Just over a year after Run the Jewels revealed plans to turn their acclaimed 2014 LP Run the Jewels 2 into the cat-sampling remix album, El-P and Killer Mike have made good on their promise as Meow the Jewels is out now as a free download. “Did we make the silliest, occasionally most grating possible… Source: RollingStone Link: Download Run […]
The inaugural Elsie Fest at New York City’s JBL Live at Pier 97 features Lea Salonga, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Aaron Tveit singing showtunes, pop covers and even Disney hits amidst a beer garden, food trucks and a piano bar. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Inside Darren Criss' Plan to Create an Annual Music Festival With […]
Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry helped give people the gift of hearing while in Rio de Janeiro for the Rock in Rio music festival. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Musicians help give hearing devices to Rio residents
System of a Down brought out their “longtime brother” Chino Moreno of Deftones to perform their classic song “Toxicity” during their headlining set at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival (via Loudwire). Moreno entered the stage after the band thrashed through Mezmerize cut “Cigaro.” Moreno and System of a Down’s lead singer… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Gregg Allman had a surprise up his sleeve for the 600 guests who had gathered at the Grammy Foundation’s Living Histories event in Los Angeles. The music icon and special guest Eric Church would be performing “Midnight Rider” the way he’d originally written it — not the way the Allman… Source: RollingStone Link: Eric Church […]
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” Anyone would be lucky to have Broadway innovator Lin-Manuel Miranda tell his or her story, and this time founding father Alexander Hamilton is the fortunate son. Miranda has created an exemplary piece of musical theater in his smash hit Hamilton. This album,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hamilton: Original […]
Chris Janson, whose first single for Warner Music Nashville, “Buy Me a Boat,” recently sailed into the Number One slot on the Mediabase country chart, has revealed details of his debut album for the label. Titled after that gold-certified hit, Buy Me a Boat is set for release on October… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Janson […]
After taking Miley Cyrus to adventurous new places, the Flaming Lips will circle back on their history with a massive reissue of their 1995 LP Clouds Taste Metallic. Dubbed Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994-1997, the 3-CD set features Wayne Coyne and company’s original album along with B-sides, “oddities… Source: RollingStone Link: Flaming Lips […]
When Janet Jackson kicked off her world tour September 1st in Vancouver, she debuted the propulsive new song “Burnitup!” featuring Missy Elliott. Now the uptempo, club-friendly cut – part of Unbreakable, Jackson’s first LP in seven years – is available to stream online. The track, fueled by glossy keys and thick synth-bass, finds Jackson promising to “dance… Source: RollingStone Link: Janet […]
Kacey Musgraves ended her two-night stint at Nashville’s hallowed Ryman Auditorium with a glittery, mirror-balled show that featured songs from both of her acclaimed albums, 2013’s Same Trailer Different Park and this year’s Pageant Material. It was the latter that inspired some of the best moments from Thursday night’s finale. Musgraves’… Source: RollingStone Link: Kacey […]