With today’s release of Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett claims a sizzling fusion of soul, funk, R&B and country as his own. In an interview with Rolling Stone Country, the “Crash and Burn” hitmaker says he feels reinvented with a bold new calling card, but he’s not looking to leave the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Thomas […]
As Pope Francis embarks on his historic visit to the United States, His Holiness will spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up! this November. The Vatican-approved LP, a collaboration with Believe Digital, features the Pontiff delivering sacred hymns and… Source: RollingStone Link: Pope Francis […]
There’s a break in rehearsals for the Hollywood Vampires — a band made up, as singer Alice Cooper says, of men who’ve all had near-death experiences. The group recently released its self-titled debut, a blast of classic-rock karaoke featuring covers of “My Generation,” “Manic Depression” and an un-reinvented “Whole Lotta Love,” not to… Source: RollingStone Link: Johnny Depp […]
A few years ago, it looked like Nathaniel Rateliff’s music career might be over. The Missouri native had been at it for more than a decade, first as frontman of the Denver alt-rock band Born in the Flood, then as a singer-songwriter. His 2010 solo album led to gigs opening for… Source: RollingStone Link: How Nathaniel […]
Kanye West proffered zen ruminations about his new album, Yeezy Season 2 line, his growing acceptance within the fashion world and why he’s got a legitimate shot at the presidency in 2020 in a lengthy interview with Vanity Fair. Speaking about the positive reaction to his political proclamation at this year’s MTV… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye […]
Daft Punk are ready to take their masks off with the new documentary Daft Punk Unchained. The worldwide release of the film, which premiered on French TV in June, has yet to get a U.S. release date, but a new trailer reveals some of the doc’s guests (via Okayplayer). Kanye West, Pharrell… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Tori Amos has released the beautifully complex “Darkest Hour,” an aching, striving number from the upcoming original cast recording of her debut musical, The Light Princess. Amos penned the music for The Light Princess, which tells the story of Althea, a princess who escapes her wicked, oppressive father and tries to regain her gravity… Source: RollingStone Link: Tori […]
By the time Miranda Lambert released her third major-label LP, Revolution, in the fall of 2009, she had only notched a single Top Ten hit with “Gunpowder and Lead.” Her first albums, however, both debuted in the top chart spot, so anticipation was high as the release date for Revolution… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Ozzy Osbourne had been out of Black Sabbath for just five years by the time that Live Aid came around in the summer of 1985, but quite a lot happened in that time. Ozzy established himself as a solo superstar with the 1980’s Blizzard of Ozz and even managed to endure after the… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: A […]
When Beach Blanket Bingo gets its 21st century remake, here’s the soundtrack. Shannon Shaw and Cody Blanchard trick out warped Fifties-Sixties rock driven by space-age thrift-shop keyboards, shimmy-shake dance grooves and sexy moonlit vocals — Shaw’s woozy Amy Winehouse-isms are backlit by Blanchard’s shrieky falsetto. If the campy atmosphere nods… Source: RollingStone Link: Gone by […]