More than two decades after they formed, British prog-rockers Muse have finally scored their first Number One album on the U.S. charts as their new LP Drones debuted atop the Billboard 200. Muse’s seventh studio album moved 84,000 total albums in its first week of release, a drop from the 101,000 copies the band’s… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
Slayer fans are known for tearing up seats and mercilessly heckling opening acts at their favorite band’s prison-riot-like shows; they’re certainly not known for wearing tie-dye and straw hats and kissing security staff. Yet, there the thrash-metal OGs were on June 13th, gamely attempting to bring the hate to annual Tennessee love-in Bonnaroo, a fest… Source: RollingStone Link: Raining Tie-Dye: […]
Miley Cyrus was awarded at the amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Tuesday for her efforts as an advocate for the LGBT community as well as her Happy Hippie Foundation. As part of the ceremony, Cyrus also auctioned off a set of four art pieces she made inspired by Caitlyn Jenner’s recent Vanity Fair cover,… Source: RollingStone Link: Miley Cyrus […]
Dixie Chicks, the best-selling female band of all-time, will return to the concert stage in 2016, and stateside fans who want to catch the trio will need to have their passports in order. Singer Natalie Maines, guitarist Emily Robison Strayer and fiddle player Martie Maguire announced on their website that… Source: RollingStone Link: Dixie Chicks […]
For close to a half century, prog has been the breeding ground for rock’s most out-there, outsized and outlandish ideas: Thick-as-a-brick concept albums, an early embrace of synthesizers, overly complicated time signatures, Tolkienesque fantasies, travails from future days and scenes from a memory. In celebration of Rush’s first Rolling Stone cover… Source: RollingStone Link: 50 Greatest […]
When Dierks Bentley recorded the soaring anthem “Riser,” he knew he always wanted to release it to radio as a single. But he was also aware that such a move would be a gamble. After all, serious mid-tempo songs don’t often get much airtime on country radio, and the first… Source: RollingStone Link: See Dierks […]
Icona Pop are brought back to life through dance – literally – in their goofy clip for new single “Emergency.” The video, directed by Christian Larson with fashion styling from B. Åkerlund, opens with the Swedish electro-pop duo (Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo) in body bags. But their song’s swinging, big-band groove… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Icona […]
The UK rock group's seventh LP, "Drones" has flown straight to the top spot on the Billboard 200 Chart. According to Nielsen Music, the album has sold 84,000 copies. On Sunday, the band managed the same feat in its native Britain, going straight into the album charts at number one. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Muse […]
Less than one week after the close of Bonnaroo 2015, another Tennessee-based festival is gearing up for its own music-filled weekend. The Pilgrimage Festival, which just announced its final round of performers, will take place September 26th and 27th in Franklin, Tennessee, armed with an A-list lineup whose headliners include… Source: RollingStone Link: Pilgrimage Festival […]
When Orange Is the New Black actress Lea DeLaria isn’t playing the show’s ever-butch Big Boo, she’s often singing jazz. Her upcoming album, House of David, features her jazzy takes on the oeuvre of David Bowie, and when she stopped by Conan Tuesday, she gave the audience a sample of… Source: RollingStone Link: See 'OITNB's […]