Archive | August, 2015

Metric Mull 'Fortunes' on Foreboding, Futuristic New Single

Metric have released another spacey, stirring, synth-soaked new track, “Fortunes,” from their upcoming LP, Pagans In Vegas. The song, which premiered on Entertainment Weekly, begins with Emily Haines crooning over punchy percussion and an ominous piano progression, both of which are intermittently sliced by a sickly, eerie synth line. It all builds,… Source: RollingStone Link: Metric […]

Faith No More Talk Success, Split, Scars and 'Sol Invictus'

In May, Faith No More cemented their return after a 15-year hiatus, and several more on the reunion-tour circuit, with Sol Invictus, the group’s first LP since 1997’s Album of the Year. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, drummer Mike Bordin and keyboardist Roddy Bottum discuss the group’s remarkable rise, breakup and future. The San Francisco… Source: RollingStone Link: Faith […]

Preview Carrie Underwood's 'Sunday Night Football' Opening

When NBC’s Sunday Night Football returns to the air on September 10th, it’ll be accompanied by Carrie Underwood’s updated version of the show’s theme song, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.” Underwood makes an appearance in the opening video sequence, too, performing the tune with help from football stars like… Source: RollingStone Link: Preview Carrie […]

Russell Poole, Notorious B.I.G. Murder Investigator, Dead

Russell Poole, the former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was the main investigator in the March 9th, 1997 shooting death of the Notorious B.I.G., died suddenly Wednesday. Poole reportedly suffered a heart attack while meeting with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide investigators to discuss a cold case, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Russell Poole, […]

Go Inside the Gwar B-Q: The Grossest Party of the Summer

For three decades now, no group has sprayed their fans with gallons of fake bodily fluids better than Gwar. The self-proclaimed “scumdogs of the universe” — a band of hideous, grotesque aliens hell-bent on wreaking terror upon Earth — have channeled their ire into riotous comedy-metal performances in which they “kill” celebrities… Source: RollingStone Link: Go Inside […]

Hear Shawn Colvin's Yearning Cover of CCR's 'Lodi'

Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin’s last album of original material, All Fall Down, was released in 2012, but the wait for a new solo LP of the Grammy winner’s typically introspective material will be a bit longer. In the meantime, she has returned to something close to her heart, presenting raw, captivating… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Shawn […]

Mumford & Sons Unveil Boy Band Past on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Mumford & Sons uncovered a forgotten era of their musical past on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night, appearing in a fake documentary about their late-Nineties boy band — featuring Jimmy Kimmel — Mumtown. As the hilarious faux documentary reveals, the neo-folk/rock outfit were once teen heartthrobs with frosted tips and a mall-ready hit… Source: RollingStone Link: Mumford […]

Original 'Straight Outta Compton' Script Had Dr. Dre Assault Scene

The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has come under fire for its glaring omission of one of the group’s darkest chapters: Dr. Dre’s January 27th, 1991 nightclub assault on hip-hop journalist Denise “Dee” Barnes. However, the original 150-page draft of the Compton script did include a graphic scene capturing the assault. But the… Source: RollingStone Link: Original 'Straight […]