Future didn’t need much promotion to get his new album DS2 atop the Billboard 200 as, after giving fans just a week’s notice regarding his third studio LP, the album cruised to Number One on the charts. DS2 sold 147,000 total albums in its debut week, giving Future his first ever… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
“Put your phones away, please. Put your phones away!” warned the large security guard wandering a crowded Los Angeles museum space, where screenings began Saturday for the weekend premiere of “All Day/I Feel Like That,” a short film by Kanye West and Academy Award-winning artist-director Steve McQueen. The L.A. County Museum… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]
Chief Keef’s Stop the Violence benefit concert in Hammond, Indiana – where the rapper was scheduled to perform live via hologram from Los Angeles – was cut short Saturday night after police pulled the plug on the performance after one song. Chief Keef’s hologram managed to deliver “I Don’t Like” before police stormed the… Source: RollingStone Link: Chief Keef […]
Drake has responded to Meek Mill’s accusations that the Toronto rapper employs a ghostwriter with “Charged Up,” a new diss track that Drake premiered Saturday on his Beats 1’s show OVO Sound Radio. “I stay silent ’cause we’re at war and I’m very patient / 6 God is watching / I… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake Responds […]
By Jan Harvey MALMESBURY, England (Reuters) – Poetry is the latest crowd draw at Britain’s music festivals, once havens of rebellious rock but now as settled in the nation’s summer calendar as Wimbledon and Royal Ascot horse racing. The Hip Yak Poetry Shack, in a woodland corner of the world music WOMAD festival, pulled in […]
An unannounced set by My Morning Jacket wasn’t the only surprise on tap for this year’s Newport Folk Festival: Exactly 50 years to the day that Bob Dylan famously “went electric” at the long-running fest, the electric guitar involved in that controversial performance – Dylan’s 1964 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster – made an… Source: RollingStone Link: Bob Dylan's […]
Daptone Records will release Daptone Gold II, the soul label’s second greatest hits compilation featuring Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley, the Budos Band, Antibalas and more. The follow-up to the label’s acclaimed Daptone Gold collection in 2009 will arrive on September 18th, and like its predecessor, the double-LP set features… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Daptone Gold […]
Minecraft's latest batch of downloadable content for its Xbox One and Xbox 360 editions brings 39 new skins, all themed to characters and figures from Greek mythology. The Greel Mythology Mashup Pack is $3.99 and also offers a custom texture set and new UI along with the skins. An orchestral soundtrack composed by Gareth Coker is […]
Roger Waters promised a “very special” set leading up to his first ever Newport Folk Festival performance Friday, and the bassist delivered with an acoustic-heavy gig that featured Pink Floyd favorites, solo cuts, three covers, a new song and a surprise backing band: My Morning Jacket. The Waterfall crew themselves were an unannounced addition to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Janet Jackson has unveiled the new music video for her newly remixed comeback single “No Sleeep.” In keeping with the theme of the title, the video finds the singer and houseguest J. Cole walking around a beautiful, dimly lit pad after hours, singing their late-night anthem. “I hope u enjoy watching this as… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Janet […]