After a trilogy of sonically bleak, ostentatiously psycho albums, Odd Future’s leader has flipped his nihilistic glower into a sinister smile. Featuring cameos by jazz fusion OG Roy Ayers, Lil Wayne and Kanye West, Tyler’s self-produced new one flows from the Neptunes tribute “Deathcamp” to the summery whimsy of “Find… Source: RollingStone Link: Cherry Bomb

Note to Lincoln Center: When you need a coming-of-age opera about Brooklyn strivers, Ellis Ludwig-Leone is your man. His orchestral-pop project San Fermin is the latest entrant to the new music economy where artists simultaneously court rock-club crowds and commission-granting art institutions, right there with Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Projectors and… Source: RollingStone Link: Jackrabbit

At his best over the past two years — on one-off puffs of narcotized minimalism like “Stoner” and “Danny Glover” — this 23-year-old Atlanta trap star reveled in an unhinged musicality, his whoops, barks, yelps and rhymes communicating an aggrieved freedom. But here that’s submerged beneath an endless slurry of syrupy tracks,… Source: RollingStone Link: Barter 6

A Fool to Care may not have a concept as linear as some of Boz Scaggs’ other recent albums (2013’s Southern-fried Memphis, the jazz standards on 2003’s But Beautiful and 2008’s Speak Low), but it sure does tell a story. These 12 songs map out a concise history of American… Source: RollingStone Link: A Fool […]

Buena Vista Social Club, the Oscar-nominated 1999 documentary exploring American guitarist Ry Cooder’s efforts to re-assemble a group of renowned Cuban musicians, is getting a sequel. Buena Vista Social Club – Adios, directed by Lucy Walker (Waste Land), will begin filming in July, focusing on the band’s five original members on tour…. Source: RollingStone Link: 'Buena Vista […]

Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Muse, Alabama Shakes, and Major Lazer, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of Disclosure, Miguel, Tame Impala, Surfer Blood, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music […]

For the third song of his set last night at Madison Square Garden, Eric Clapton invited out the first guest of the night: John Mayer, who Clapton has called a “master” guitar player. They launched into 1989’s swaggering, gospel-steeped “Pretending.” Midway through, Mayer played a melodic, fat-toned, piercing solo. Clapton shook… Source: RollingStone Link: Eric Clapton […]

Tech N9ne lives up to his name with the new “On the Bible,” threatening retribution over a beat comprised of bass rattles, horn blasts and simulated gun shots. He and T.I. rap technical, high-speed verses, and Jamaica’s Zuse slows it down for the hook: “Have you ever seen a MAC-11?”… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Tech […]

Austin was the Live Country Music Capital of the World on May 2nd, as 11 of Nashville’s biggest stars played the iHeartRadio Country Festival inside the city’s Erwin Center. Brad Paisley’s high-energy set kicked off the night, with Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, the Band Perry, Sam Hunt, Justin… Source: RollingStone Link: iHeartRadio Country […]

Justin Timberlake has added a new role to his ever-increasing résumé: Lime. To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Timberlake portrayed lime-headed Rick “Sour” Vane in this three-minute ad for Sauza 901 (via Mashable). The commercial features Timberlake and his green-faced cronies basking in an era when limes were the bar condiment of… Source: RollingStone Link: Justin Timberlake […]