This weekend, Lollapalooza will once again return to Chicago, as it has for the last 10 years. But if you can’t make it to the Windy City to catch the festival’s eclectic mix of music and mayhem in person, you can still watch real-time sets from many of the event’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Lollapalooza 2015 […]
Vaunted riot grrrl band Bikini Kill are preparing the reissue of their 1991 demo tape Revolution Girl Style Now. On September 22nd, the band’s inaugural collection of work will be available on vinyl, CD and digital formats for the first time. A trailer for the reissue features footage filmed by Brian Ruff from… Source: RollingStone Link: Bikini […]
Artists from Albert Hammond Jr. to DJ Carnage to MUTEMATH talk about their favorites in Chicago. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Lollapalooza 2015 Performers Dish On Favorite Chicago Spots
The Numero Group takes record-collecting to the level of archaeology, digging up everything from primo post-hardcore to obscure soul and trailblazing punk and reissuing it in smartly researched, beautifully packaged compilations. The Chicago label’s catalog is dizzyingly diverse, but the focus is always on unearthing a great story along with a… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear a […]
Paul McCartney’s early Eighties efforts, Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, will be reissued on October 2nd, with both arriving as multi-disc sets boasting numerous previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Both Tug of War and Pipes of Peace feature a number of classic McCartney cuts, including his duets with Stevie Wonder (“Ebony… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul […]
Growing up is never easy, even when you score your first Number One single at 19 years old. On Maddie & Tae’s debut album, Start Here, the country newcomers look back over a half-decade’s worth of boyfriends, dreams, schoolyard bullies and fishing dates gone awry. The 11-track album, whose songs… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Maddie […]
Prince lets loose in his new tune “Stare,” a funky string of party-friendly, double-entendre come-ons and callbacks to his past. He sings about going onstage in his underwear and calls back his 1986 smash “Kiss” and its scratchy guitar line, interspersed with silly turns of phrase like “Second things first,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Prince's […]
Travis Meadows knows a thing or two about being haunted by the spirits of our past — he’s battled addiction, cancer, the loss of his leg and numerous trips to rehab. Luckily for artists like Dierks Bentley, Eric Church and Jake Owen, he also knows how to turn struggle into… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Travis […]
Two new U2 films, a behind-the-scenes documentary and a live concert, will air on HBO this fall. The doc, premiering November 7th, will focus on how the group’s current Innocence + Experience tour came together, while the concert film will be shot at the band’s Paris gig on November 14th… Source: RollingStone Link: U2 to […]
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the illustrious music group and concert special are in the works. Source: Yahoo Music Link: U2 concert tour special and documentary to hit HBO