Articles from YESTERDAY! Sorry I couldn't post them up. I had TONS of homework.

Kansas City Star: The Jonas Brothers- Not Just Your Daughter's Boy-Band [So Far]
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The Jonas Brothers are the latest symbol of a puzzle the recording industry hasn’t been able to solve for decades: How do you parlay kid-pop stardom into something longer-lasting than the average pubescent cycle?

The list of those who have succeeded (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera) is much shorter than those who have stalled (LeAnn Rimes, Hanson) or failed (everyone else in N’ Sync).

Like Hanson, the Jonas boys give their label something to market beyond their sibling novelty and teen-idol looks. They are also trained musicians with Broadway musical backgrounds and songwriters who render resolute power-pop tunes.

Their lyrics can get too innocuous and homogenized, but when your future is in the hands of the Disney franchise and your songs get reviewed by Christian-music Web sites, you are pretty much obligated to present yourself as wholesome, if not virginal.

The music, though, is a different story, and it explains why more than just lovelorn preteen and teenage girls showed up to hear the brothers at Sprint Center last December, when they opened for Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana.

The boys cite the Beatles and Elvis Costello as inspirations, but those resemblances are so faint they’re incidental.

The music on their latest album, “Jonas Brothers,” draws its sound from elsewhere in the pop and power-pop universe: ABBA, Electric Light Orchestra (“Out of the Blue”), All-American Rejects, the Romantics, post-“Mmmbop” Hanson, every emo band that sweetened its sound with pop-punk and, for an instant, Aerosmith. The brothers’ current single, “When You Look Me in the Eyes,” sounds related to “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”

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Kansas City Star: The Jonas Brothers don’t give deep answers, but they know how to make the girls scream.
[*I wanted to post it ALL It's an interview, syked much?]
I like to think I have my finger on the pulse of what 20- and 30-something hipster types are listening to. Not so much on the bubble-gum pop that mall rats favor. That stuff gives me hives. So my Jonas Brothers knowledge was admittedly superficial back in the fall.
Adorable, teen siblings singing upbeat pop? Sniff, sniff. Smells like Hanson.

But I really took heed in December when the Jo Bros inspired the most fanatical response of the day at a radio station-sponsored pop megabill. The hordes of preteen girls gathered at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash., let loose with shrieky frequencies known to be lethal to small animals (and, in rare cases, humans with weak tickers.)

It was dej vu. I’d witnessed that sort of swooning mania before, inspired by the Backstreet Boys, Fall Out Boy — probably some other “boys” I’ve successfully purged from memory.

And this month the Jo Bros launched their first major arena tour, fresh from opening for scalpers’ godsend Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus.

And you don’t have to beat me over the head with it. We’re witnessing a huge pop-culture phenomenon on the rise. And it’s time to brush up on all things Jonas-related, if nothing else to figure out what’s turning all those little girls into giddy lunatics. (I think it has something to do with the Jo Bros’ cool hair.)

So I joined a bunch of rock writers on a conference call with Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas in search of insight. And here’s some of what I learned:

•They eat cheeseburgers, Hot Pockets and cereal while on tour. Oh, and they like “Guitar Hero” and Wiffle Ball. Thanks to the Elle Girl reporter for drawing out those weighty nuggets. (Or was it the Tiger Beat gal? Like, whateverrrr.)

•There are veiled spiritual messages buried in those sugary tunes: According to Nick, “There’s a bunch of songs on our albums that have double meanings. (New single) “When You Look Me in the Eyes” is one of those, actually. It could be about God, or it could be about a girl.”

•They have new songs: Their next album is due this summer, and four new songs are on the set list. “One song I wrote about my diabetes, called ‘A Little Bit Longer,’ ” Nick said. The other new songs they mentioned are “Don’t Take My Heart and Put It on the Shelf,” “Pushin’ Me Away” and “Burnin’ Up.” They cite Elvis Costello and Prince as influences.

•Their forthcoming Disney flick, “Camp Rock,” could be this year’s “High School Musical”: The boys play a rock band called Connect Three. I know. It’s a stretch. But Joe is romantically involved with the main character, which Nick described as “a girl who goes to camp to try to find herself.” (What is this? Zen camp?)

•They’re unfazed by embarrassing YouTube clips and tabloid speculation about who they’re dating: “The minute you walk out of your house, people can have a live video feed,” Kevin said. “We have to be aware of how many people are watching us all the time. So we try to be the people that our parents raised us to be.”

•Some “cougars” are just as sprung on the Jo Bros as their daughters: (Couldn’t tell if Joe or Nick was telling this story.) “We’ve seen some moms jump in front of the bus, try and get backstage. ... We were on vacation in the Bahamas; we were having a family dinner; our mom was at dinner with us. The manager of the restaurant came to us and said that a lady at the front desk was saying that she was our mother and wanted to come surprise us and say hi to us. So there are a couple of crazy mothers out there.”

Well, I feel enlightened. How bout you?

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Twin Cities: Hold on- Another youth wave coming
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It's beginning to look a lot like 1997.

That was the year three cherubic young brothers from Oklahoma with the surname Hanson helped kick-start the teen-pop wave that saw Britney Spears, 'N Sync and the like take over the world — at least for a while.

Wednesday night at the Target Center, three young brothers from New Jersey with the surname Jonas drew such a lusty, enthusiastic reaction from 10,011 largely female tweens and teens (and their parents), one can't help but think we're in for another youth revolution. And the Jonas Brothers may well be the perfect group to launch it.

