In the November 9, 1985 issue of Billboard magazine, alongside reviews of Joni Mitchell’s Dog Eat Dog, Robert Palmer’s Riptide and ZZ Top’s Afterburner, you’ll find a quick appraisal of The Wrestling Album, a 35-word critique that concludes thusly: “As singers, they’re pretty good wrestlers.” Thirty years later, that’s still a… Source: RollingStone Link: 'The […]

Eagles of Death Metal have issued a new statement about their well-being and the tragic events of last week’s terrorist attack at Bataclan that claimed the lives of 89 people. “While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France,” they… Source: RollingStone Link: Eagles […]

Music by rockers the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac, jazz greats Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong and singers Blondie and Roberta Flack will be enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Recording Academy said on Wednesday. Grateful Dead's 1970 album "American Beauty," named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums of all time […]

Rome wasn’t built in a day and, chances are, neither was your favorite artist. Not everyone can be the Ramones and emerge fully formed, making a first impression that lasts a lifetime. From Rock & Roll Hall of Famers to Nineties alterna-heroes, here’s 20 artists that prove that slow and steady can win the… Source: RollingStone Link: 20 Terrible […]

This summer’s blockbuster N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton, will be getting two new soundtrack releases in early 2016. One of these, titled Straight Outta Compton: The Soundtrack (not to be confused with Dr. Dre’s Compton) boasts remastered versions of classic N.W.A cuts like “Fuck Tha Police,” “Express Yourself” and the title… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Straight Outta […]

Alejandro Rose-Garcia, known as Shakey Graves, brought Rolling Stone backstage with him for his NYC show at Terminal 5. Watch him discuss his rising fame and theater background in the latest installment of “RS Live.” Hailing from Austin, Texas, Rose-Garcia burst onto the Americana scene in 2011 with his debut, Roll the Bones, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Justin Bieber stopped by the Tonight Show Tuesday to deliver “Sorry,” an apologetic track off his recently released new LP Purpose. The intimate performance starts off with Bieber, on a darkened stage, channeling his latest single accompanied only by piano. As the track progresses, the lights fade on and it’s soon revealed… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Justin […]

White Miles, the Austrian alt-rock duo that was opening for Eagles of Death Metal on their recent tour and at Paris’ Bataclan last week, have issued a statement about their well-being following the terror attack on their concert. “We returned home last Sunday. … We are in good health, though the… Source: RollingStone Link: Bataclan […]

Cross-generational collaborations between venerated older artists and youngsters with a modern audience are increasingly common: see Bettye LaVette and the Drive-By Truckers, Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy, Mary J. Blige and Disclosure, or the Doobie Brothers’ duets with country stars. The phenomenon does the Internet-age obsession with reissues one better, suggesting that… Source: RollingStone Link: Cool Uncle: […]

Though he very recently became the first country artist to perform in all 50 states in 2015, Lee Brice clearly hasn’t had enough of the road. On February 4th the “I Don’t Dance” singer will put some more miles on his bus with the Life Off My Years Tour, which… Source: RollingStone Link: Lee Brice, […]