Rocklahoma 2010 Lineup



Godsmack Sully ErnaYou might not equate Oklahoma with hard rock, but that just means you haven't heard of Rocklahoma.

Touted as one of the top can't-be-missed festivals by both Rolling Stone and Playboy magazines in 2008, Rocklahoma is exactly what it sounds like: an annual hard rock festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma, which has featured acts like Beautiful Creatures, Bang Tango, Lillian Axe, Gypsy Pistoleros and Faster Pussycat since its inception in 2007. Rocklahoma 2010 is set for Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30.

General admission tickets to the three-day festival cost $95, and Weekend Rocklahoma VIP Reserved Tickets cost $265, which will buy you prime reserved seats, reserved parking, and access to the VIP tent filled with comped food and drink. Various special weekend packages are also available if you want even more extras (and can afford to pony up for them).

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New Music Releases -- April 2010

Jeff Beck Emotion & CommotionMGMT Congratulations

Game The Red AlbumCoheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow

New releases in April cover Drowning Pool, Hole and Jo Dee Messina, among others. Highlights include Jeff Beck's 'Emotion & Commotion' -- which includes covers 'Corpus Christi Carol,' 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and 'I Put a Spell on You' featuring soul singer Joss Stone -- as well as Coheed and Cambria's concept album 'Year of the Black Rainbow.' MGMT will release their sophomore effort 'Congratulations' that features their song 'Flash Delirium' and Game will be dropping his fifth studio release 'The R.E.D. Album.' Check out the entire list of new music releases for April 2010 after the jump.

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Filed under: New Music

Jake Owen 'Tell Me' -- New Song

Jack Owen Tell Me

'Tell Me' is Jake Owen's third single off his 2009 second studio album 'Easy Does It.' With an alternative intro, the relationship-based song has Owen dwelling about being strung along -- knowing his lover's feelings aren't mutual: "I wont point the finger, but I'll take the blame / Cause I saw her coming from a million miles away / I should have fought the feeling, but I gave in."

'Tell Me' is one of five tracks co-written by Owen and 'Easy Does It' producer Jimmy Ritchey. The single follows 'Don't Think I Can't Love You' and 'Eight Second Ride.' Tune into AOL Radio's New Country First station to listen to the new track.

Filed under: New Music, Country

Eddy Grant Accuses Gorillaz for Copyright Infringement


Eddy Grant is accusing Gorillaz's co-creator Damon Albarn for copyright infringement, claiming similarities between the keyboard section of Gorillaz's new single 'Stylo' and his 1983 disco hit 'Time Warp.' Apparently Grant and the Gorillaz are both on the EMI label, which makes Grant wonder why no one consulted him about the matter, stating the creators must have been aware of the clash. The Gorillaz have yet to comment on the matter. For more info and other music highlights, refer to the links below.
Murdoc Niccals Gorillaz
Filed under: Soundboard

Brawny Paper Towels Commercial -- What's the Song?

Brawny's new paper towel commercial features a row of paper towels with their animated, sinewy logo singing an absurdly entertaining cover of Bill Withers' 'Lean on Me' to prove that, hey, it's okay to be reliant on our towel cleaning products.

The original 1972 song was Withers' first and only chart-topping single on the Billboard 100 chart, later ranked No. 205 on 'Rolling Stones' 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Withers wrote the lyrics after he moved to Los Angeles -- where he noticed a lack of community, something he cherished as a child growing up in the coal-mining town of Slab Fork, W.V.

Watch the commercial below, and tune into AOL Radio's '70s Urban Music station to listen to Withers' version -- featuring the notable piano intro and his soulful, R&B vocals.



Filed under: R&B, What's The Song

T.I. 'I'm Back' -- New Song

T.I. I'm Back

'I'm Back' is (fittingly) T.I.'s new single off his seventh studio album, set to release Aug. 24. Helmed by Grand Hustle producers the TrackSlayerz Inf and Price, the track's repetitive catchy backbeat (with splices of extraterrestrial sound bites) has Tip rapping about how he will never let down his fans and intends to return to the top of the charts, squashing any haters for thinking he can't: "Any moment I decide that's enough of all your lies / Boy your buzz just died / Step inside super fly to the shoes in their coupe / Then exit out with all the b---hes like we always do."

"The track is hard. It brings you back to the old T.I. It's like a 'U Don't Know Me' type track," co-producer Inf (half of TrackSlayerz) tells vibe. " He's coming back with the aggressive, mean kind of swag." This will be Atlanta rapper's first single since his 10-month sentence behind bars for possession of unregistered firearms -- which ends March 26.

T.I.'s seventh studio effort will be the follow-up to his platinum-selling 2008 album, 'Paper Trail.' Tune into AOL Radio's New Hip-Hop First station to listen to the new track.

Filed under: New Music, Hip-Hop

Rodney Atkins 'Farmer's Daughter' -- New Song

Rodney Atkins

'Farmer's Daughter' is Rodney Atkins' new single off his forthcoming untitled release. With heavy rhythm guitar and banjo, Atkins croons a frequently-told country story about a young farmhand's love and affection for, yep, the farmer's daughter: "I'm on my tracker, she's on my mind / and I can't wait 'till it's quittin' time / and just when I think it can't get no harder, I come home to the farmer's daughter."

Tune into AOL Radio's New Country First station to listen to the new track.

Filed under: New Music, Country