Lil Boosie has long been one of the Dirty South’s best-kept secrets, building a reputation for both unrestrained club raps and earthy real talk on issues in the black community. He released his first solo album in 2000, and in 2009, his Superbad reached the Top 10. But instead of crossing… Source: RollingStone Link: Lil Boosie […]
“Are we serious enough?” Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago asks, midway into the band’s chuckle-filled interview with Rolling Stone. “‘Are we serious enough?!’ We’re Pixies!” frontman Black Francis interjects. “We are by definition Pixies in our temperament: a little mischievous, a little playful, a little not-too-serious, small.” Santiago laughs. Today, though, Pixies are… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
Muse have ratcheted up the riffs and rage in anticipation of their politically charged upcoming album, Drones, releasing two new tracks, “Reapers” and “The Handler,” ahead of the LP’s June 9th release. “Reapers,” which arrived recently with a brutal and chilling lyric video, finds Muse at their heaviest and frontman Matt Bellamy at… Source: RollingStone Link: Muse […]
Dierks Bentley invited a handful of guests to a private preview of his new Sounds of Summer tour on Monday, showing off a top-tier production that mixed all the major-league special effects with Bentley’s personal brand of brooding vocals and boy-next-door charm. Hot on the heels of three consecutive Number Ones… Source: RollingStone Link: Dierks […]
Chris Cornell has announced plans to release his new solo album Higher Truth and embark on an extensive acoustic tour this fall. The new album will arrive on September 18th and was produced by Brendan O’Brien, who served as mixer on Soundgarden’s Superunknown before becoming a go-to rock producer. Higher Truth will be… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Cornell […]
Yo La Tengo will celebrate their 30th anniversary – and the 25th birthday of their 1990 breakout LP Fakebook – with a new album featuring original songs, covers and a handful of reinterpreted Yo La Tengo tracks. Stuff Like That There will arrive August 28th on Matador Records, though the band have… Source: RollingStone Link: Yo La […]
Girlpool show how punk a band can get with just two women, a guitar, a bass and two raging hearts. Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad come from the Los Angeles underground scene, working a vibe that goes back to the Softies or Marine Girls — raw, minimal, yet emotionally fierce. After… Source: RollingStone Link: Before the […]
Everything Is 4 opens with the lush disco of lead single “Want to Want Me,” creates dance-floor havoc with a few off-kilter EDM breakdowns and dips its toes into breezy Swedish island pop. Jason Derulo jumps into every track with equal enthusiasm, his reassuring voice adapting easily to each new… Source: RollingStone Link: Everything Is […]
Willie and Merle coined the modern country-bromance LP with their 1983 hit Pancho & Lefty; their latest looks back. The title — referring to Django Reinhardt and Jimmie Rodgers, major influences on both men — suggests a rich dig into country archaeology à la Haggard’s 1970 Bob Wills tribute. Instead, we get a… Source: RollingStone Link: Django and […]
What Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” was to the hippie era, Jamie xx’s solo debut is to British club culture: a wistful valentine conjuring a more innocent time. Exhibit A is “Gosh,” which flips a sound bite from a pioneering U.K. jungle broadcast. But the track isn’t jungle per se, because the… Source: RollingStone Link: In Colour