Plastic Ono Band

Yoko Ono will bring the Plastic Ono Band back to life (in name if nothing else) on June 14 for their first U.K. gig at the Meltdown festival at London's Royal Festival Hall. Ono will be backed by her son, Sean Lennon, Antony Hegarty of Antony And The Johnsons, Mark Ronson and Cornelius. It's not yet known whether any of the original Plastic Ono...
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Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Ronson Rescues Winehouse's Career

Mark Ronson has signed on to help resurrect Amy Winehouse's dwindling music career, but it took some convincing to get him on board. Things didn't turn out so well the last time the pair were supposed to work together. Winehouse was supposed to collaborate with Ronson on the theme for Quantum Of Solace last April, but the producer canned the...
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Amy Winehouse
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