Talib Kweli is always on the lookout for rising talent, so when it came time to recruit emcees for his Prisoner of Conscious track “Push Thru,” he knew to enlist Rolling Stone cover star Kendrick Lamar for the 2013 track. “Kendrick is somebody who in his music is very much aligned with movement… Source: RollingStone Link: Talib […]
Bikers, start your engines. Motorcycles and country music, along with a healthy dose of rock, come together at the first-ever Lost Highway Festival, May 29th and 30th in California. And Toby Keith — who sang about a rebellious preacher’s daughter who clutched tight on the back of his chopper in… Source: RollingStone Link: Toby Keith, […]
Hard-grooving punk-hop veterans the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are returning with their 10th studio album, Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015. Their second LP after ending an eight-year hiatus, it’s not exactly as noisily skronktastic as the “no wave” in the title implies, but it does have some of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Jon […]
Sir Elton John is leading a boycott of Dolce & Gabbana after the renowned fashion designers made disparaging remarks about same-sex families and children conceived via artificial insemination. “You are born to a mother and a father. Or at least that’s how it should be,” Domenico Dolce told Italian magazine Panorama last week,… Source: RollingStone Link: Elton John […]
Monterrey, a city of 1.1 million in the mountains of Northeast Mexico, has long featured some of the country’s best urban music. In the mid-Nineties, local trio Control Machete established themselves as one of the hottest rap groups in the country, and today, DJs like 3BallMTY (assisted by former Control member… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Mexican […]
Drake says he has nothing to do with a planned concert documentary set to hit theaters later this week. “The Drake Homecoming film is not something OVO or Drake have any part in,” the rapper declared on Twitter Monday morning. I feel it is my responsibility to inform and protect my fans.” Drake’s Homecoming:… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake […]
The Tribeca Film Festival will feature a series of “Tribeca Talks” next month, pairing George Lucas with Stephen Colbert to discuss the Star Wars creator’s career and, separately, Courtney Love with Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck documentarian Brett Morgan and journalist Neil Strauss to discuss the Nirvana frontman. Directors Christopher… Source: RollingStone Link: Tribeca: Courtney […]
Robert Plant will hit the road again this year with his Sensational Space Shifters backing band for a tour that wraps itself around festival appearances at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo. The Pixies will open select dates, while singer-songwriter J.D. McPherson will open a handful of others. Tickets for the tour, which spans… Source: RollingStone Link: Robert […]
The splits are gone and the high, spiky boots replaced with metallic wedges that flash red in the heels. And his lascivious moments are toned way down, limited to three derriere wiggles and, for a second, what looked to be a simulated wanking. But at the first of four Louisville… Source: RollingStone Link: Prince Gets […]
Napalm Death couldn’t have hit upon a more fitting title for their 15th album: A good 30-odd years after their formation in coal-dusted Birmingham, England, the grindcore godfathers are now at the apex of their career. Their secret? They’ve never stopped. That’s why the riffs are still sharp, the grooves are… Source: RollingStone Link: Apex Predator: […]