Jason Isbell’s upcoming Something More Than Free is not, as David Letterman joked during a recent episode of The Late Show, a free release. That hasn’t stopped the Americana Award winner from offering up a cost-free clip of the new record, though, more than two months ahead of its July 17th… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Jason […]
A lawyer representing Joni Mitchell’s longtime friend in her efforts to gain temporary conservatorship over the singer told a Los Angeles judge that Mitchell could be leaving the hospital soon. Following the brief hearing, Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III appointed Leslie Morris, Mitchell’s friend for over 40 years,… Source: RollingStone Link: Lawyer: Joni […]
Music venues with a strong culinary element are popping up all over the city this year. We've grown accustomed to long-standing food trends in this city: kale, craft beer and food trucks, and a huge boom in the last few years of pizzerias and Asian eateries. Something we haven't encountered is a sudden growth in niche spaces, like restaurants and […]
He is unlikely to be named a Middle East peace negotiator, but DJ superstar Paul van Dyk says that his music in a way has succeeded where politics has failed. "The Politics of Dancing 3," the German DJ's latest album which was released Monday, brings together artists from around the Middle East in a sign […]
The crowd at this weekend’s second annual iHeartRadio Country Festival in Austin brought plenty of noise, but it was the Band Perry who brought the funk, thanks to a sizzling, well-choreographed version of the ubiquitous Bruno Mars-Mark Ronson jam, “Uptown Funk.” (Don’t believe us? Just watch a teaser of the performance… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch the […]
Did you know that at one point, music was just music? Like, you would listen to a song on something called a "radio" and you'd have to make up the singer's face in your mind because it was a purely aural medium. But then the 1980s came along and the music video came into the […]
Filmmaker Jonas Åkerlund – whose credits include Spun, Horseman and music videos for Madonna, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera and Metallica – has signed on to direct Lords of Chaos, a film that will chronicle the wave of violence and church burnings that swept Norway in the early Nineties as the country’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Madonna Video […]
Welsh pop artist Marina Diamandis’ third album is her most revealing and sure-footed yet. Diamandis (a.k.a. Marina and The Diamonds) comes across as more mature and sincere than on previous efforts like her conceptually challenged 2012 LP Electra Heart. On that album, she worked with a slew of Top 40 producers, ending up… Source: RollingStone Link: Froot
After a false start playing guitar for the Manchester band Working for a Nuclear Free City, Scottish-born Gary McClure (working as American Wrestlers) has made this bedroom-pop record about the difficulty of being heard in the world. He’s easy to commiserate with when he sings, “There’s no one crying over… Source: RollingStone Link: American Wrestlers
Atlanta rockers Mastodon have grown steadily weirder since their gritty early days, and it sure hasn’t hurt them. The burly crew’s latest purist-baiting move sees them joining forces with Butthole Surfers vocalist Gibby Haynes, whose sardonic drawl graces Side A of this Record Store Day EP. Atlanta’s loose, garage-ready distortion and… Source: RollingStone Link: Atlanta