Entertainment

  2010 MAR 19 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Dear Friends.

  Our music content providers, DEVO, braved the northern winds of Whistler Mountain this past Monday to deliver a powerful offering of new and classic songs to the Olympic community, with fantastic results! The diverse crowd provided a perfect testing ground for the new outfits, a possible brand color (presented in the form of blue energy domes), and various new songs. Our agency partner, Mother LA, provided a researcher to observe the audience response, collecting pertinent data ...read more

  2010 MAR 12 - (VerticalNews.com) -- The video for Tegan and Sara's new single "Alligator" has premiered exclusively on MySpace in the U.S. and Much Music in the girls' native Canada.

  The winter wonderland-evoking video, which features Tegan and Sara cavorting with a posse of long-johns-wearing dancers amid mountains of multi-colored confetti and futuristic ewoks, was directed by Marc De Pape.

  "Alligator" is the second single from Tegan and Sara's current album SAINTHOOD, which was released by Sire/Vapor Records in October 2009. SAINTHOOD was produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla (who also produced 2007's critically applauded THE CON) and Howard Redekopp (who produced 2004's groundbreaking effort SO JEALOUS) and mixed by Grammy Award winner Dave Sardy (Oasis, Primal Scream, Marilyn Manson) ...read more

  2010 MAR 5 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Warner Bros. Records is pleased to announce that Senior Vice President of A&R and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has signed British singer and songwriter Neon Hitch to a recording deal. Hitch will begin recording her debut album with executive producer Benny Blanco (Ke$ha, Spank Rock, 3OH!3, Britney Spears) in the next month.

  "Neon Hitch is a star!" DioGuardi says. "I fell in love with her voice and personality the first time we met. She is a unique artist who has traveled the world and you can hear those influences in her vocal stylings and melodic and lyrical choices. ...read more