Archive | August, 2015

Drake and Serena Williams: This Is Really Happening (Probably)

On Sunday night, Drake and Serena Williams were photographed having dinner – and “making out” – at a fancy Cincinnati restaurant, sending the Internet into an uproar and raising some serious questions (and not just, “Wait, there are fancy restaurants in Cincinnati?”) Like, for starters, how long has this been going… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake […]

Help Fund Hip-Hop Radio Pioneers Stretch and Bobbito's New Doc

Game-changing hip-hop DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito García are in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to finish a new documentary, Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives. The film covers their remarkable radio career, during which they introduced the world to future greats like Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G, Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem,… Source: RollingStone Link: Help Fund […]

Green Lanes

Now here’s a rock & roll paradox for you: a sunshine-daydream guitar album from the gloomy streets of East London. Ultimate Painting are two British dudes with their own thriving indie bands — Mazes’ Jack Cooper and Veronica Falls’ James Hoare. Together they come up with a deliciously woozy guitar rush,… Source: RollingStone Link: Green Lanes

Unbreakable Smile

Tori Kelly is a cross between Lea Michele on Glee and Ariana Grande in world-domination mode: a power singer torn between girl-with-a-guitar authenticity and diva-with-six-inch-heels ascension. Her debut is full of startlingly human pop — check “Talk,” with a shifting groove courtesy of Frank Ocean producer Malay, and “Expensive,” where Max… Source: RollingStone Link: Unbreakable Smile

Watch Langhorne Slim Perform Jubilant 'Strangers' on 'Conan'

Langhorne Slim couldn’t have downloaded a better ringback tone. Call his cell and you’ll be met with not a simple ring, but the chorus to Bill Withers’ Live at Carnegie Hall version of “Friend of Mine.” Full of good vibes and brotherly love, Withers’ feel-good anthem reflects exactly where Slim… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Langhorne […]

Emotion

Carly Rae Jepsen is looking for more than a one-song stand. A barrage of tracks has preceded the release of her second U.S. album, suggesting she’s desperate to prove that 2012’s smash “Call Me Maybe” was no accident. That song was the sort of pop virus that can’t be lab-engineered… Source: RollingStone Link: Emotion

Attend a Burger Battle at The Hall; Geek Out at a Panel Discussion on the Overlap of Food and Music

Plus, a tomato-themed meal at Millennium and a beer dinner at The Market.TENDERLOIN — Chefs from The Whole Beast, Wesburger and BurgerSF (the guys from Causwell's) are battling it out for best burger at The Hall's Burger Battle on Sunday, August 30. Tickets include the three burgers and two beers, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting […]

One Direction Taking 'Well-Earned Break,' Says Niall Horan

One Direction’s Niall Horan has responded to a report from UK tabloid The Sun alleging that the group will officially disband in March, stating that the band will not be breaking up. “We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well-earned break at some point next year,” Horan wrote on… Source: RollingStone Link: One […]