The Naked and Famous Rock Out to 'Young Blood' Live

The Naked and Famous Rock Out to 'Young Blood' LiveNew Zealand post-punks ready release of concert film $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); OO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer', 'hvZHMzYToHvhS4Kv2C5x5VlDl68xYsy3', {'autoplay': true }); });By

After two years of constant touring, New Zealand post-punks the Naked and Famous are hard at work on several new projects. Not only is the band writing their second album but, on March 18th, they'll release a full live concert film for free on their website. The movie, One Temporary Escape, captures a live show from their 2012 U.S. tour.

Singer-guitarist Thom Powers is confident that the performance film captures the band's debut album perfectly. "This is a great representation of how our live show ended up. . . It's pretty much a Passive Me, Aggressive You live show slightly rearranged," he tells Rolling Stone. "We even threw in a couple of EP tracks." In this exclusive clip from the film, the band performs their track "Young Blood," and the exhilarating lighting and dynamic playing make the band's completely live, dub-free performance captivating.

To download the free film, go to the Naked and Famous' site on March 18th.

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The Naked and Famous Rock Out to 'Young Blood' Live

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After two years of constant touring, New Zealand post-punks the Naked and Famous are hard at work on several new projects. Not only is the band writing their second album but, on March 18th, they'll release a full live concert film for free on their website. The movie, One Temporary Escape, captures a live show from their 2012 U.S. tour.

Singer-guitarist Thom Powers is confident that the performance film captures the band's debut album perfectly. "This is a great representation of how our live show ended up. . . It's pretty much a Passive Me, Aggressive You live show slightly rearranged," he tells Rolling Stone. "We even threw in a couple of EP tracks." In this exclusive clip from the film, the band performs their track "Young Blood," and the exhilarating lighting and dynamic playing make the band's completely live, dub-free performance captivating.

To download the free film, go to the Naked and Famous' site on March 18th.

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Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono Recruit Famous Friends for Anti-Fracking Clip

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Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon have put up billboards, run a TV ad and presented petitions in opposition of fracking, now they've recruited celebrity friends including Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for the new video to their song "Don't Frack My Mother," which debuted last summer on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

The song is the latest entry in their Artists Against Fracking campaign to persuade New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to allow gas companies to use hydraulic fracturing in New York state to extract natural gas trapped deep within underground rock.

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The video intersperses shots of Lennon, Ono and actors and musicians, also including Maggie Gyllenhaal, SNL's Fred Armisen and members of the Strokes, Wilco and the Black Keys, with statistics about fracking and drilling. As Lennon pleads, "Please, don't frack my mother," Ono interjects, "Don't frack me!"

Cuomo last fall postponed a decision on fracking until February, but the state missed a procedural deadline last month that will further delay efforts to finalize regulations on hydraulic fracturing. Missing the deadline required the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to re-propose the regulations, and allow 45 days for public comment.

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Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono Recruit Famous Friends for Anti-Fracking Clip

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Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon have put up billboards, run a TV ad and presented petitions in opposition of fracking, now they've recruited celebrity friends including Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for the new video to their song "Don't Frack My Mother," which debuted last summer on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

The song is the latest entry in their Artists Against Fracking campaign to persuade New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to allow gas companies to use hydraulic fracturing in New York state to extract natural gas trapped deep within underground rock.

Photos: Fracking's Real Life Victims

The video intersperses shots of Lennon, Ono and actors and musicians, also including Maggie Gyllenhaal, SNL's Fred Armisen and members of the Strokes, Wilco and the Black Keys, with statistics about fracking and drilling. As Lennon pleads, "Please, don't frack my mother," Ono interjects, "Don't frack me!"

Cuomo last fall postponed a decision on fracking until February, but the state missed a procedural deadline last month that will further delay efforts to finalize regulations on hydraulic fracturing. Missing the deadline required the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to re-propose the regulations, and allow 45 days for public comment.

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Kelly Clarkson Brings Out Famous Friends in Los Angeles

Kelly Clarkson performs during her Stronger Tour at the Nokia Theatre L.A. in Los Angeles.

"I feel so popular right now!" said Kelly Clarkson last night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles – and beyond the capacity crowd, it wasn't hard to see why. Playing one of the final dates of her current North American tour, Clarkson peppered the nearly two-hour show with surprise cameos by several high-wattage pals, including Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, the latter of whom joined her for a rendition of Clarkson and Jason Aldean's pop-country power ballad, "Don't You Wanna Stay." Michelle Branch and fellow American Idol alum Tamyra Gray also appeared. "It's L.A., y'all," Clarkson explained at one point. "I got a lot of friends here."

The guest stars inspired big audience reactions, but Clarkson hardly needed the help as she ran through hit after hit from her five studio albums: "Since U Been Gone," remade as a sleek dance-punk jam; "Already Gone," with close-harmony backing vocals from her eight-piece band; a fiercely propulsive "My Life Would Suck Without You"; "Mr. Know It All," which she introduced by asking if anyone in the house had ever "dated a tool" before. ("I dated maybe the biggest douche in L.A.," she added.) After a stripped-down "Never Again," from 2007's gloomy My December, the singer offered a warning to all future boyfriends: "Never piss me off – I'll write some shit."  

In addition to "Mr. Know It All," Clarkson sang a handful of tunes from last year's Stronger, which she called her favorite of all her records. "Einstein" was a laidback folk-soul tune, while "You Love Me" had an appealing Eighties-R&B vibe; later, the album's chart-topping title track blasted the room with strobing disco synths. Clarkson did several covers as well, including "Heavy in Your Arms" by Florence and the Machine and a gospel-fired take on Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends." She and Gray revived "When You Believe," the 1998 Mariah Carey-Whitney Houston duet from The Prince of Egypt, and Clarkson summoned more dueling-divas energy with McEntire during "Because of You."  

