“I had to fall apart a bit,” says Florence Welch of How Big How Blue How Beautiful, the first Florence and the Machine album in four years. In the period leading up to the album, Welch, 28, endured a rough breakup with her boyfriend and was partying too much. Not only… Source: RollingStone Link: Florence Welch […]
Fifteen years after the U.S. release of her award-winning solo debut, The Captain, Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers will issue Bittersweet, her tenth studio album and first solo record since 2010’s Little Bird. Produced by Nick DiDia, known for his work with Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and the Wallflowers, Chambers’ LP… Source: RollingStone Link: Kasey Chambers […]
As Memphis’ Beale Street prepares to remember B.B. King’s legacy at a memorial procession Wednesday, the bluesman’s estate has hit back at allegations that King’s business manager LaVerne Toney poisoned him in the months leading up to his May 14th death. In a statement, a lawyer for the estate says that King’s daughters’… Source: RollingStone Link: B.B. King's […]
Hitting the road during the warmer months is nothing new for Grammy-winning string band Old Crow Medicine Show, but it’s a stellar sampling of tour mates — openers Sturgill Simpson and the Devil Makes Three, co-headliners Willie Nelson & Family and Brandi Carlisle, and headliners the Avett Brothers — that… Source: RollingStone Link: Old Crow […]
The 2015 awards show will be broadcast live from Durban, South Africa on July 18, the day the former president and Nobel laureate was born. Source: Yahoo Music Link: MTV Africa Music Awards to mark Nelson Mandela's birthday
The satellite radio giant is facing a nightmare lawsuit over its performance of older songs. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Judge Certifies Class Action Against SiriusXM Over Pre-1972 Music
Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Tame Impala, The Mountain Goats, and Nicki Minaj, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of A$AP Rocky, Jamie xx, Dawes, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo […]
Though the solstice is still a month away, Swedish pop duo Icona Pop have welcomed summer with “Emergency,” an exuberant, feverish new song that boasts vocals from fellow Swede Erik Hassle. While “Emergency” invokes the same kind of breakneck delirium that made Icona Pop’s 2012 breakout hit “I Love It” a sudden, inescapable smash, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Icona […]
In hindsight, The Clash probably shouldn’t have agreed to tour Asia and Australia in early 1982. Beyond the fact that it came midway through the tense Combat Rock sessions, promoters put together an insane schedule of 25 shows in a little over a month. And after five straight years on the road,… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: The […]
“It was just like pushing a boulder up and up and up a hill and then you finally get to the top,” singer Miguel Pimentel says about his rise to fame. In 2012, his breakout album, Kaleidoscope Dream, was one of the most innovative pop records of the past few years, hitting… Source: RollingStone Link: Miguel on […]