On their 2012 debut, Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes coined a hot retro mix of black Southern soul and white rock & roll that connected. It was the kind of instant-vintage album that college kids and their record-buying grandpas could love, and it made the Shakes a rare success story… Source: RollingStone Link: Sound & […]
Wale and Jerry Seinfeld are the most unlikely pair in pop culture. The rapper first paid tribute to his favorite comedian with 2008’s The Mixtape About Nothing; Seinfeld returned the favor by shouting him out in last year’s Top Five. Here, they consummate their friendship with a full-on collaborative LP…. Source: RollingStone Link: The Album […]
Drenge are a three-piece band that suggest how Nirvana or the White Stripes might’ve turned out if they’d grown up stupid and contagious in the North of England. The band’s 2013 debut came with adorable grunge complaints like “People in Love Make Me Feel Yuck.” On the follow-up, singer-guitarist Eoin… Source: RollingStone Link: Undertow
Jennifer Nettles, the cheery voice behind crossover country hits “Stuck Like Glue” and “All I Want to Do,” has always seemed like Sugarland’s happy-go-lucky breakout star. This solo debut from the duo’s other half, Kristian Bush, might challenge that — it’s 12 songs about sunsets, beach trips and the people we… Source: RollingStone Link: Southern Gravity
“If my heart had a geography, it would look just like walking down Fifth Avenue,” Ryan Adams told the crowd at the end of his solo acoustic stand at Carnegie Hall last year. On this stunning 40-plus-song live collection, he offers a heartfelt love letter to his former hometown, revisiting… Source: RollingStone Link: Live at […]
The music fest might be over, but we still can’t get over the performer’s onstage glow. Makeup artist Kirin Bhatty explains how we can achieve her look, too. Source: Yahoo Music Link: How to Score Florence Welch's Coachella Beauty Look
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band might have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, but guitarist Elvin Bishop remained gloriously unaffected by the pomp. After joining Tom Morello, Zac Brown and surviving bandmates Mark Naftalin and Sam Lay in a fiery musical tribute, the infectiously chill 72-year-old… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul Butterfield […]
Fall Out Boy played an afternoon show on Saturday in D.C., but they weren’t going to miss inducting Green Day into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that night in Cleveland. Backstage, they talked about what the punk trio means to them. What did it feel like to stand up there with… Source: RollingStone Link: Fall […]
Never ones to go gently into that good night, Mötley Crüe have announced the addition of 21 new North American dates to their already extensive farewell run. The new shows, scheduled for October and December, will see the legendary hard rock band hitting smaller markets like Little Rock, Ark. and Lincoln, Neb…. Source: RollingStone Link: Motley […]
Country superstar Tim McGraw and hip-hop mogul Kanye West have been named as performers at this year’s Time 100 Gala, taking place April 21st at New York City’s Jazz at the Lincoln Center. The glitzy event will celebrate the magazine’s annual list of the most influential people, whom it says… Source: RollingStone Link: Tim McGraw, […]