“The jukebox knows no shame,” sings Toby Keith on the honky-tonk boilerplate “Haggard, Hank & Her” — and that’s good news for him. Keith’s umpteenth studio LP is a 10-piece bucket of his signature country craftsmanship: sobriety-hating, liberal-baiting, self-deprecating. “Drunk Americans” is a charmingly awkward red-blue-state bear hug; the button-pushing title… Source: RollingStone Link: 35 MPH […]
We’ve reached a strange and wondrous moment where if you’re in the mood for some Seventies guitar rock, you might end up listening to a new album recorded by a rocker in his seventies. There certainly was no guarantee things would turn out this way, partly because no one ever… Source: RollingStone Link: Not Sucking […]
Demi Lovato gets fast and furious in the new video for her catchy new song, “Confident.” Sin City and Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez helmed the video, which also stars Michelle Rodriguez as Lovato’s foe. “Confident” opens with Lovato in a maximum security prison, where she’s granted a pardon for selling out Rodriguez’s character… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
With their 2015 tour coming to a close at the end of the month, the Band Perry are wrapping up the year with a handful of high-profile appearances. First up: a performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where the siblings tackled their newest single, “Live Forever,” yesterday afternoon. Co-produced by RedOne,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Selena Gomez, "Revival" (Interscope Records) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Selena Gomez brings her A-game to 'Revival'
Robert “Koopsta Knicca” Cooper Phillips, a member of the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, passed away early Friday after suffering a massive stroke. Phillips was 40. Three 6 Mafia co-founder DJ Paul confirmed Knicca’s death to the Commercial Appeal, saying in a statement that the rapper “went in peace… Source: RollingStone Link: Koopsta Knicca, […]
Avicii, "Stories" (Island) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Avicii feels flat on new album "Stories"
When the Zombies sang “This Will Be Our Year” in 1967, they were selling themselves short — they’re still going nearly 50 years after their eerily psychedelic U.K. chamber-pop elegy Odessey and Oracle fused Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper into a lost classic. The Zombies have long since shed their pristine Sixties style; on their first album… Source: RollingStone Link: Still Got […]
Two musical titans collided in Minnesota late Thursday night as Madonna attended an intimate Paisley Park jam session hosted by Prince. Minnesota public radio station the Current reports that Madonna and her entire touring crew – having performed at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center earlier in the night – ventured to Prince’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Madonna Attends […]
The singer Kelela seemed to emerge fully formed in 2013 with Cut 4 Me, an artful debut mixtape that emphasized atmosphere over groove: Vocals seeped and curled like smoke around off-kilter, bass-heavy beats. But since then, this rising star has kept a low profile, appearing on songs with Bok Bok, Kindness and… Source: RollingStone Link: Kelela on […]