With bands like the War on Drugs refracting Dire Straits’ honeyed 1980s guitar sound, it’s surprising that Mark Knopfler hasn’t rebooted his old band lately. Instead, he’s been unpacking his influences on modest, multifaceted rock LPs like this one. Opening on a vamp recalling Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” then veering… Source: RollingStone Link: Tracker
Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists such as Bjork and Death Grips, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Muse, Laura Marling, Death Cab for Cutie, The Go! Team, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article […]
No one does girl power quite like Reba. The country music icon is known as much for her empowering songs as her breakup numbers, and her latest single combines both. The feisty, uptempo “Going Out Like That” flips the middle finger to a guy who thought his ex would “be sitting… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
With the physical release of her new album, Vulnicura, coming in just a week, Björk shared what she calls a “moving album cover” set to accompany new track “Family.” The video is a collaboration between the singer and artist Andrew Thomas Huang, who worked with Björk on the “Black Lake” video at… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Bjork's […]
A selection of Grateful Dead memorabilia, including posters, original drafts of lyrics and even the group’s office furniture, is headed to auction. The Grateful Dead Family Jubilee Auction will take place at Donley Auction Services in Union, Illinois on April 11th and 12th, in advance of the band’s upcoming block… Source: RollingStone Link: Grateful Dead's […]
There are surprise releases and there are accidental releases. The appearance of Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated new album, To Pimp a Butterfly, on iTunes and Spotify Sunday night — more than a week before its scheduled March 23rd release date — apparently falls in the latter category. The 16-song set has been pulled… Source: RollingStone Link: Kendrick Lamar's […]
Calling it “the ballad that’s gonna blow you away,” Good Morning America co-host Amy Robach introduced “Better Than You Left Me,” the current single by Mickey Guyton, who dropped by the morning show to perform Monday. (Watch the performance above.) The radiant Guyton, decked out in a yellow sundress, was complimented… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Dan Aykroyd is taking the next step in his commitment to the blues with the launch of his own record label. Alongside Judy Belushi, widow of his Blues Brothers co-star John, Aykroyd has created Blues Brothers Records in order to nurture and develop new blues artists. The label will be… Source: RollingStone Link: Dan Aykroyd, […]
In 1925, Mount Rushmore was established, future First Lady Barbara Bush was born, and the theory of evolution went on trial in Tennessee. Also in Tennessee that year, on November 28th, to be exact, the Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting on Nashville’s powerful WSM radio. On Tuesday, March 24th, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Grand Ole […]
Punk producer and engineer Thom Wilson, who played a pivotal role in the success of the Offspring, has died. Record label Epitaph confirmed Wilson’s death on February 8th, though a cause of death has yet to be revealed. Over the course of a career that stretched from the Seventies to the early… Source: RollingStone Link: Thom […]