With the instantly recognizable pounding of the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and one of the most brittlely distorted guitar lines ever put to tape, alt-rockers the Jesus and Mary Chain laid the groundwork for one of the most copied rock & roll sounds of the past three decades. The group’s marriage… Source: RollingStone Link: Jesus and […]
Jon Regen, “Stop Time” (Motema) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Jon Regen plays piano ballads that swing
Since moving from October to June in 2012, the Stars for Second Harvest concert has become a summertime tradition in Nashville. This year, Dierks Bentley will headline the intimate songwriters’ night at the Ryman Auditorium. Related: ACM Party for a Cause 2015: Best Backstage & Onstage Photos Set for June 9th — the… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
When Jason Aldean and Kenny Chesney’s stadium tour kicks off May 2nd, the two superstars want to make sure they provide fans with a one-of-a-kind experience that far surpasses their individual high-octane shows. The 10-date outing, which also includes Brantley Gilbert, Cole Swindell and Old Dominion, starts at San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium… Source: RollingStone Link: Jason […]
Death From Above 1979 pay tribute to adolescence and its perennial corruptors of sex, drugs and rock and roll in the outlandish new video for “Virgins,” a cut off the dance-rock duo’s 2014 comeback album, The Physical World. The sinister new clip follows a group of Amish kids in the midst of those awkward,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
“More money, more problems?” asks Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon on his sixth solo LP. “You gotta be kidding!” For more than 20 years, Rae has been one of the most gifted heirs to Slick Rick’s storytelling legacy; here, he keeps it going with a 44-minute journey into opulence. His rhymes are… Source: RollingStone Link: Fly International […]
Built to Spill are the AC/DC of indie rock: Their catalog is full of one melancholy LP, jam-packed with guitar pyrotechnics, after another. But frontman and six-string virtuoso Doug Martsch knows how to vary the formula just enough to keep things interesting. On their eighth LP, and first since 2009,… Source: RollingStone Link: Untethered Moon
Where is the excitement in a Josh Groban album? Is it in the crystal-clear way he belts out his high notes? Or is it in the way he gets co-signs from everyone from Rick Rubin to Herbie Hancock? There’s no doubt that the operatic pop singer is one of today’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Stages
In the Nineties, Oasis won the major Brit-pop battles: worldwide album sales, U.K. Number One singles and gossip-column yardage. But their archrivals, Blur, soundly beat them in exploration and legacy. Oasis wanted to be as big as the Beatles and the Who combined; Blur embodied those bands’ impatient forward march…. Source: RollingStone Link: The Magic […]
They triangulate country bounce, classic-rock flex and jam-band wiggle like crossover wizards. Their frontman has a buttery midrange tenor, can sell the heck out of a song, and keeps his lumberjack beard nicely trimmed. With the possible exception of their relentless likability, there’s nothing unlikable about the Zac Brown Band…. Source: RollingStone Link: Jekyll + […]