My first live encounter with Daevid Allen — a founding guitarist of the British band Soft Machine and the singer-guru of Anglo-French-galactic dada-rock institution Gong — was his New York debut: in October, 1978, when Allen headlined a marathon festival of progressive rock, free-improvising and No Wave bands, the Zu Concert at… Source: RollingStone Link: Fricke's Picks […]

Sam Hunt tackles the heartbreaking realities of domestic violence — and tackles a really bad dude — in his brand-new video for “Take Your Time.” (Watch above.) The dismal storyline of the Tim Mattia-directed clip is completely unpredictable, given the fact that “Take Your Time” is essentially a love song. Its… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

The opportunity to purchase a cheap — and likely cheaply made — tour t-shirt at Eric Church concerts just got a little more difficult. The CMA and ACM Award-winning artist was recently granted a temporary restraining order that allows for the seizure of counterfeit merchandise outside his shows. Church’s legal team… Source: RollingStone Link: Eric […]

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s The Bends, the second album from the Oxford quintet and the LP that proved Thom Yorke and Co. were more than just “Creep.” With tracks like “High and Dry,” “My Iron Lung” and “Street Spirit (Fade Out),” the record would go on to influence a new… Source: RollingStone Link: Radiohead's 'The […]

UPDATE: Janis Gaye has released a statement refuting the rumors that the Gayes are planning on targeting “Happy” in a copyright suit similar to “Blurred Lines.” “This is 100 percent false,” she says. “We have absolutely no claim whatsoever concerning ‘Happy.’” Although the family of Marvin Gaye was already awarded .3 million from the… Source: RollingStone Link: Marvin […]

For Mark Knopfler, this year’s 30th anniversary of Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms — and its Number One hit, “Money for Nothing” — is bittersweet. In retrospect, the record marked the beginning of the end of the band. “It reached a critical mass and an awful lot of people wanted… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Mark […]

Looking back, it seems surprising that the first single off Miranda Lambert’s major-label debut, released 10 years ago this week, was anything but “Kerosene,” a sundown revenge fantasy that burns down the house of a cheating boyfriend. It was the title track, it was the only single to reach the… Source: RollingStone Link: Miranda Lambert's […]

Daevid Allen, a founding member of the influential jazz outfit Soft Machine and the driving force behind the prog-rock group Gong, died on Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 77. “Daevid passed peacefully in Australia today, Friday 13th at 1.05pm, surrounded by his boys,” a message posted on the… Source: RollingStone Link: Gong, Soft […]

Nintendo released a new video highlighting the battles of role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X to its YouTube channel this week, offering a look at some of the monster-slaying action coming in Monolith Soft's game. While it sounds inline with Xenoblade Chronicles X's announced soundtrack — you can hear some other tracks on the game's official Japanese […]

Eminem has just compiled every album he has put out since his major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, into a limited-edition vinyl box set with the perfunctory title The Vinyl LPs. The 10-album set — including his 8 Mile Soundtrack, his greatest-hits collection Curtain Call and his Eminem Presents: The… Source: RollingStone Link: Eminem Continues […]