April Fools Day

Flavor Flav says he’s not in on the Public Enemy April Fool’s "hoax"

”There are more serious things in the world right now than April Fool’s jokes and dropping records,” Flavor Flav says.

Wilco also have an April Fool's joke

The Flaming Lips aren’t the only band with an April Fool’s Prank today. Pitchfork points to a tweet from Wilco that says they’ll be releasing their “1st ever album of ‘deconstructed-yet-patriotic’ children’s music Yankee Doodle Foxtrot on July 4…

The Flaming Lips' elaborate April Fool's Day stunt, Funny or Die produced 'Dark Side of the Moon' "album" included!

The easiest way to quickly describe this is to let Funny or Die do the talking!Happy April Fool’s Day, As you’ve probably heard, The Flaming Lips recently released Flaming Side of the Moon: an immersive companion piece to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon…

ALSO: Warner Bros goes Kickstarter; White Stripes, Boards of Canada and ISIS reform; Andrew WK takes it easy +++ more

Here’s some April 1 news you may have missed…. Amanda Palmer at T5, NYE 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Music biz insider Bob Lefsetz reports today that Warner Brothers will fund all new albums on the label via Kickstarter: Perennially third, the smallest of the three majors saw a need to shake it up, to move ahead of Sony and Universal in the game of music production…

What's going on Sunday? (April Fools Day)

Wild Flag @ Bowery Ballroom in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * The Delorean Sisters @ Barbes * Pretty Good Friends @ Union Hall * Wild Flag, Hospitality @ Webster Hall * Polica, Zulu Winter @ Brooklyn Bowl * feedtime, Electric Jellyfish @ Maxwell’s * ICTUS The Soul in the Mist @ The Stone * Cadillac Moon Ensemble @ Vaudeville Park * Johnny Flynn, Peggy Sue @ Glasslands * Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg @ The Bell House * Dead Fame, Autodrone, Starfawn, Labarinto @ Pianos * Comedy Night @ The Knit w/ Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * Willis Earl Beal, She Keeps Bees, Fenster @ Mercury Lounge * Dale Earnhardt Jr…

What's going on Friday? (April Fools)

The Strokes @ ACL 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Unsound @ Issue Project Room * Oh Land @ Charles Bank Gallery * Nellie McKay @ Feinstein’s * Elvis Costello @ Gramercy Theatre * Cut Copy, Holy Ghost…

Rebecca Black signs to Universal, buys Funny or Die...

Industry analyst Bob Lefsetz reports today on the signing of Internet sensation Rebecca Black to Universal Records…Universal Republic, to be exact…

What's going on Wednesday? (April Fools Day)

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