The Good, The Bad and The Queen and other News

The Good, The Bad and The Queen on tour in UK, release "Herculean" single

I suppose having Blur and Gorillaz and a formidable solo career isn't enough for Damon Albarn. As mentioned a little while ago, The Good, The Bad and The Queen are Albarn's latest side project, and they're well underway with their new album, as they've been performing the songs that will be featured on next-years release in the UK with very positive results. In addition, their single "Herculean" can be heard on their MySpace page. While the single is very, very impressive, it'll be interesting to see what the rest of the album will be like as the song alone doesn't seem to be a huge departure from anything that Albarn has done previously.

Here is the tracklist for their upcoming album:
1. History Song
2. '80s Life
3. Northern Whale
4. Kingdom Of Doom
5. Herculean
6. Behind The Sun
7. The Bunting Song
8. Nature Springs
9. A Soldier's Tale
10. Three Changes
11. Green Fields
12. The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Once again, the album will be released in early 2007.

Kanye West anything but a class act at EMA's

Kanye West is probably in my list of top three celebrities that I never ever want to meet. The reason for this is because I know if I ever did, I would despise him, and this is precisely why. I'm not sure what it will take for him to get off his high horse, but he needs for it to happen now before it gets any worse. After losing to Justice and Simian for Best Video in MTV Europe Music Awards, Kanye West crashed the stage, furious that he didn't win. If it wasn't bad enough for him to say that if he doesn't win "the awards show loses credibility," he also threw in that he should've won because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it" and that he "was jumping across canyons." Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. In other news, Evel Knievel decided to protest MTV as well stating that his stunts were worthy of a lifetime achievement award. Maybe West's accountant should recommend that he spend his next million on a Louis Vuitton muzzle.

Everyone Wants More Gnarls

Is your regular version of St. Elswhere just not doing it for you anymore? Have you listened to "Crazy" so many times that you can sing it backwards without even blinking? Or could you possibly be one of the people that (gasp) hasn't even bought St. Elswhere already? Well, you're in luck because you're going to get even more Gnarls Barkley for the holiday season. In addition to the regular CD, you'll also get all-new packaging, a 92-page booklet (I'm pretty sure when you get to that many pages it's just a book) featuring all new artwork, and a DVD featuring all of your favorite Gnarls Barkley music videos. Still not enough? Well, you also get an alternate version of "Crazy" and a live performance of The Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone." The deluxe version will be available this upcoming Tuesday, the 7th of November.

Nas releases single for highly anticipated Def Jam debut

Nas' Hip-Hop is Dead (which comes out December 19 if you've forgotten), now has a single that can be heard and downloaded here. Entitled "Where Y'all At," I'm hoping that this is possibly one of those songs that has to be heard in context of the rest of the album, because as of right now it seems to be lacking. As if the fact that it's Nas' Def Jam debut isn't enough pressure, with backing talent like Damian Marley, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and more, you would hope that Nas can finally reclaim his form, but only time will tell.