Snoop Dogg Hits Number One (In Music-Related Wrestlemania Moments)

Last night at Wrestlemania XXIV, Snoop Dogg oversaw a women’s tag team match that ended with him laying out a guy named Santino Marella. This was awesome for a number of reasons. First, it looked stiff as hell. Secondly, he immediately grabbed downed wrestler Maria and made out with her, because he’s a pimp. Also, it was an incredible joy to hear WWE play-by-play guy Jim Ross shout “SNOOP DOGG!” over and over again.
Snoop’s clothesline puts him in the top position among music-related Wrestlemania moments. What are the others in the top five? Glad you asked, and feel free to drop your favorites in the comments.

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Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple

Artist:
Gnarls Barkley
Review:
When Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo strike a pose together as Gnarls
Barkley, they’ll dress up as anything from Star Wars
characters to the Dude and Walter from The Big Lebowski.
But their greatest costume concept has to be Hunter S. Thompson and
his attorney, because that captures the fear and loathing in their
music. “Crazy” seemed jovial on the surface, which is why it became
the world’s favorite song in 2006. But the longer you listened, the
creepier it felt — especially Cee-Lo’s cackle…

Rating:
3.5 Stars

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George Strait - Troubadour

Artist:
George Strait
Review:
Like a bottle of Heinz ketchup on a diner counter, a George Strait
album is a reassuring product. At fifty-five, dude’s spent his life
making fairly low-bullshit, high-yield mainstream country: Since
1981’s Strait Country, his LPs have gone platinum or
better thirty-two times, and the four-CD anthology Strait Out
of the Box has shifted 8 million units. That’s a lot of
Resistol cowboy hats, pardner (although thanks to his endorsement
deal, Strait no doubt gets ‘em free). Troubadour is…

Rating:
3 Stars

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Kylie Minogue - X

Artist:
Kylie Minogue
Review:
Kylie Minogue has never commanded the zeitgeist like Madonna or
stalked a stage with the queenly cool of Beyoncé or hurtled
across octaves like Mariah. But in a two-decade career, the
pint-size Aussie has ruled the British and European charts by
supplying nonstop fizzy fun — she’s pop divadom’s party
planner in chief.
Minogue’s tenth album arrives on the heels of her battle with
breast cancer; thankfully, the experience hasn’t made her music
discernibly deeper. X compiles…

Rating:
3.5 Stars

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Moby

A revered, recognizable figure on the dance music scene since the early ’90s, the enigmatic producer/DJ Moby was catapulted into mainstream stardom with the 1999 release of Play. A surprise hit, Play delved into highly personal areas in a downtempo vein never before explored in any of his previous releases. A master of such styles as techno, house, trance, ambient and breakbeat to name just a few, Moby is blessed with the ability to strike a sincere, emotive chord with a wide range of dance music devotees.
- Melissa Piazza

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Spring ‘08 LPs From Madonna, Coldplay, The Roots, Mudcrutch, Elvis Costello

Spring ‘08 LPs From Madonna, Coldplay, The Roots, Mudcrutch, Elvis
Costello

Madonna

Hard Candy 4/29

Madonna hooked up with two of hip-hop’s top beatmakers —
Timbaland and Pharrell Williams — for her eleventh studio
album. “She just wanted energy, she just wants to dance,” says
Williams, who produced about half the…

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New Albums from Madonna, Coldplay, The Roots, Mudcrutch, Elvis Costello

New Albums from Madonna, Coldplay, The Roots, Mudcrutch, Elvis
Costello

Madonna

Hard Candy 4/29

Madonna hooked up with two of hip-hop’s top beatmakers —
Timbaland and Pharrell Williams — for her eleventh studio
album. “She just wanted energy, she just wants to dance,” says
Williams, who produced about half the…

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Neon Neon’s Eighties Mix: Listen to the Duets That Inspired Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip’s “I Lust U”

Neon Neon, a collaboration between Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and L.A. producer Boom Bip, blend Italian disco, Brazliian beats and Beach Boys harmonies on their debut disc Stainless Style. The album tells the story of real-life automobile visionary John DeLorean, creator of the famed Back to the Future car, as he navigates through all of the excesses of the 1980s, including his affair with actress Raquel Welch and his conviction on cocaine charges. To mark the release of their newest single, “I Lust U,” — which features Rhys’ duet with Welsh singer Cate Le Bon and wouldn’t be out of place on the Human League’s Dare — Neon Neon are offering up an exclusive mix of Eighties duets, including David Bowie and Queen, Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield and Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Click below to hear the track, and watch the new video for “I Lust [...]

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Breaking Artist: Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Who: U.K. dance-rock act Does It Offend You, Yeah?, an oddly-named quartet who are already championed by the British press after perfectly melding infectious electronics and live instruments on their debut album You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Into.
Sounds Like: An obnoxious, dizzying, perfectly of-the-moment blend of Daft Punk, Justice and Rage Against the Machine.
Vital Stats:
• The band got their polarizing band name from an episode of the British version of The Office. When the group was posting their first song on MySpace, Ricky Gervais’ character said that line in the episode at the exact moment, and the name stuck.

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SXSW ‘08: SPIN’s Best and Worst

DOUG BROD, EDITOR, SPINBest Set: My Morning Jacket at Austin Music HallBest Discovery: (Tie) Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, the Heavy, and the Last Vegas (not officially part of SXSW, though) Biggest Disappointment: Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong walked off after two songs.Bummed I Didn’t Catch…: The Ting TingsPeople Were Really Talking About…: How No Age were great and yes, they have tunes, really, swear to God!
STEVE KANDELL, DEPUTY EDITOR, SPINBest Set: Jay Reatard at the French Legation Museum: Rocked harder in 15 minutes than some bands will their entire silly careers.Best Discovery: Sam’s BBQ in East AustinBiggest Disappointment: Michael Stipe rallying against our depraved tabloid-damaged, celeb-obsessed culture…and then dedicating a song to Heath Ledger.Bummed I Didn’t Catch…: Monotonix. if you’re gonna be crammed into a small space seeing something bizarre and unfamiliar, that sounded like the way to [...]

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