Jim Lauderdale, "Soul Searching: Vol. 1 Memphis/Vol. 2. Nashville" (Sky Crunch) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Jim Lauderdale gets rootsy on double album

George Clinton is among the first guests to appear on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly opener “Wesley’s Theory,” and now the Compton rapper has repaid the favor by dropping a verse on the G-Funk legend’s remix of “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You,” a track off Funkadelic’s 2014 comeback LP… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Kendrick […]

Stephan Jenkins has a message for Marco Rubio: climate change is real, it is caused by human activity and the Republican presidential candidate has no excuse for not understanding the science behind it. The Third Eye Blind frontman recently sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss his concerns after the recent GOP debate. “In that three-hour… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Earlier this week One Direction took a break from the stadiums and arenas they’ve headlined for their world tour to perform at London’s Roundhouse for the Apple Music Festival. The boy band took the stage on Monday and followed opening act Little Mix. The quartet’s performance took place the same day that… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Once again, we talked to 10 of the hottest artists who are climbing the charts, breaking the Internet or just dominating our office stereos. This month: King Mez, Dr. Dre’s Compton collaborator; Elle King, the singer behind the current  Top Alternative Songs chart-topper; Roman GianArthur, the R&B multi-instrumentalist behind a unique Radiohead covers EP… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 New […]

Too many collaborative projects these days are defined by floods of fan tweets and shaky Instagram videos of surprise live appearances — things that feel like they’re more about brand synergy than artistic inspiration. Unfortunately, that’s the impression left by this EP recorded by Big Boi, of legendary Atlanta rap… Source: RollingStone Link: Big Grams

Progressive house trailblazer Kaskade’s past material has been marked by soaring cosmic highs fit for both euphoric club nights and blissed-out mornings. On his ninth studio LP, though, he ditches the atmospheric sound that defined his career (and distanced him from other EDM stars), opting instead for an uneasy, scattered… Source: RollingStone Link: Automatic

Arcade Fire’s newly released deluxe digital edition of 2013’s Reflektor includes six eclectic bonus tracks, all of which are streaming on Spotify. The previously unheard songs – which span laid-back reggae (“Women of a Certain Age”), bluesy symphonic-rock (“Get Right”) and jerky folk-rock (“Apocrypha”) – are included on a limited edition cassette, out October… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Arcade […]

“Language is such a play,” Julia Holter chirrups on “Silhouette,” a meditation on a dude that blooms into a Bjork-ian fractal of voices, strings and harpsichord shards. All the world’s indeed a stage on this enchanting fifth LP, the latest in the California singer-composer’s evolution from avant-electronic vocal explorer towards… Source: RollingStone Link: Have You […]

David Gilmour grants a behind-the-scenes glimpse of his 2015/2016 tour in a clip for “Today,” the second single from his first solo album in nine years, Rattle That Lock. The video, directed by Aubrey Powell, shows the Pink Floyd veteran rehearsing with his live band before a recent concert in Brighton,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch David […]