When super-producer DJ Mustard isn’t working on new beats for artists like YG, Big Sean, Jeremih and Fergie – and that represents just a small fraction of what he’s currently into – the 24-year-old Los Angeles hitmaker spends his free time crafting unsolicited remixes for big singles like Beyoncé’s “7/11” and, as…… Source: RollingStone Link: DJ Mustard […]
For his current Rolling Stone cover story, Sam Smith gave hours of interviews, both on his home turf in London and in Atlanta as he prepared to launch his first arena tour, giving us so much material that we couldn’t possibly print it all. Smith, 22, who is nominated for six Grammys this weekend, opened…… Source: RollingStone Link: 22 Things […]
When your most famous song is titled “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” it’s fair to say you’ve carved out an against-the-grain career. And at age 68, Ray Wylie Hubbard is still kicking up dust — the Texas singer-songwriter announced a new album today. Titled The Ruffian’s Misfortune, the record will…… Source: RollingStone Link: Texas Rebel […]
Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Modest Mouse and Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2015 Sasquatch! Festival, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend (May 22nd through 25th) at the legendary Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington. Lana Del Rey, Ryan Adams, the Decemberists, St. Vincent, Spoon, James Blake and the New Pornographers will also…… Source: RollingStone Link: Sasquatch! 2015: […]
This year, the five Grammy nominees for Record of the Year — the most prestigious award of the evening — are all monster singles — hundreds of millions of YouTube plays, Platinum certifications and at least three Hot 100 chart-toppers. To compare the similarities and differences between the five nominated songs,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Graphing […]
Dwight Yoakam’s career is coming full circle, both in the business and melodic senses. Second Hand Heart, the country star’s new album, out April 14th, marks his return to Reprise Records, the Warner Bros. imprint that released his first album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc., nearly 30 years ago. Yoakam, who…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Dwight […]
Fresh off his debut LP, which Rolling Stone named one of the 40 Best Rap Records of 2014, Coney Island enigma Your Old Droog has returned with the 11-song Kinison EP. Though keeping true to the moody, clouded, sample-based boom-bap of frequent collaborators DJ Skizz, El RTNC and Marco Polo, Kinison has…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear NYC […]
The Juliana Hatfield Three released their debut album, the beloved Become What You Are, in August 1993. Hatfield herself has released or contributed to dozens of LPs since, but only a handful have featured either member of her former band. Now, in the same year that brought the returns of Mad…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Juliana […]
Far removed from the pop-based Music Row machine, a crop of local Nashville artists is keeping the classic country music sound breathing, playing dive bars and honky-tonks around town and recording music that recalls the genre’s more twangy, sequined era. Recently, Rolling Stone Country premiered a live performance by one of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Kelsey […]
Don Covay, an R&B singer and songwriter who wrote songs that would be covered by the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard and others, has died. His daughter, Ursula, confirmed the singer’s death. He was 76. In the Sixties, Covay’s soulful voice and skill for writing upbeat R&B songs made for a number…… Source: RollingStone Link: Don […]