Producer and songwriter Emile Haynie has lent his expansive, high-drama sound to albums by Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, Eminem and fun., among others. On his solo debut, he pulls together a roster of A-list friends (Del Rey, Nate Ruess, Rufus Wainwright, Lykke Li) and idols (Brian Wilson, Randy Newman)… Source: RollingStone Link: We Fall
There’s a single moment on New Wave revivalist George Lewis Jr.’s third album as Twin Shadow where he throws off his leather coat to get lost in pure ecstasy. It comes on “Old Love/New Love,” a house-beat-driven highlight that offers rave-level bliss on an album that more often sticks to… Source: RollingStone Link: Eclipse
Like many great art punks before them, Parquet Courts have a latent guitar-jam gene — one reason this revisitation of songs from 2014’s Sunbathing Animal isn’t superfluous. Another is raw power. Check the rave-up in “Bodies,” three minutes of six-string pleasure bombs made sweatier, sparkier, gutsier. Even better is the set-capping… Source: RollingStone Link: Live at […]
It makes sense that during a SXSW that was notably devoid of the massive stars of last year’s fest — Kanye West, Prince, Lady Gaga — that a show with the potentially massive rap confession artist J. Cole would draw a crowd. But even Cole, whose 2014 Forest Hills Drive quietly became… Source: RollingStone Link: J. Cole […]
“Raise your hand if you’ve never seen me in concert before,” Wynonna Judd told the crowd of about 200 at Bethel Hall in St. David’s Church on Saturday. A few dozen hands went up. Judd nodded. “About frigging time.” Judd confessed, “Tonight’s a big fat hairy deal for me.” She rolled… Source: RollingStone Link: Wynonna […]
“I love Jack White’s buccaneer spirit, and the way he dodges through the musical horizons. I’d be happy to make a single with him,” Robert Plant revealed during a Reddit interview last September. While their paths didn’t cross when the Led Zeppelin singer visited White’s new stomping ground of Nashville late last year,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Jack […]
In a series of posts spread across his social media accounts, Tom DeLonge mapped out his massive plans for 2015 while also shining more light on the details behind his bitter split with Blink-182. The guitarist previously announced that he’d release a new solo album titled To the Stars… Demos, Odds… Source: RollingStone Link: Tom DeLonge […]
Jimmy Kimmel wrapped up his week of South by Southwest shows in Austin last night with a love song to the Texas capital: “To Austin, I Can’t Love You More.” But shortly into the performance, Kimmel, dressed in a cowboy hat and bolo tie, dramatically stopped and asked for a little… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Willie […]
Robyn will spearhead a festival in her native Sweden this April that aims to promote the inclusion of women in technology. The one-day Tekla Festival will take place April 18th at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Google and Spotify are among the tech companies sending representatives to the festival, which… Source: RollingStone Link: Robyn to […]
After four years of fundraising and planning, construction on the Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle is set to begin in April. The Jimi Hendrix Park Foundation and the city of Seattle announced that development company ERRG, Inc. had won the bid to start work on the two-and-a-half acre stretch of land dedicated to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Jimi Hendrix […]