Seventy acts have been added to the six-day Americana Music Festival, the genre’s biggest annual event, set for September 15th — 20th in Nashville. And the list of artists proves just how wide Americana’s doors are open. Country greats the Mavericks are new to the lineup, as is JD Souther, a… Source: RollingStone Link: Americana […]
“I’m walking around, making out with someone,” Chris Young told Rolling Stone Country before the CMT Awards last week about the video for his new single “I’m Comin’ Over,” decked out on the red carpet in a classic tux. “To some extent, that’s not a normal day.” Well, no — most people… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris […]
Video installations and electronica are entrancing the heaving dance floors this weekend in a top Spanish festival fusing music, technology and the visual arts. Barcelona's Sonar festival, which started on Thursday and runs until Saturday, features a premiere of a new album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Art and […]
Fans have waited three years since Titus Andronicus released their last LP Local Business, the longest gap between albums for the New Jersey punk outfit. However, with the group’s The Most Lamentable Tragedy finally due out July 28th, Titus Andronicus have dropped a mixtape to help ease the suspense of… Source: RollingStone Link: Titus Andronicus […]
The Rolling Stones are on tour this summer with a set list heavy on their 1960s and 1970s work, mixed in with a few new tracks like “Doom and Gloom” and a smattering of 1990s tunes like “You Got Me Rocking” and “Out of Control.” Outside of “Start Me Up”… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]
A little more than two weeks before Van Halen kick off their American summer tour, Eddie Van Halen granted a rare interview to Billboard where he revealed the truth about the state of his relationship with David Lee Roth. “He does not want to be my friend,” the guitarist told writer… Source: RollingStone Link: Eddie Van […]
Big Sean takes it back to his roots and honors a woman who changed his life in the inspirational clip for “One Man Can Change the World.” Both the song, featuring contributions from John Legend and Sean’s mentor Kanye West, and video pay tribute to his late grandmother, Mildred V. Leonard…. Source: RollingStone Link: Big […]
“The moment you walked in the room, my friend / The demons, they all went away,” Mastodon sing on the psych-metal stunner “Asleep in the Deep.” But the song’s eye-popping, stoner-friendly video proves that lyric false: It’s the epic journey of an ordinary house cat who meanders into a demonic catacomb… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Mastodon's […]
Thanks to his work on all five of Taylor Swift’s studio albums, Nathan Chapman has distinguished himself as one of the most successful record producers of the past decade. A 2010 double Grammy winner for producing Swift’s Fearless, which won Album and Country Album of the Year, Chapman has also… Source: RollingStone Link: See Taylor […]
Billy Corgan recently complained about how his Smashing Pumpkins audiences are “fixated on the past,” so the singer has hit upon a clever new way to revisit that classic material. At the band’s stop at Munhall, Pennsylvania’s Carnegie Music Hall – the second gig on the Pumpkins’ current and first-ever acoustic trek –… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Smashing […]