Archive | December, 2014

Zoe Kravitz's Band Lolawolf Finds Its Bold, Sexy Electro-Pop Beat

“When I’m with these guys, it’s like coming home,” Zoë Kravitz says after her band, Lolawolf, finishes soundchecking for a sold-out show at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade record store. The actress and singer is exhausted after a week of little sleep, and she stays curled up on the dressing room couch,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Zoe Kravitz's […]

The 12 most stylish music videos of 2014

Here at Fashionista, our music tastes differ greatly – the best day of Tyler's year was when One Direction's new album dropped and the worst day of mine was when I found out I missed seeing Diplo deejay at two parties during New York Fashion Week – but we all generally agree that certain industry […]

Flashback: Watch Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert's 'Little Dealer Boy'

Leave it to Willie Nelson — whose reddish-white hair, jolly disposition and fondness for green foliage sort of makes him the Stoner Santa Claus — to ditch the Christmas season’s traditional scents of frankincense and myrrh in favor of the potent, pungent aroma of marijuana.  Back in 2008, Shotgun Willie teamed up with…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: […]

5 Minutes in Texas With Granger Smith

There are two dudes living inside of Dallas country singer Granger Smith and both get their time in the spotlight on Smith’s seventh studio album, 2013’s Dirt Road Driveway. Tracks like “Miles and Mud Tires” and “Bury Me in Blue Jeans” represent the native Texan’s good, clean, down-home way of…… Source: RollingStone Link: 5 Minutes […]

Hear Over the Rhine's Cover of Classic Merle Haggard Christmas Song

Over the Rhine’s Blood Oranges in the Snow may be a Christmas album, but it’s one that explores the bittersweet side of the holidays, long after the bells have stopped jingling. Bandmates Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist call it “reality Christmas music.” Leaving sleigh rides and Santa sightings to the…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Over […]

Hear Bettye LaVette's Gritty, Funky Cover of Bob Dylan's 'Unbelievable'

Bettye LaVette opens her forthcoming album, Worthy, with a tune written by Bob Dylan, reworking one of the often-covered singer-songwriter’s least covered cuts: 1990 Under the Red Sky single “Unbelievable.” “I think it’s unbelievable,” LaVette says of the original recording, which she fills out with rising vocals and a little funk…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Bettye […]

Bruce Springsteen Adds Legendary 1978 Cleveland Show to Concert Archives

Just over a month after Bruce Springsteen launched his archival concert project live.brucespringsteen.net, the E Street Band rocker has updated the download service with one of the most in-demand gigs from his legendary Darkness on the Edge of Town jaunt: An August 9th, 1978 performance from Cleveland, Ohio’s Agora Theatre and Ballroom. The…… Source: RollingStone Link: Bruce […]