News featuring Barenaked Ladies

The following news stories mention Barenaked Ladies. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated within the last hour.

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’13 Feb 8 Fri

Friday 8th February

  • “Astronaut And Rocker Pen First Earth-Space Duet”

    Talk about the ultimate space jam. The song is called "I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)," and it's a very long-distance collaboration between Canadians Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and Chris Hadfield, who currently commands the International Space Station. The song premiered Friday.

    Read the complete article at www.npr.org

’12 Jul 31 Tue

Tuesday 31st July

  • “The Dentals: Tennessee”

    The band has a rather cheeky brand of coy humor that is winning.

    In 1991, a quirky upstart American alternative rock band called Too Much Joy released a stellar album of goofy songs entitled Cereal Killers. On that album, you’ll find a track called “King of Beers”, a sarcastic ode to jocks who rule bars everywhere. Well, Swiss quartet the Dentals – who sound like a cross between They Might Be Giants and the Barenaked Ladies with their acoustic, softly strummed alterna joke folk – have taken the…

    Read the complete article at www.popmatters.com

’12 May 29 Tue

Tuesday 29th May

’12 Mar 6 Tue

Tuesday 6th March

’12 Jan 19 Thu

Thursday 19th January

  • “Listen now to the new Bruce Springsteen”

    Wrecking Ball, the Boss's 17th studio album, will be his first since the death of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons

    Bruce Springsteen's manager has revealed new details of the singer's forthcoming album, Wrecking Ball, promising an "experimental" and "big-picture piece of work". The LP – described by Jon Landau, who has managed Springsteen since 1976, as having "social overtones" – includes contributions by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, as well as members of the E Street Band.

    Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk

’11 Dec 5 Mon

Monday 5th December

  • “Barenaked Ladies: Hits From Yesterday and the Day Before”

    Do you want to hear "The Big Bang Theory Theme", "One Week", and other Barenaked Ladies songs that you maybe kinda-sorta remember? Are you too lazy or disinterested to track down the original albums or buy the individual tracks online? Then this greatest hits compilation is for you.

    With a 20-year career under their belts and a few memorable songs, it might seem like a good time for a greatest hits compilation from the Barenaked Ladies. On the other hand, the band’s biggest hit, “One Week”, dates all the way back to 1998. Furthermore, BNL covered a lot of ground on their first greatest hits compilation back in 2001, and their songs haven’t exactly been burning up the charts over the past 10…

    Read the complete article at www.popmatters.com

’11 Aug 29 Mon

Monday 29th August

’11 Jun 24 Fri

Friday 24th June

  • “Glastonbury 2011 live: Friday 24 June, the evening”

    Radiohead rocked up to a muddy festival in Somerset, and were followed by U2, with the threat of protest in the air... See how we saw the day

    1.21am: So herrrrre's Dorian's review of U2's headlining set at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts... with which we'll end tonight.

    Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk

’11 Jun 19 Sun

Sunday 19th June

  • Filed under: News, Awards

    Signs that summer has arrived in Toronto: all the patios are full, Yonge-Dundas Square fills up for NXNE, and Queen St. West shuts down to make way for the most outrageous, celeb-filled red carpet the city sees all year. It's the MMVAs, baby, you know you love it. Flip through our gallery to see the shenanigans that took place at MuchMusic headquarters. Watch Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, co-host Selena Gomez, Snoop Dogg, the Black Keys, Drake, Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars and more strut down the red carpet and send fans into a frenzy with live performances.

    Read the complete article at www.spinner.com

’11 Jun 13 Mon

Monday 13th June

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