They spent last fall opening for the "Hannah Montana" tour, an outing that drew such unexpectedly large demand it sparked a nationwide debate on ticket scalping. And while young Miley Cyrus was clearly the star of that show, it also gave the Jonas Brothers a priceless career boost.

Yeah, the kids screamed for the Jonas Brothers back in October, but Wednesday night they howled from the depths of their young souls, in a manner that left thousands of tiny bodies shaking and gasping for air, yet still revved up to manic levels. And what made it all feel more like Hanson than, say, the Backstreet Boys is that the trio perform fairly traditional, vaguely Beatles-esque pop/rock with big guitars, bigger hooks and not a synchronized dance move in sight.

Oh, sure, there were moments where the three brothers — ages 15, 18 and 20 — jumped off a ramp in unison, but these were moves out of the Steven Tyler, not Justin Timberlake, playbook. And the guys' fashion sense — tight '80s gear, lots of goofy hair — was mostly reminiscent of the Strokes.

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Pop Dirt: Fame Exciting And Weird For The Jonas Brothers
Usmagazine.com caught up with the Jonas Brothers on Tuesday night at the Chevy Rocks the Future concert in Burbank, California. Asked about their 'When You Look Me in the Eyes' tour, coming off their prior tour with 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus, Kevin Jonas said, "It's just us. We left the Hannah Montana tour. We did the movie, and the movie is doing fantastic. Totally excited." As for how the sibling trio are adjusting to fame, Joe Jonas said, "It's a crazy feeling when there are thousands of girls waiting in the other room. It's weird, but it's exciting for us."

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Freep: Jonas Brothers savvy about their music
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The slogan was becoming so common around the Jonas Brothers camp, they got it emblazoned on their tour staff's shirts: Living the Dream.

Indeed they are. When the young musical trio rolls into the Fox Theatre for a pair of shows on Saturday, they'll arrive riding a wave of explosive buzz -- the sort of shriek-saturated hype made familiar by so many of their teen-pop predecessors.

And it's only primed to get bigger: Last month, fresh off a breakout national tour with fellow Disney sensation Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana"), the group signed a multimillion-dollar touring deal with Live Nation that will put the brothers into more than 140 concert venues in the year ahead. The Jonases' own Disney Channel series will debut this summer, along with a feature film called "Camp Rock."

Signs that the brothers' pop-star fantasy was transforming into big-time reality were obvious in December at the Palace, where the trio's opening set elicited screams nearly as piercing as those for headliner Cyrus.

"It's been an amazing journey the last couple of years," says Kevin Jonas, 20, who as the eldest of the brothers serves as the de facto spokesman. He modestly recalls the group's pre-poster-boy days, slogging away on promo tours through small clubs and amusement parks to play for listless crowds of several dozen people.

The brothers are still young enough to gush wide-eyed over the "couple of" Bruce Springsteen concerts they've attended, and to gleefully make Wiffle ball the backstage pastime of choice. But the New Jersey-bred Jonases -- Kevin, Joe, 18, and Nick, 15 -- are also wise beyond their years: three articulate guys, seemingly solid and well-grounded, carefully groomed under the tutelage of such music-biz veterans as John Fields and Steve Greenberg, who once guided Hanson along this same path.

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Pop Hustle: Jonas Brothers- We're Loving Being Single
The Jonas Brothers are still on the market — and they don't mind a bit.

"Singling it up and enjoying it!" Kevin, 20, told US magazine last night at the Chevy Rocks the Future concert in Burbank, California, when asked if they were seeing anyone.

They're also flying solo on stage.

They recently kicked off their "When You Look Me in the Eyes” tour, after being on the road with celeb darling Miley Cyrus, to whom brother Nick, 15, was linked.

"It’s just us," Kevin says of touring. "We left the Hannah Montana tour. We did the movie, and the movie is doing fantastic. Totally excited."

They're also psyched for their new single, “When You Look Me in the Eyes.”

Says brother Nick, "We're crossing our fingers for a No. 1 this time... you never know!"

How are the brothers adjusting to their fast fame?

"It’s a crazy feeling when there are thousands of girls waiting in the other room," says Joe, 18, adding, "It’s weird, but it’s exciting for us."

What about Miley Cyrus,Nick?

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Live Daily: Kevin Jonas Of Jonas Brothers
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On the day of an interview with LiveDaily, lead guitarist Kevin Jonas, 20, and his brothers, lead vocalists Joe, 18, and Nick, 16, were busy preparing to head in the studio to wrap up their as-of-yet untitled third album. The session came after they performed on "The Tonight Show."

The previous day, the boys received their first platinum record awards for selling one million copies of their self-titled sophomore effort. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres presented the trio with their plaques while they appeared on her talk show.

And fresh off the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana tour, the trio kicked off its debut headlining jaunt late last month.

But the funny thing is, Kevin Jonas doesn't quite see the band as overly successful. "I don't even feel like we've made it yet," Jonas said. "I still feel like there's so much more we can do. But I'm really honored as to where we are."

The Jonas Brothers' self-titled Hollywood Records album was co-written by the band and debuted at No. 5 on The Billboard Top 200 album chart. Their single "S.O.S." hit No. 1 on iTunes and the video was frequently aired on MTV's "TRL Countdown." Producer John Fields is turning the knobs for the third album.

Before the headlining tour kicked off, Kevin Jonas--whose band scored its first hit, "Mandy," in 2005--spoke to LiveDaily about the tour, a new album that's due for release July 8 and partaking in "Mission: Impossible" stunts for its planned television show "J.O.N.A.S."

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