Archive | January, 2015

'Fear and Saturday Night': How Ryan Bingham Defeated Darkness on Surprising New LP

Ryan Bingham is happy. For someone who memorably sang on his last album, “Some say the angels are all looking down. I only saw vultures circling around,” this marks a seismic shift. That release, 2012’s bleak Tomorrowland, dealt with the aftermath of his parents’ deaths — his mother from alcohol and…… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Fear […]

Bjork latest artist to suffer music leak

Bjork's first album in four years appeared to leak online Tuesday, making her the latest major artist whose music was released early. Bjork did not immediately comment. Madonna last month released six songs from her upcoming album months ahead of schedule after early versions emerged on the Internet. Bjork worked on her latest album with […]

J.K. Simmons to Host 'Saturday Night Live' With D'Angelo

Whiplash whip-master and recent Golden Globes winner J.K. Simmons will remind people that he has a funny side when he hosts Saturday Night Live on January 31st. The show will also mark musical guest D’Angelo’s first televised performance since releasing Black Messiah in December. The actor, whose comedy credits include playing…… Source: RollingStone Link: J.K. […]

Hear Bob Dylan's 'Stay With Me' From New Covers Album

Bob Dylan’s new album Shadows in the Night is hitting shelves on February 3rd, though you can hear his rendition of “Stay with Me” right here. The track, written by Jerome Moross and Carolyn Leigh, is one of 10 songs associated with Frank Sinatra that will appear on the album, alongside…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Bob […]

'Weird Al' Declares 'Mandatory' World Tour

“Weird Al” Yankovic will spend much of this year on the road, touring all over North America and hitting select European, Australian and New Zealand cities in support of his 2014 album, Mandatory Fun. While the king of pop parody already scheduled a set at this year’s Governors Ball in New York City, the singer…… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Weird […]

Laura Marling Plugs in for Dark, Stormy Album

Laura Marling sits in a hotel bar on New York’s Upper West Side, clutching a paper coffee cup in her slender fingers. Wrapped in an olive overcoat, with holes in her black stockings and her trademark bleached-blond locks cropped short, the 24-year-old English singer-songwriter looks almost Dickensian. But she’s talking…… Source: RollingStone Link: Laura Marling […]