Buffalo Springfield were rehearsing for their short-lived 2011 reunion tour when Richie Furay began playing a guitar lick he’d just worked out. “Neil [Young] came over with a smile on his face,” says Furay. “He said, ‘New song, huh?’ I said, ‘Yeah!’ Stephen [Stills] and I both thought the reunion was going… Source: RollingStone Link: Richie Furay […]

“It seemed wrong to add any vocals, even if they were ooh’s and ahh’s,” Martin Gore says of his new, all-instrumental solo LP, MG. “It just seemed wrong.” A mix of jagged electronic vignettes and fuzzy soundscapes, the record finds the Depeche Mode singer-songwriter indulging his every experimental whim. MG contains 16… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside […]

Scott Weiland has already distanced himself from the recently formed hard rock supergroup Art of Anarchy, claiming his association was restricted to writing and performing lyrics and vocals for the band’s debut LP. Now, in an interview with About.com (via Ultimate Classic Rock), the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman has blasted the… Source: RollingStone Link: Scott Weiland […]

“I’m still young, but the world doesn’t care about what it shows me,” says Sammy Brue. He’s young, indeed – 14, barely – but he’s already about to release his second EP, I Don’t Want You to Leave, April 27th. Streaming exclusively on Rolling Stone Country, the five songs don’t… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear 14-Year-Old […]

In 2012, Brett Eldredge’s first Number One hit, “Don’t Ya,” was certified platinum. Three years later, the singer (and reigning CMA New Artist of the Year) has been certified insane thanks to “Lose My Mind,” the wigged-out new video for his latest single. Eldredge spends much of the clip strapped… Source: RollingStone Link: See Brett […]

This past Record Store Day was once again packed with unique, limited edition releases, but one of the stranger collectibles happened entirely by accident: Some pressings of U2’s Songs of Innocence deluxe vinyl edition, released in celebration of Record Store Day, inexplicably contained a copy of Tool’s Opiate EP instead. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Tool on […]

At 58 years old, Dwight Yoakam — the long-serving intellectual punk of country music — has just released his 14th studio album, Second Hand Heart. And last night, he dropped by NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers looking like a man half his age. Performing “Liar” from the new set, Yoakam… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

The R.E.M. documentary R.E.M. by MTV will head to Blu-ray and DVD on June 2nd, and to mark the occasion, Fathom Events will bring the film to movie theaters for one night only May 19th. The Alexander Young-directed film charts both the rise of R.E.M. and the growth of MTV… Source: RollingStone Link: 'R.E.M. by […]

The Flaming Lips are taking over Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio studio this week for a Beatles celebration. The broadcast – airing Friday, April 24th at 11 p.m. EST – will be hosted by Portlandia’s Fred Armisen and feature songs from the Lips’ spastic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute LP, 2014’s With a Little Help… Source: RollingStone Link: Flaming Lips […]

Over the past five years, Lzzy Hale and Taylor Momsen have become two of hard rock’s most recognizable and dynamic female voices, each breaking down barriers in the male-dominated genre with their respective bands, Halestorm and the Pretty Reckless. So they must utterly despise each other, right? A West Virginia… Source: RollingStone Link: Halestorm, Pretty […]