Toward the end of the show she reached back to the Disney-princess pop of her first big solo smash, "Breakaway," telling the crowd the song was "where people started really getting behind me and supporting my career." Nearly a decade later, as last night's parade of stars demonstrated, that career has grown exponentially. But somehow Clarkson retains an essential one-of-us quality. She still can't believe she's the popular girl.

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Kelly Clarkson Brings Out Famous Friends in Los Angeles

Kelly Clarkson performs during her Stronger Tour at the Nokia Theatre L.A. in Los Angeles.

"I feel so popular right now!" said Kelly Clarkson last night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles – and beyond the capacity crowd, it wasn't hard to see why. Playing one of the final dates of her current North American tour, Clarkson peppered the nearly two-hour show with surprise cameos by several high-wattage pals, including Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, the latter of whom joined her for a rendition of Clarkson and Jason Aldean's pop-country power ballad, "Don't You Wanna Stay." Michelle Branch and fellow American Idol alum Tamyra Gray also appeared. "It's L.A., y'all," Clarkson explained at one point. "I got a lot of friends here."

The guest stars inspired big audience reactions, but Clarkson hardly needed the help as she ran through hit after hit from her five studio albums: "Since U Been Gone," remade as a sleek dance-punk jam; "Already Gone," with close-harmony backing vocals from her eight-piece band; a fiercely propulsive "My Life Would Suck Without You"; "Mr. Know It All," which she introduced by asking if anyone in the house had ever "dated a tool" before. ("I dated maybe the biggest douche in L.A.," she added.) After a stripped-down "Never Again," from 2007's gloomy My December, the singer offered a warning to all future boyfriends: "Never piss me off – I'll write some shit."  

In addition to "Mr. Know It All," Clarkson sang a handful of tunes from last year's Stronger, which she called her favorite of all her records. "Einstein" was a laidback folk-soul tune, while "You Love Me" had an appealing Eighties-R&B vibe; later, the album's chart-topping title track blasted the room with strobing disco synths. Clarkson did several covers as well, including "Heavy in Your Arms" by Florence and the Machine and a gospel-fired take on Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends." She and Gray revived "When You Believe," the 1998 Mariah Carey-Whitney Houston duet from The Prince of Egypt, and Clarkson summoned more dueling-divas energy with McEntire during "Because of You."  

Toward the end of the show she reached back to the Disney-princess pop of her first big solo smash, "Breakaway," telling the crowd the song was "where people started really getting behind me and supporting my career." Nearly a decade later, as last night's parade of stars demonstrated, that career has grown exponentially. But somehow Clarkson retains an essential one-of-us quality. She still can't believe she's the popular girl.

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Flaming Lips Collaborate With Famous 'Fwends' on Record Store Day Exclusive

The Flaming Lips perform during the Harvest Music Festival at the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, Australia.

The Flaming Lips have teamed up with a variety of artists including Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Yoko Ono, My Morning Jacket, Nick Cave, Erykah Badu and Chris Martin of Coldplay for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, a limited edition double album that will be released exclusively through retailers participating in Record Store Day on April 21st.

The set, which will only be issued as a double multi-colored vinyl set, includes previously released tracks that have appeared on the band's recent EPs. The band claims there will only be one pressing of the set, so hardcore Lips fans ought to get to their local shop early unless they're ready to spend big bucks landing a copy on eBay.

The full track listing for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is as follows:

Side 1:
"2012" (featuring Ke$ha and Biz Markie)
"Ashes in the Air" (featuring Bon Iver)
"Helping the Retarded to Know God" (featuring Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

Side 2:
"Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee" (featuring Prefuse 73)
"Children of the Moon" (featuring Tame Impala)
"That Ain't My Trip" (featuring Jim James of My Morning Jacket)
"You, Man? Human?" (featuring Nick Cave)

Side 3:
"I'm Working at NASA on Acid" (featuring Lightning Bolt)
"Do It!" (featuring Yoko Ono)
"Is David Bowie Dying?" (featuring Neon Indian)

Side 4:
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (featuring Erykah Badu)
"Thunder Drops" (featuring New Fumes)
"I Don't Want You to Die" (featuring Chris Martin of Coldplay)

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Flaming Lips Collaborate With Famous 'Fwends' on Record Store Day Exclusive

The Flaming Lips perform during the Harvest Music Festival at the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, Australia.

The Flaming Lips have teamed up with a variety of artists including Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Yoko Ono, My Morning Jacket, Nick Cave, Erykah Badu and Chris Martin of Coldplay for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, a limited edition double album that will be released exclusively through retailers participating in Record Store Day on April 21st.

The set, which will only be issued as a double multi-colored vinyl set, includes previously released tracks that have appeared on the band's recent EPs. The band claims there will only be one pressing of the set, so hardcore Lips fans ought to get to their local shop early unless they're ready to spend big bucks landing a copy on eBay.

The full track listing for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is as follows:

Side 1:
"2012" (featuring Ke$ha and Biz Markie)
"Ashes in the Air" (featuring Bon Iver)
"Helping the Retarded to Know God" (featuring Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

Side 2:
"Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee" (featuring Prefuse 73)
"Children of the Moon" (featuring Tame Impala)
"That Ain't My Trip" (featuring Jim James of My Morning Jacket)
"You, Man? Human?" (featuring Nick Cave)

Side 3:
"I'm Working at NASA on Acid" (featuring Lightning Bolt)
"Do It!" (featuring Yoko Ono)
"Is David Bowie Dying?" (featuring Neon Indian)

Side 4:
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (featuring Erykah Badu)
"Thunder Drops" (featuring New Fumes)
"I Don't Want You to Die" (featuring Chris Martin of Coldplay)

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