Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s music has often explored feelings of dizzying isolation, but on their third LP, New Zealand-born frontman Ruban Nielson embraces the power of three. Taking cues from the bubbly soul of Stevie Wonder and the melodrama of the Tijuana Brass, Nielson offers low-fi musings on a polyamorous relationship… Source: RollingStone Link: Multi-Love
Music streaming service Rhapsody, also known as Napster in some territories, is celebrating a rather impressive milestone. It now boasts 3 million subscribers. Rhapsody has been going for 11 years, making it the oldest recognized service in the market. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Rhapsody adds 1 million subscribers as music streaming starts to come of […]
Donald S. Joyce, one of the driving forces behind the experimental music collective Negativland, died Wednesday of heart failure in Oakland, California. He was 71. Joyce began contributing to the ensemble in the early Eighties, while still working as a DJ at the Berkeley, California radio station KPFA, where he hosted… Source: RollingStone Link: Don […]
Mumford & Sons, in their own British way, have built a career out of uncovering and exploring the myriad facets of Americana, and their new video for “Ditmas” taps into one of the country’s most cherished relationships: A man and his horse. The new clip juxtaposes footage of the band performing… Source: RollingStone Link: Mumford […]
Eminem spiraled into the demented depths of his brain and returned with an outrageous six-minute freestyle on Sway in the Morning, scorching Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Caitlyn Jenner and more with characteristically grotesque grandeur. Despite working without a beat, Em dropped a barrage of stanzas that materialized in the instants between the small, reasonable… Source: RollingStone Link: Eminem […]
Beastie Boys’ sample-fueled masterpiece Paul’s Boutique was released on July 25th, 1989, and to honor the album’s anniversary, Seattle radio station KEXP is dedicating a full day of programming to the innovative LP on Friday, July 24th, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST. The station will play the full track list and… Source: RollingStone Link: Seattle […]
Watkins Family Hour, "Watkins Family Hour" (Family Hour Records) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Watkins duo gives everyone a turn at the mike
Kelsea Ballerini is one of country’s newest female voices, and like a lot of country listeners she didn’t grow up on country alone. She shared a clip on Facebook today for #TBT, having fun with some of her bubblegum pop influences, straight from MTV’s Total Request Live playlist. “I think we should… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Bring Me the Horizon have changed a lot over the years, but never like this. When they formed in 2003, the band played thrashy, breakdown-studded songs influenced by the screaming, slashing sound of American metalcore. Gradually, the Sheffield, England, group began incorporating electronic passages, acoustic strumming, ominous keyboards and orchestral elements… Source: RollingStone Link: Bring Me […]
Neil Young took on the corporation Monsanto, which manufactures genetically engineered seeds for agriculture, on his recent record The Monsanto Years. Now he has released a 10-minute short, Seeding Fear, which tells the story of a farmer named Michael White, who with his father Wayne, took on the corporation in… Source: RollingStone Link: See Neil […]