Archive | July, 2015

Alabama Back From Decade-Long 'Vacation' With New Album

Country icons Alabama have announced their first album of original material in 14 years, Southern Drawl. Set for a September 18th release, the record finds the band’s core three members — singer Randy Owen, guitarist Jeff Cook and bassist Teddy Gentry — coming out of semi-retirement and chasing down a recharged, revised sound. Known for their… Source: RollingStone Link: Alabama […]

Birdman Denies Lil Wayne Shooting Involvement

Cash Money executive Birdman downplayed his ongoing feud with Lil Wayne in a lengthy interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez, repeatedly calling the rapper his son and denying allegations that he was involved in an April shooting against Weezy’s two tour buses. “[That’s] the craziest shit I ever heard in my life,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Birdman Denies […]

See Miranda Lambert, Karen Fairchild 'Smokin' and Drinkin'' in Nashville

One week after gracing the stage of an East Nashville rock club to join Ashley Monroe for a surprise duet, Miranda Lambert made another appearance at a Music City venue Tuesday night. This time, she remained onstage the whole time, surrounded by country newcomers and co-writers — including tourmate RaeLynn, hitmaker… Source: RollingStone Link: See Miranda […]

18 Great Places to Eat and Drink Near Lollapalooza

If you're one of the 200,000 people or so that are heading to Lollapalooza, Chicago's largest annual music festival/mob scene in Grant Park this weekend, you'll have plenty of standout food options at Chow Town inside the festival grounds. But before, during, and after the festival every day it can get dicey, especially when you're among […]

Hear Drake Demolish Meek Mill on 'Back to Back' Freestyle

Drake has fired another salvo in his feud with Meek Mill after that rapper called Drake’s “Charged Up” diss track “baby lotion soft.” Three days later, Drake has responded again with “Back to Back Freestyle,” and there’s nothing soft or vague about this diss track as the Toronto rapper lays into Meek Mill. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Aerosmith Recapture Bar-Band Roots at Crowd-Pleasing Gig

Two thirds of the way through a varied and charmingly scraggly set spanning four decades of blues-informed rock and glam-saturated power pop, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler uttered something a little dangerous. Well, dangerous for any band playing an 18,000-capacity venue like Ridgefield, Washington’s Amphitheater Northwest. “We’re gonna play a song that we’ve… Source: RollingStone Link: Aerosmith […]

See Ashley Monroe Sing Satiric 'Winning Streak' on 'Fallon'

“If losing’s a game, I’m on a winning streak,” Ashley Monroe sings in the toe-tapping tune, “Winning Streak,” from her highly-praised new album, The Blade. It’s a throwback number that could’ve easily been recorded by the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis or Wanda Jackson decades before Monroe was born. But… Source: RollingStone Link: See Ashley […]

Watch Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Dreamy 'Ur Life One Night' Video

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have shared the dreamy, folk art-inspired video for “Ur Life One Night,” a track off the psychedelic outfit’s third LP Multi-Love. Whereas the album’s overarching theme is about a three-way love story coming to an end, the video finds two mortal men constantly in pursuit of an unattainable… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Unknown […]

Jimmy Page Wraps Led Zeppelin Reissues With a Bang

Jimmy Page can tell you exactly when he will become a solo artist again: on August 2nd, right after the Led Zeppelin guitarist concludes his year-long deluxe reissues of the band’s studio albums with the July 31st release of expanded editions of 1976’s Presence, 1979’s In Through the Out Door and… Source: RollingStone Link: Jimmy Page […]

Morning/Evening

Four Tet’s music has moved deeper into the dance floor since his folk-tinged 2003 landmark, Rounds, but it hasn’t become any less exquisite or psychedelic. His latest, released online sans fanfare, pairs tracks called “Morning” and “Evening” — each the length of an LP side — inspired by his late grandfather’s collection… Source: RollingStone Link: Morning/Evening