Tag: The Cars

'The US Generation' documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is helping make a feature-length documentary about the so-called ‘Woodstock of the ’80s’ — the 1982 US Festival, which featured Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The B-52s, The Cars, Ramones, Gang of Four and more — to be released this Labor Day weekend on the event’s 30th anniversary.

Readers Poll 2011: Best albums of the year

Readers Poll 2011: Best albums of the year

As 2011 quickly winds to an end, we’re happy to roll out our fourth and final days’ worth of results from our second-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, in which nearly 500 of you cast ballots for your favorite music of the year. Today, we bring you the big one: The best albums of 2011.

Readers Poll 2011: Best singles of the year

Readers Poll 2011: Best singles of the year

Today we roll out the third of four days’ worth of results from our second-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, in which nearly 500 of you cast ballots for your favorite new, reissued and freshly compiled music of the year. This time, it’s your Top 10 singles of the year.

The Week in Rock: Sept. 11-17, 2011

The Week in Rock: Sept. 11-17, 2011

This week’s headlines on Slicing Up Eyeballs included news of a new Kate Bush album, tour dates from X and Dinosaur Jr, new music from Simple Minds, INXS and The Waterboys, and a very cool contest for fans of The Smiths.

Video: The Cars, 'Free' — off 'Move Like This'

Video: The Cars, ‘Free’ — off ‘Move Like This’

Reunited New Wave legends The Cars this week debuted a new music video for ‘Free,’ off their comeback album ‘Move Like This.’ Watch it right here.

Contest: Win free Lollapalooza tickets

Contest: Win free Lollapalooza tickets

Our partners at GroopEase are giving away two pairs of three-day passes along with $500 cash to see The Cars, Big Audio Dynamite, Foo Fighters and more at the massive Lollapalooza festival in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 5-7.

Video: Weezer's cover of The Cars' 'You Might Think' — from 'Cars 2' soundtrack

Video: Weezer’s cover of The Cars’ ‘You Might Think’ — from ‘Cars 2’ soundtrack

With the film opening Friday, Weezer today debuted a video for its (quite faithful) cover of The Cars’ 1984 hit ‘You Might Think,’ which appears on the soundtrack to the Disney/Pixar soon-to-be-smash ‘Cars 2.’