There’s somethin’ ’bout a truck… with a Billy goat in the back? So thinks Kip Moore, anyway, who played an epic prank on tourmate Dierks Bentley as retaliation for forcing him, along with fellow opening acts Maddie & Tae and Canaan Smith, to take a chilly polar plunge in Nashville’s…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Kip […]

In the fall of 2013, Courtney Barnett took the biggest trip of her life. The Australian singer-songwriter had just released a collection of witty, charming garage-pop jams called The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, and she was headed to New York to play a series of shows at the…… Source: RollingStone Link: How Courtney […]

The Black Keys did not skimp on the heavy when they barreled through Austin City Limits last year for a performance that will air this Saturday on PBS. Case in point: The Akron outfit’s ear-splitting rendition of Turn Blue cut “Weight of Love,” which is available to watch now. Lumbering between psych-tinged melancholia and head-banging extravagance,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Exclusive: […]

When Kurt Cobain first came up with the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” riff, he didn’t think he had anything that special. “It was such a cliched riff,” he said. “It was so close to a Boston riff or ‘Louie Louie.’ When I came up with the guitar part, Krist [Novoselic]…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Nirvana […]

While Jack White was raging across the street at the Bridgestone Arena and duetting with Loretta Lynn, John Mellencamp performed the second of a two-night stand at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, and the through-line between the aging — but still cigarette-puffing — heartland artist’s catalog and the country music of today couldn’t have…… Source: RollingStone Link: 8 Most […]

Ringo Starr will not go quietly into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. About a month before his induction, the ex-Beatle will release his 18th solo album, Postcards From Paradise, which will contain 11 original songs. Among them are “Island in the Sun,” the first he has written with his…… Source: RollingStone Link: Ringo […]

“I’m a streamline lover; nobody touch my speed.” That’s a line from “Streamline,” a bluesy track from the most recent album from Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning. Although in the context of the song, it extols the virtues of a “backwoods Romeo,” it also works well to…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Brian Wilson has assembled an all-star supporting cast for his new album, No Pier Pressure, which is scheduled to arrive on April 7th via Capitol Records. Along with performances from a number of longtime musical peers, including several of his former Beach Boys bandmates, Wilson’s new LP boasts Kacey Musgraves, fun.’s Nate Ruess and…… Source: RollingStone Link: Brian Wilson […]

Since 1981, Canadian Music Week has invaded Toronto, Ontario, packing the city’s venues with both big-name artists and emerging acts. The 2015 incarnation of CMW is the festival’s biggest yet, as over 1,000 artists will perform in 60 of Toronto’s venues over the course of 10 days running from May…… Source: RollingStone Link: Faith No […]

When Gene Simmons said that rock is dead he obviously wasn’t thinking about Fall Out Boy. Their new album American Beauty/American Psycho sold 218,000 copies its first week on shelves, landing them at Number One on the Billboard 200. Fueled by their monster hit “Centuries,” it’s their single best sales week…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Fall […]