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Rolling Stone

Wednesday January 2, 2007

TODAY'S TOP ROCK HEADLINES


IN THE ROLLING STONE OFFICES: MARY J. BLIGE
Mary J. Blige recently stopped by the RS offices to talk about her eighth studio album Growing Pains and the dramatic year that helped inspire it. Click HERE to watch our video interview.


IN THE STUDIO: FRANZ FERDINAND
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are thirty-four songs into their third record, and frontman Alex Kapranos reveals, "I suppose we're heading back to the idea of dance music. It's more of a dance record than a rock record." Click HERE to find out more.


SINGLE MINDED: LED ZEPPELIN, GHOSTFACE KILLAH AND MORE
Click HERE for a round-up of the best rarities, remixes and mash-ups on the Web, including Led Zeppelin's reunion concert and Ghostface Killah, Jackson Browne, Jewel and Lyle Lovett's all-star performance of "Walk Hard" from the movie of the same name.


THE BEST OF 2007
Click HERE for Rolling Stone's round-up of the year's best in music, movies, television, gadgets and more.


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TODAY'S PICKS


DAILY TRACK: Kanye West — "Stronger"
Robot funk is the new soul loop! With his futuristic, Daft Punk-fueled synthfest, Kanye declares he's down with hipster America's obsession with French dance music. Click HERE for more on this and the other tracks that made Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.


DAILY VIDEO: In the RS Offices — Mary J. Blige


DAILY REVIEW: Rilo Kiley — Under the Blacklight
The big, bright pop-rock record these ex-indie-rockers always had in them, Under the Blacklight found Jenny Lewis cooing seductively and belting out manicured choruses amid meaty, danceable beats and stylistic flourishes like Latin bounce and horn sections. Click HERE for more on this and the other albums that made Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.


ARTIST OF THE DAY: FRANZ FERDINAND

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS



Doug Robb of Hoobastank, 33

Dawn Silva of P-Funk, 54


TODAY'S ROCK ON TV (ALL TIMES EST)



CBS

11:35pm - Late Show with David Letterman: SHOOTER JENNINGS


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