My Favorite Things: Panic!'s Brendon Urie
June 16, 2011 This week: Brendon Urie, the 24-year-old frontman of Las Vegas-bred emo-pop dramatists Panic! at the Disco. The band is currently touring the U.S. …
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June 16, 2011 This week: Brendon Urie, the 24-year-old frontman of Las Vegas-bred emo-pop dramatists Panic! at the Disco. The band is currently touring the U.S. …
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June 1, 2011
My Morning Jacket offered up a live stream of Tuesday night's album-release concert (directed by Todd Haynes) from their hometown of Louisville, KY, where the Southern rockers debuted tunes from Circuital. …
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May 23, 2011 Sunday night in Boston, as Las Vegas emo-pop heartthrobs Panic! at the Disco kicked off their latest U.S. tour behind their third album Vices & Virtues, frontman Brendon Urie gazed out into the sold-out crowd and uttered a line that entirely defied his nice-guy, squeaky clean image.
"If I see you after the show," said Urie, 24. "I'm going to fuck you. …
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May 12, 2011 In support of their new album Vices & Virtues, Panic! at the Disco will hit the road on tour this spring with New York indie pop outfit fun., featuring members of the Format, Anathallo, and Steel Train, on opening duties. To celebrate, the two bands teamed up for a new single, "C'mon," which SPIN is exclusively premiering before it hits iTunes on May 17.
The duet combines the orchestral drama of Panic! …
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April 21, 2011
Green Day's Broadway version of American Idiot, which closes this week, has pleased audiences and grossed more than $38 million, so it's no wonder that artists like the Flaming Lips, the Decemberists, Regina Spektor, and Tom Waits are developing their own musical theatre projects to reach their fans. Of course, for every American Idiot there are fiascos like U2's Spider-Man or Bob Dylan's... thing. …
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March 25, 2011 Panic! at the Disco are back with their third album, Vices & Virtues, and it's got a bunch of neat aspects of which frontman Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith are really proud."There's a lot of cool little things we got to put on the record," Urie told SPIN, hanging out in the SPIN Shed in Austin, Texas. "We got a children's choir. …
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March 22, 2011 The competition is tough for Emo's Most-Avowed Dramatist -- Gerard Way? Jared Leto?! -- but Panic! at the Disco singer Brendon Urie might take the golden compact.
To wit: In 2009, Urie's devotion to theatrical pomp forced the Las Vegas quartet to split over creative differences. …
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March 22, 2011 Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today:
The Strokes, AnglesThe sexiest candidates for early-aughts rock salvation finally allow us to fall in lust again.Read Review
James Blake, James BlakeExquisitely flickering cut-ups of dance-floor gospel.Read Review
Keren Ann, 101Wily chanteuse strays from script to stay fresh.Read Review
Pharoahe Monch, W.A.R. …
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March 14, 2011 With a comeback album Vices & Virtues due out March 22, Panic! at the Disco have announced a 28-date Spring tour, marking the first time remaining members Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith will hit the road for a proper trek since guitarist Ryan Ross and Jon Walker split in 2009. …
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March 10, 2011 Panic! at the Disco just released a hyper-stylized mini movie in support of their March 29 release Vices & Virtues, and it must be a dream come true for singer Brendan Urie, a guy who "missed wearing costumes and makeup," "loves throwing a big production," and sings about his insecurities. …
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