Posts By Nick Minichino

Unbroken, Demi Lovato‘s new album, is in stores today, and to celebrate and promote the record, this month’s Posted artist is back in New York City. She played the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday night, and today she’ll be visiting our offices as today’s episode of The Ellen Show airs (featuring an interview and performance), before appearing on tonight’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. But thanks in part to an enthusiastic crowd of Lovatics outside the ABC studios, Lovato’s appearance on Good Morning America yesterday has made the biggest splash thus far. Nicole James gushed about the appearance for MTV’s Buzzworthy blog this morning, and below the jump you can see the interview with Robin Roberts, and her performance of “Skyscraper,” for yourself. And don’t forget to stay tuned for our exclusive coverage of her visit to VH1 today, and her own missives via Posted.
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Rihanna‘s work ethic of late is astonishing. The 23-year-old vocalist is currently preparing the release of her sixth studio album—her third in three years—and announced the title of its lead single, the Calvin Harris-produced “We Found Love,” yesterday evening on Twitter, prior to its radio premiere on Friday. Meanwhile she’s six singles deep into 2010′s eleven-track Loud—seven if you count “Raining Men,” released to radio in 2010 but lacking enough traction to even garner a music video—without the aid of a deluxe reissue (Beyoncé, we’re looking at you) nor a holdover EP (Lady Gaga‘s The Fame Monster, Ke$ha‘s Cannibal (which is actually better than Animal), both “halves” of Justin Bieber‘s debut “LP”). And she’s featured on Nicki Minaj‘s current single “Fly,” and “Princess of China” on Coldplay‘s upcoming Mylo Xyloto.

Certainly, this constant stream of productivity has allowed the Bajan singer to achieve the pop-cultural ubiquity that is apparently a competitive necessity of late without having to resort as often to the more annoying types of promotional tricks. (In this she can perhaps be matched only by her friend Katy Perry.) But her decision to release a full-fledged followup to Loud sets her apart in particular. Rihanna has used the stopgap approach before, reissuing 2007′s Good Girl Gone Bad after a year to extend its run of singles with “Take A Bow” and “Disturbia.” And 2009′s Rated R under-performed, so the decision to record a new LP (Loud) rather than a reissue was practically a foregone conclusion.
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If you thought the Foo Fighters didn’t hold onto the costumes they used for their goofy tour-launch video “Hot Buns,” you don’t know the Foo Fighters. The band discovered that the Westboro Baptist Church had added their St. Louis, MO show Friday night to the increasingly bizarre list of protest sites, and they reprised their gay-trucker roles in a flatbed performance of a song apparently called “Keep It Clean,” which after a brief (and tame) vignette about a homosexual encounter, broke into a chorus singing the praises of tolerance (and its inherent American-ness). Fred Phelps‘s church members didn’t exactly need the band’s help to look foolish and intolerant, but we’re always in favor of Pat Smear wearing a fake mustache.

Foo Fighters – Keepin it Clean in KC [YouTube]
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The long-awaited sixth studio album from No Doubt won’t be arriving in 2011 as planned. The band announced on Wednesday that despite their best efforts, their month in Jamaica—spent recording final versions of demos originally put to tape in Los Angeles, plus writing new songs—had not been enough time to complete the album. In their announcement, the band explained, “We don’t want to rush this album just to get it out. This collection of songs means everything to us and our only priority right now is to make sure that it’s the best album we can possibly make. There is still more work for us to do.”

The band didn’t announce a new timetable, but we wouldn’t be surprised if the album came out by April 2012. Just two days after the band’s news update, Hits Daily Double reported, at the end of a piece about the decline of new rock, that No Doubt was one of two top-billed rock bands already booked for 2012′s dual-weekend Coachella (the other was Radiohead). The band has not confirmed this news, but it would explain the timing of their delay announcement; an official delay is certainly more palatable with an upcoming festival appearance. The band is a good draw for Coachella thanks to their enduring fanbase—for proof, see the success of their headlining tour in 2009—which also means that they can afford to perfect their new album (their first since 2001′s Rock Steady). Whatever the case, we’ll likely be seeing plenty of No Doubt next year.

Update From The Band [No Doubt]

I.B. Bad Finds Himself Between A Rock & A Hard Place [Hits Daily Double]

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