Author: Captain Capm (Page 87 of 118)

No Doubt has no time to wait while preggers Gwen Stefani does her motherly thing. Yet Tony Kanal says “I wouldn’t even say this album is in its infancy. It’s conception, if anything. It’s so super-early on.” Yes, that’s called playing it safe. Who else would front the band? I smell a 10,000 Maniacs type of post-popular frontwoman syndrome slide coming on. And besdies, does Stefani even need No Doubt anymore? After Tragic Kingdom, the band kept pushing farther away from the ska-pop infested sound they started with and moved ever closer to the pop rocks that rocked Rock Steady as well as the groove of Stefani’s solo album. But then again, Stefani basically is No Doubt in the eyes of many a fan. It’s her voice, her bod, and her ever-changing fashion styles that are always at the front. No one gives a crap if the drummer wears a new loincloth. She’ll have a solid career with or without ’em.

And not in the good way, either. Perhaps Britney really does dig him and thinks he’s got something going on musically as Spears is going to rap on her next album. She’s hooked up with Destiny’s Child producer Jonathan Rotem, who says

“”Not rap rap, but talk rap. It’s definitely Britney, but the next level. With songs like Toxic she was very innovative, and we’re trying to top it. Push it to the next thing.”

OK, so “rap” as in the old ’60s meaning of the word. Pushing it to the next level. She’s gonna pull a Dylan or a Reed. Walk on the wild side, you know. The new album is supposedly going to be “edgy” too. I don’t know what that means. Maybe it’ll be like when Jewel rcorded herself reading her bad poetry and maiing a bunch of moolah. I expect you can get really edgy from a Chee-tohs diet, however.

Thom Yorke will be releasing an album called The Eraser soonish. He doesn’t want it to be called a “solo” album, however. OK, so, what do you want us to call it, Thom? just some shit that floated through the ether with you singing and playing on it? All the Radiohead fanboys and girls will be able to continue pointing out Yorke’s “genius” while non-fans like myself will keep on saying what a fucking bore he is.