Seth Avett remembers the first time he heard Elliott Smith. “I was in college, and a good friend of mine was trying to learn the guitar,” says the Avett Brother. “He knew I could play, so he asked if I’d help him transcribe a song he really loved. He gave me a… Source: RollingStone Link: Seth […]
Miley Cyrus has previewed the official Bangerz tour DVD with a short trailer packed with some of her silliest live moments, including her sliding down a tongue, wearing hillbilly dentures and cavorting with dancers dressed as Mount Rushmore. Like the concert special that aired on NBC, the tour DVD pulls from the international… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The family of Sam Cooke has signed off on a deal that will bring an authorized biopic about the “A Change Is Gonna Come” singer to the big screen. However, don’t expect a conventional music biography like the Johnny Cash film I Walk the Line and the James Brown homage Get On… Source: RollingStone Link: Sam Cooke's […]
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The anxiety of aging has been a theme in James Murphy’s work since he mulled his inevitable obsolescence on LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge.” While he’s dispatched the reference-laden lyrics, the same neurosis is still apparent on the instrumental, “We Used to Dance,” which premiered on IndieWire and will appear on the Murphy-helmed soundtrack for While We’re… Source: RollingStone Link: James Murphy […]
After years of high-profile musical collaborations, Pharrell Williams has partnered with the United Nations to, fittingly, promote the organization’s International Day of Happiness, held each year on March 20th. Specifically, Pharrell will be using his post to further raise awareness of climate change issues ahead of the UN’s conference on the… Source: RollingStone Link: Pharrell […]
The producer of the upcoming Drake concert film, Drake’s Homecoming: The Lost Footage, says the movie’s theatrical release and planned home-video releases will go forward despite the rapper’s protests. Attack Media chairman and Homecoming co-executive producer Mark Berry says that “nothing’s going to impact” the film’s release. Recently, Berry told Los Angeles… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake […]
Chris Young, Jerrod Niemann and Tyler Farr are teaming up to make some tropical memories for Memorial Day weekend. The trio of country artists will be headliners for the Boots on the Beach event at Sandals Resorts in the picturesque northern coastal town of Ocho Rios, Jamaica, from May 22nd… Source: RollingStone Link: Jerrod Niemann, […]
Earl Sweatshirt channels his inner Charlie Brown on “Grief,” a new track from the rapper’s upcoming second album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, which he announced just a week of its scheduled March 23rd arrival date, Pitchfork reports. “Grief” finds the Odd Future rapper navigating familiar themes of isolation and anxiety, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Earl […]
The 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concert didn’t exactly go as planned. The two-day event at Washington, D.C.’s RFK Stadium had an absolutely amazing bill that included Pearl Jam, Radiohead, R.E.M., the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Tribe Called Quest and many others. But steady rain fell on day one… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Michael […]