Scooby-Doo and friends are taking a trip to Detroit Rock City this summer as creators of the animated series have enlisted Kiss for a new feature. Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery is an upcoming summer full-length film that sees the Kiss gang get animated and call up Scooby-Doo, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
It’s hard to believe that for all the years Sara Watkins and her brother Sean have inhabited Los Angeles’ Largo at the Coronet with their Watkins Family Hour revue, they’ve yet to release an actual album to document the Vaudeville-meets-Appalachia-meets-Hollywood monthly residency. That all changes July 24th, when the Nickel… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Sean […]
Director Brett Morgen sorted through hundreds of hours of unheard Kurt Cobain audiotapes for his upcoming documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. One gem the filmmaker unearthed was a snippet of the Nirvana frontman recording a chilling cover of the Beatles’ “And I Love Her.” While the track will be included in the film’s score —… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Kurt […]
Jennifer Blake’s acting career is about to do a 180. The Alabama-born actress is known chiefly for comedic roles in such films as Behaving Badly and Zoolander, and TV series including How to Live With Your Parents and Sex and the City. But beginning in May, the award-winning stage performer… Source: RollingStone Link: Mindy McCready […]
Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor and John Legend are the latest big names added to the lineup of performers for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. They’;ll join a star-filled bill that includes Wiz Khalifa, Hozier, Nick Jonas and Sam Smith.The 2015 Billboard Music Awards returns to ABC at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, May […]
Houndstooth conjure multiple heydays: Sixties folk-rock psychedelia (Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane), Seventies CBGBs street pop (Blondie, Television), Eighties alt-rock shimmer (10,000 Maniacs, Cowboy Junkies). But the recipe’s all theirs. Singer Katie Bernstein has that tasty Debbie Harry thing at the end of her phrases, a vocal arched eyebrow. Befitting her… Source: RollingStone Link: No News […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Another music festival is making its debut — this one outside of Nashville, Tennessee, and paying homage to history. Source: Yahoo Music Link: New music festival launched outside Nashville
Massachusetts indie rockers Speedy Ortiz take a plunge down the rabbit hole on their second LP. Frontwoman Sadie Dupuis is their bedraggled Alice in Wonderland, tumbling past the cartoonish faces of every ex-friend and bitter stranger, with plenty of Mad Hatter-worthy wordplay along the way (“We were the law-school rejects/So… Source: RollingStone Link: Foil Deer
Yelawolf’s second major-label album trades out the failed stabs at arena rap of his 2011 debut for a stronger embrace of his Southern roots. This time around he’s less Eminem, more Kid Rock: Instead of awkward outsourced hooks, the Alabama native serves up slow-burn ballads like “Devil in My Veins”… Source: RollingStone Link: Love Story
Passion Pit are excellent at sounding like Passion Pit — they’ve mastered the art of pairing emotionally naked lyrics with sweet, lush synth beats. On their third LP, though, that strength becomes a fault, as the band’s tender vibes begin to blur into sameness. Singer Michael Angelakos’ writing remains sharp, telling… Source: RollingStone Link: Kindred