Activision celebrated the relaunch of Guitar Hero yesterday with a bells-and-whistles event at New York City’s Best Buy Theater. And with help from Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, the company unveiled its new iteration of the game in the most rock-star way possible. CEO Eric Hirshberg… Source: RollingStone Link: Pete […]

Nearly 30 years ago, Dwight Yoakam played a record release party for his first album, Guitars Cadillacs, Etc. Etc., at the Roxy. This week, he returned to Los Angeles’ famed Sunset Strip to celebrate his latest studio album, Second Hand Heart. “This is only the second record release party I’ve had,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Dwight […]

On July 18th, 1953, an 18-year-old then-unknown Elvis Presley walked into Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue, the home of Sam Phillips’ Sun Records in Memphis, where he would record a pair of songs, “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.” For just under , he walked out with… Source: RollingStone Link: Jack White […]

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has entered the fray in the legal battle over the Temple of the Dog master tapes, saying in a statement that the Seattle studio owner currently in possession of the grunge supergroup’s recordings should give them back to the record label. “A&M Records paid for the recordings and the use… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Cornell […]

It’s not often you see Sturgill Simpson backed by a string section, but the four violinists accompanying him on Conan this week added a certain depth to the already profound “Just Let Go.” “Woke up today and decided to kill my ego/It ain’t ever done me no good no how/Gonna break… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Halestorm, "Into the Wild Life" (Atlantic) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Halestorm delivers tight, yet very basic rock

Chris Stapleton will release one of country music’s most anticipated albums on May 5th when his debut LP Traveller his stores. Last night, the singer-songwriter with the huge voice — and the beard to match — performed the title track on the Late Show With David Letterman. Backed by his wife and… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

“Compton hasn’t changed,” Ice Cube says of the L.A. suburb where he got his start. “It’s wack. It’s pretty much the same thing as it’s always been, and that’s fucked up really…. You don’t know what’s going to happen from day to day, and it can go from cool, quiet… Source: RollingStone Link: Ice Cube […]

Three years after Grizzly Bear released Shields, the band is set to begin work on their fifth studio album, with singer Ed Droste promising the group’s next LP will be “more adventurous” than its predecessor. In a new interview with The Standard, Droste discussed the band’s upcoming album, why he’s “stressed” about recording… Source: RollingStone Link: Grizzly Bear […]

GRAMMY award-winning band Mumford & Sons will kick-off the series Source: Yahoo Music Link: Mumford & Sons Kick Off CBS’s Legends On Letterman : The online music series celebrates the amazing musical acts that have performed.