Steely Dan are performing at Coachella this Friday and next, and Donald Fagen has offered to chronicle his experiences in several installations of a tour diary. The following are his words, untouched and unedited: Friday, April 3, 2015 Breathing barely, breathing the funky urine gas they use for oxygen. I’m on American Flight… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
On the first Monday of October, Jamie xx was announced as a last-minute guest at New York DJ Francois K.’s weekly Meatpacking District residency. Although an e-mail blast promised party regulars an advance listen of the 26-year-old’s debut solo album, his set ultimately traveled from the vintage R&B of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Jamie xx […]
“You love someone so much, and it just falls apart for no reason. And that’s life. In a nutshell,” Meg Myers says, rather grimly unpacking the lyrics to her latest single “Sorry,” which recently hit Number 28 on the Alternative Radio chart. The song fuses Myers’ seething, soaring vocals to near-industrial… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Meg […]
Frank Ocean has announced a July release date for his new album, the follow-up to his breakout 2012 LP Channel Orange. Ocean’s subtle revelation came via a photo the singer posted that hinted at the arrival of a new magazine called Boys Don’t Cry. “‘I got two versions. I got twoooo… Source: RollingStone Link: Frank Ocean […]
For the 16th year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is planning to throw a desert party that serves as the unofficial kickoff of Summer Concert Season. Here are 25 acts — huge names, upcoming talents, exciting reunions — that could set the tone for the weekend(s) and beyond. Source: RollingStone Link: Coachella 2015: […]
Matt and Kim are experts at throwing euphorically geeky dance parties, cranking out jams that would sound more at home in a bounce castle than in a club. The mix of indie pop, hip-hop and EDM on the Brooklyn duo’s fifth album has never been catchier — from the twerped-out trap… Source: RollingStone Link: New Glow
Two years ago, Waxahatchee’s bracingly intense Cerulean Salt made punk singer-guitarist Katie Crutchfield an indie star. Now she is terrified of slowing down. “I can be a ray of light,” she sings on “Stale by Noon,” “but you are always in my head.” It’s one of many songs where Crutchfield… Source: RollingStone Link: Ivy Tripp
From 2002’s “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton” to the lauded novel Wolf in White Van, underdog artisans have been John Darnielle’s favorite alter egos. His new Mountain Goats set draws its characters from the world of small-time wrestling. Expecting jokes? Think again. A battered dude poignantly remembers… Source: RollingStone Link: Beat the […]
It’s been a late-game rally for eternal teenager Brian Wilson, the boy genius-turned-Great American Artist who, by his own measure, just wasn’t made for this world. After three more-or-less lost decades in the wake of Pet Sounds, few expected 2004’s Brian Wilson Presents Smile — and even fewer 2012’s intermittently great Beach Boys reunion… Source: RollingStone Link: No Pier […]
Jessica Pare’s makeup guru and Sarah Hyland’s hairstylist share what they’ll be bringing with them for a flawless beauty routine in the desert. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Makeup Monday: 3 Celeb Beauty Insiders' Must-Haves for Coachella