Patti Smith’s follow-up memoir to her award-winning account of life with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Just Kids, will come out this fall. The new book, M Train, will present what her publisher has described as a journey through 18 “stations,” as she writes about various turning points in her life. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Patti Smith […]
This weekend, Coachella returned to Indio and the small Southern California town once again became the center of the music world. AC/DC went for the jugular, Drake received an intimate surprise, Tyler, the Creator took us on a Freudian trip, Jack White insisted that “music is sacred” and Azealia Banks… Source: RollingStone Link: 40 Best […]
Before Florence and the Machine took the stage Sunday at Coachella, the band made their presence felt when they debuted their new music video for “Ship to Wreck” on the big screens at the Indio, California festival. The well-choreographed video, the latest off Florence Welch and company’s forthcoming LP How Big,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Florence […]
Lee Ann Womack’s two-night stint at Nashville’s City Winery in late February was postponed by an atypical Music City snow and ice storm, but thanks to Mother Nature, when the shows did go on last week fans got one extra night and some incredible special guests taking the stage with… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Lee […]
Jay Z has made his million move. Apple is at work attempting to crush the competition. Spotify racks up hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding. YouTube merely maintains its 1 billion-strong audience. Every player in music streaming wants a piece of the .9 billion business, which made up 27… Source: RollingStone Link: The 5 […]
“Back in ’91, on the Black Album tour, I saw Metallica three times in two weeks!” enthuses Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand, who cites the group as his favorite band. At the first of those shows, Rand’s Cliff Burton T-shirt scored him a pass to the infamous “Snake Pit,” a large… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Stone […]
Drake closed out the first weekend of Coachella 2015 with an hour-long headlining set jammed with hits — and featuring the weekend’s biggest surprise guest star, Madonna. Two months ago, Drake released a mixtape called If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which included a song called “Madonna.” In it, the rapper attempts to seduce a… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
As a member of Foo Fighters, Chris Shiflett is among the most respected lead guitarists in rock music, and one of the hardest working. He also fronts Chris Shiflett and the Dead Peasants, a group that in 2013 released All Hat and No Cattle, an LP populated by covers of… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Foo […]
Kanye West delivered a surprise free concert at Swan Lake in Yerevan, Armenia Sunday night during a visit to the region with wife Kim Kardashian. But security brought the show to an abrupt end after the rapper jumped in the water, with a horde of fans following his lead, MissInfo reports. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Just four days after Tyler, the Creator alerted fans that he was rush-releasing his new album Cherry Bomb, the Odd Future rapper’s third studio LP arrived on iTunes and streaming services. “Look, get 12 bucks, go to Ralph’s or a grocery store, purchase a iTunes gift card, go on iTunes,… Source: RollingStone Link: Stream Tyler, the […]