For the first time ever, Rolling Stone is opening up our vast archive of award-winning music, political and cultural reporting — dating back five decades, to our 1967 launch — online for free. In collaboration with Google Play, articles by notable writers including Hunter S. Thompson, Cameron Crowe and Matt Taibbi…… Source: RollingStone Link: Rolling Stone […]
With eight total nominations, including one for top prize Entertainer of the Year, Miranda Lambert leads all nominees at this year’s 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The nominations where announced Friday morning via Twitter. Dierks Bentley, whose album Riser was both a commercial and critical success, follows his former…… Source: RollingStone Link: Miranda […]
Big Sean is set to release his third album Dark Sky Paradise on February 24th, and following “I Don’t Fuck with You,” his biggest solo single to date, comes “Blessings” featuring Drake and an uncredited Kanye West. The Boi-1da and Vinylz-produced finds Big Sean rifling off the reasons he’s blessed over an unsteady…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Kanye […]
US rap star Jay Z will make a -million foray into the music streaming business by taking over the Norwegian service Wimp, its shareholders confirmed Friday. The platinum-selling artist and record producer Jay Z used his controlling stake in Project Panther Bidco to launch the 464-million-kronor (-million, 49-million-euro) bid for Aspiro, the Swedish-listed company behind […]
Björk’s latest album, Vulnicura, was such a personal experience that she compared it to opening herself up — literally — in a new interview with The New York Times. “You feel like you’re having open-heart surgery, with knives sticking in, so that everything is out, and you have this urgency…… Source: RollingStone Link: Bjork Likens […]
Marion “Suge” Knight was charged with murder and held on million bail after the controversial founder of Death Row Records was involved in a fatal hit-and-run Thursday afternoon, according to CBS Los Angeles. Knight surrendered to authorities early Friday morning and was interviewed by police for three hours, according to the Los Angeles Times……. Source: RollingStone Link: Suge Knight […]
Suge Knight was allegedly behind the wheel of a fatal hit-and-run accident this afternoon in Compton, California that left one person dead and another man injured. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department released a statement confirming that an accident had occurred, with The Hollywood Reporter adding that the incident took place after…… Source: RollingStone Link: Suge Knight […]
Batten down the hatches and break out the red New York Yankees fitted, Limp Bizkit is hitting the high seas next week as headliners of of the ShipRocked cruise and guitarist Wes Borland couldn’t be more morose. As Metal Injection points out, Borland took to Instagram to express his discontent, posting a photo of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Limp […]
Since 1990 (in other words, years before any of this year’s headliners had a hit record), Country Jam USA has been one of the Midwest’s most prestigious country music festivals. This summer’s lineup for the fest, which takes place in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from July 23rd—25th, includes Eric Church, Blake…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady Antebellum, […]
Jimmy Kimmel Live will shake up its regularly scheduled musical performances this February with a new series, “Mash Up Mondays,” bringing together two artists for a special one-off gig. “Mash Up Mondays” kicks off February 2nd with Weezer and ZZ Top — or as host Jimmy Kimmel re-dubbed them in a press release,…… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Jimmy […]