Luke Bryan isn’t ready to stop the party just yet. A year and a half after the release of Crash My Party, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year has notched his sixth chart-topper from that album, with “I See You” climbing to Number One on both the Hot Country…… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke Bryan […]
With the 57th annual Grammy Awards just days away, Rolling Stone asked a handful of past winners and nominees about their favorite memories of Grammys past. Our group of comedians, authors and musicians responded with tales of getting dressed down by Pink, wearing the nomination medallion to the dinner table and possibly…… Source: RollingStone Link: My Grammys: […]
The Backstreet Boys break a lot of boy-band rules. According to a script established decades ago, these acts are supposed to have an extremely limited shelf life. The journey from middle school showcases to sold-out stadiums and back to oblivion is supposed to take, roughly, four or five years. Young fans,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Extended Adolescence: […]
Some people on Twitter are mean and others are down right on the money.Someone posted that “Drake looks like voldemort with hair.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Katy Perry, Britney Spears Star in 'Music Mean Tweets' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
The eight-year wait for Modest Mouse’s new album Strangers to Ourselves was delayed a little longer as the band pushed the LP’s release date back two weeks to March 17th. To make amends for the brief postponement, Modest Mouse unveiled Strangers to Ourselves’ 15-song tracklist, a list of collaborators (including…… Source: RollingStone Link: Modest Mouse […]
Iggy Azalea has soared to stardom as a rare white woman in hip-hop, but her meteoric rise has triggered a backlash that reveals much about the music business's fault-lines on race and gender. Her most vociferous critic has been fellow rapper Azealia Banks, a black woman who has accused Azalea of mocking African Americans. Source: […]
L.A. rapper Kid Ink stormed the charts in late 2013 — not as a unique hip-hop voice but as a conduit for DJ Mustard beats and Chris Brown guest spots. On his second major-label album, he has more artistic aspirations, though they’re mostly flat Kanye retreads: obscure prog-rock samples (“Faster”), “All…… Source: RollingStone Link: Full Speed
Diana Krall is a jazz pianist and vocalist who has recorded Brazilian music, Thirties jazz and songs co-written with her husband, Elvis Costello. So this collection of favorites by the likes of Randy Newman, the Carpenters, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Elton John, among others, fits easily into her tastefully…… Source: RollingStone Link: Wallflower
Director-composer John Carpenter’s skeletal, synth-heavy soundtracks were a hallmark of his Seventies and Eighties sci-fi and horror movies, from Halloween to Escape From New York. They’ve also influenced plenty of electronic music and art pop. Now, at 67, Carpenter is releasing his first true solo album (made with his son…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lost Themes
When it comes to girl groups in a post-Beyoncé world, female empowerment is the name of the game. On the debut from Fifth Harmony (which formed during the second season of The X Factor, in 2012), high self-esteem feels like a party. Infectious lyrics like “Think I’m in love, ’cause…… Source: RollingStone Link: Reflection