New audio revealing the distraught mental state of Creed’s Scott Stapp have surfaced, with TMZ posting four clips taken from various phone calls the singer made last month. Two of the clips were taken from a 911 call Stapp made from the side of a Florida highway after abandoning his car. Stapp…… Source: RollingStone Link: Scott […]
If you’ve ever seen the Band Perry perform Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls,” you know the sibling trio has a knack for putting a modern — yet respectful — spin on songs that came before its time. The group does the same, albeit with a much tamer delivery, with a Glen Campbell…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch the […]
Nobody knows what got underneath Mike Love’s skin when the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. It was only the third ceremony and they were getting in alongside the Beatles and Bob Dylan, so he could hardly feel his group was somehow…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Mike […]
iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending December 15, 2014: Source: Yahoo Music Link: The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
By Dan Levine OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Apple Inc won an antitrust trial on Tuesday when a U.S. jury decided the company did not act improperly when it restricted music purchases for iPod users to Apple's iTunes digital store. The verdict was read in an Oakland, California federal court. The plaintiffs, a group of individuals […]
In 2014, dance music continued its expansion, ignoring the boundaries that once divided regions, genres and fans. Duck Sauce added drops to doo-wop, Bunji Garlin used trance and trap to make his soca music hit even harder and Fatima Al Qadiri created an album of sonic dispatches from an imaginary…… Source: RollingStone Link: 20 Best […]
For the last 11 years, I’ve released an annual list of my favorite albums, intended primarily for those who want to hear new music but have a hard time sorting through the hundreds of new titles that are released each year. I added often pithy descriptions of the music, probably inspired by too many nights […]
The 1970s were, arguably, the golden age of classic TV Christmas specials. Before variety shows and specials all but disappeared from the lineups of the three major networks (and before cable TV took over and shrank network viewership), each holiday season brought forth highly rated variety specials to please nearly…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Johnny […]
The Roots, Perry Farrell, Rufus Wainwright and Sleigh Bells frontwoman Alexis Krauss will lead an all-star tribute to David Byrne and Talking Heads at Carnegie Hall on March 23rd. The initial lineup for the show also boasts ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Beth Orton, O.A.R., Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Forro in the Dark and Bebel…… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]
Modest Mouse have released the frantic, bounding “Lampshades on Fire,” the first taste of their upcoming new album, Strangers to Ourselves. The band enlisted numerous fans to help announce the album, sending them a double-A side 7-inch of the LP’s first single, one of which spins on a turntable in the video accompanying the song’s…… Source: RollingStone Link: Modest Mouse […]