Check out this computer generated clip for “Californication,” a relatively new downtempo rocker from LA alt-funk up-and-comers Red Hot Chili Peppers.

As we told you about two months ago, Woodstock promoter Michael Lang was in search of a spot to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. And after scoping out Prospect Park’s Long Meadow for the event, it has now been confirmed that the festival will instead be getting back to its roots; taking place at its original location in Bethel Woods, with a handful of the original performers added on to the roster.
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There is always a faint feeling of apprehension at the thought of Radiohead covers — lets face it, not many people can deliver a performance quite like Thom Yorke. But Macy Gray’s cover of “Creep” at the Los Angeles premiere of the music documentary The Heart is a Drum Machine, wasn’t all that bad.
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They announced their formation barely a month ago and their debut album doesn’t come out for another five weeks, but apparently the buzz around “supergroup” Chickenfoot is so great that they’ve managed to sell out all nine road-test shows they had planned for the month of May.
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Forgive us for posting this on Good Friday, but when we saw the cover of the forthcoming Spinnerette record, we thought to ourselves; this is going to turn out to be a dude doing that Silence Of The Lambs tuck thing. It just doesn’t look like the crotch of someone who marries people to further her musical career.
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