Following in the footsteps of acts like Interpol and Editors, the latest band to mine the dour moods of Joy Division is a group of reformed hardcore-punk squawkers. Unfortunately, the latest LP by Ceremony — who dabbled successfully in Strokes-style rock on 2012’s excellent Zoo — is stifled by too much restraint…. Source: RollingStone Link: The L-Shaped […]
Spoon have offered up a shiver-inducing cover of the Cramps’ maniacal cut “TV Set,” a fitting contribution to the soundtrack for the upcoming reboot of the Eighties horror franchise, Poltergeist. Though more hi-fi than the Cramps’ original off their 1980 LP, Songs the Lord Taught Us, Spoon’s rendition of “TV Set” is otherwise faithful…. Source: RollingStone Link: Spoon Cover […]
Luke Bryan has announced Kill the Lights as his fifth studio album. The reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year broke the news on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today and revealed the album will be released on August 7th. During his Ellen appearance, Bryan also performed the album’s lead single,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
The Rolling Stones were widely considered past their prime by the time that 1978 rolled around. They were still one of the biggest bands on the planet, but the rise of punk and disco made them seem passé and recent releases Black and Blue and It’s Only Rock and Roll… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Rolling […]
Starbucks may have announced it would be saying goodbye to CDs this past February, but the omnipresent coffeemakers have not given up on music. On Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Spotify to create what it’s calling a “music ecosystem.” As part of the program, baristas and other Starbucks employees will… Source: RollingStone Link: Starbucks […]
On their debut album, 2013’s Silence Yourself, Savages built themselves an uncompromising reputation as makers of spiky post-punk anthems such as “Husbands” and “Shut Up.” But as the Anglo-French four-piece started writing for the follow-up, sequestered in a tiny studio in Primrose Hill, North London, strange things started to happen. “We wanted… Source: RollingStone Link: Savages […]
Dave Grohl, who contributed one of the more memorable videos to the avalanche of clips comprising last summer’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, honored the viral movement and one of its co-founders, Pat Quinn, at the Webby Awards Monday night. Grohl first recalled the making of his own video with the Foo Fighters, which… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Country trio Gloriana have announced their aptly-titled third studio album, Three, to be released on June 2nd. Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul), it’s the band’s first album since 2012’s A Thousand Miles Left Behind. “We can’t wait for you guys to hear this,” said the group’s Rachael Reinert on their… Source: RollingStone Link: Gloriana […]
It took friends Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell about 35 years to finally release their first album together, 2013’s Grammy-winning Old Yellow Moon, and only six days to record its follow-up, The Traveling Kind. This time around, the duo opted to co-write six of the LP’s 11 songs, a process… Source: RollingStone Link: See Emmylou […]
A touring artist’s production has countless moving parts, and it’s up to the members of the road crew — those tireless “roadies” — to keep track of all those parts every mile of the journey. At 90 years old, Ben Dorcy (he was born May 19th, 1925) is the world’s oldest… Source: RollingStone Link: Willie Nelson […]