In 2011 U2 returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to tell the story of the one album that changed everything. Premieres on Showtime Saturday, October 29th. Twenty years after the release of ‘Achtung Baby’, director Davis Guggenheim’s documentary ‘From The Sky Down’ opened the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An [...]
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See The U2 Achtung Baby Documentary “From The Sky Down” On Showtime October 29th (Trailer)
Song Of The Day: Jack White Covers U2′s Love Is Blindness From Achtung Baby
Yesterday, we told you about Q Magazine’s tribute to U2′s Achtung Baby. Â Here’s a first listen to Jack White’s version of “Love Is Blindness.”
U2′s Achtung Baby Covered By Jack White, The Killers And Depeche Mode For Q Magazine
From U2.com A host of famous names, including The Killers, Jack White, Nine Inch Nails, Snow Patrol, Patti Smith and Depeche Mode, have re-created U2’s Achtung Baby album in celebration of its 20th anniversary. The collection of brand new recordings, ‘AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered’, also marks the 25th anniversary of Q Magazine, and Q Editor in [...]
Achtung Baby! U2 Announces Details Of Album Anniversary Release
FROM U2.COM Achtung Baby turns twenty in November with an anniversary edition featuring previously unreleased songs and new documentary set for release. It was, said Robert Hilburn of the LA Times, ‘U2′s daring descent into darkness’ while Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote that ‘stripped-down and defying its old formulas, U2 has given [...]
Concert Review: Night One- U2 360 Tour Anaheim Stadium
U2 orchestrated a solid show of songs spanning decades of albums and artistic phases to a capacity crowd that was as diverse as the band’s catalog of music in support of their album No Line on the Horizon at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on Friday, June 17.
Song Of The Day: R.E.M. “That Someone Is You (Live)
After posting our review of the new R.E.M. album, we had to make our song of the day their new video.  Here’s “That Someone Is You,” recorded in Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studio where David Bowie and U2 have also recorded. R.E.M. – “That Someone Is You” [Live in the Studio] from Consequence of Sound on Vimeo.
Daniel Lanois And Black Dub Bring A Chaotic Synergy To The El Rey
Review by: Eric Paulsen Black Dub played their first west coast show to an enthusiastic crowd at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, Jan. 28. in support of their recently released self-titled debut album. Daniel Lanois was clearly leading the direction of the music, taking the band down unexplored musical paths [...]
Quick Look: Daniel Lanois And Black Dub At The El Rey Theatre In Hollywood
Musical legend and mega producer (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young) Daniel Lanois and Black Dub brought their soulful, eclectic sound to the packed El Rey Theatre on Friday night. Â Black Dub features Brian Blade on drums, Lanois, Trixie Whitley on vocals/drums/keyboards and Daryl Johnson on bass. Â They are a skilled and complex mix [...]
Song Of The Day: U2 & BB King “When Love Comes To Town”
From 1989′s Rattle and Hum, here’s U2 and BB King with “When Love Comes To Town”… enjoy…
Christmas Song Of The Day: Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas (Feed The World)” 1984
One of the most epic songs in music history… The mega-band known as Band Aid, came together for charity in 1984. Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record “Do They Know It’s [...]
