Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell has always had a quiet side, even when the iconic grunge band he fronted was raging like a punk-rock Zeppelin. Here, he and producer Brendan O’Brien craft a set of somber acoustic songs with titles like “Dead Wishes” and “Murderer of Blue Skies.” But this is hardly… Source: RollingStone Link: Higher Truth

Keith Richards’ first solo album since 1992 opens like a fever dream, with the 71-year-old rock god croaking acoustic blues like Robert Johnson after burning down a half-ounce spliff. But it’s a feint. “All right, that’s all I got,” he snaps just under two minutes in, before upshifting into his… Source: RollingStone Link: Crosseyed Heart

Long before DJs became America’s new rock stars, U.K. electronic dance-gnash crew the Prodigy were an abrasive, shouting, reverse-mohawked Trojan horse, scoring a Top 40 hit and a multi-platinum album in 1997. Nearly 20 years later, a deep house track is the song of the summer, Deadmau5 can headline a night… Source: RollingStone Link: The Prodigy […]

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the United States Senate’s so-called “porn-rock” hearing, in which Frank Zappa, John Denver and Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider protested proposed measures that would require record labels to “rate” albums like movies. The issue had been raised earlier in 1985 by an activist group… Source: RollingStone Link: Tipper Gore […]

Sharon Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013, but the soul/funk singer beat the disease through invasive surgery and grueling chemotherapy, uniting with her band, the Dap-Kings, to record a new album — 2014’s Give the People What They Want — and star in a documentary about her ordeal (Barbara Kopple’s Miss Sharon Jones!)…. Source: RollingStone Link: Sharon Jones […]

As ZZ Top’s guitar slinger and scratchy-voiced singer, Billy Gibbons has become synonymous with boogie-ing Texas blues during the past four decades. On his upcoming solo debut, Perfectamundo — which he recorded with a new backing band called the BFG’s and has slated for a November 6th release — he still plays limber,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Billy […]

When Luke Bryan launches his annual Farm Tour, which plays agricultural communities throughout the Midwest and South, on September 30th in Indiana, the Georgia native will hit the stage with the greatest momentum of his career, an in-the-zone voice and a much larger production than his early days. “I would hop… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke […]

Neil Fest swept into New York’s Bowery Ballroom Sunday night, the first of two all-star performances dedicated to Neil Young’s music. This year’s fest featured artists like Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, Kim Gordon’s Body/Head, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Jakob Dylan, Ryan Adams and Norah Jones, with the latter two singers teaming… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Ryan […]

The latest five restaurant tidbits in Austin served right now. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kacey Musgraves’ Austin Music Video, Home Slice Break, and More A.M. Intel

Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Blur, Battles, and Jay Rock, plus brand new streaming music from Metric, Ought, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Monday (9/14): This […]