While the Beatles’ first Anthology, released 20 years ago this month, isn’t exactly canonical Fab Four, it’s worth remembering how momentous the compilation seemed at the time. Perhaps you were among those whose minds were blown in anticipation of new Beatle baubles, demos, outtakes and live cuts that went beyond what even… Source: RollingStone Link: The Beatles' […]

Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole dropped a pair of Black Friday gifts on fans as the rappers traded beats off their respective albums to create their own new songs, both titled “Black Friday.” The swap finds Lamar hopping onto Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive cut “A Tale of 2 Citiez,” while Cole adds his… Source: RollingStone Link: Kendrick Lamar, […]

Santigold has unveiled the new video for “Who Be Lovin’ Me,” the ILoveMakonnen-featuring, Zeds Dead-produced cut off her upcoming 99¢ LP. The bulk of the video was filmed at this year’s Made in America festival, so “Who Be Lovin’ Me” is stocked with cameos from fellow performers at that fest: Meek… Source: RollingStone Link: Santigold, ILoveMakonnen […]

D.A. Pennbaker still remembers the man with the wiry gray hair and the sunglasses, sitting across from him in his office and posing an innocent enough question. “He asked, ‘Would you like to come along on a tour with my client? His name is Bob Dylan.’ It sort of rang… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside Criterion's […]

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James recently stopped by the Rolling Stone office to talk about the band’s next LP, his love of J Dilla’s Donuts and performing alongside Roger Waters at the Newport Folk festival, a gig James called “one of those moments that I’ll never forget.” “It was pretty intimidating to… Source: RollingStone Link: Jim […]

The fate of Syrian refugees has become a hot button issue both in the United States and abroad, and M.I.A. examines the challenges these refugees face both in their travels and once they reach their destination in her politically charged, beautifully photographed new video for “Borders.” In the video, directed by M.I.A., the artist hops aboard… Source: RollingStone Link: M.I.A. Examines […]

David Bowie, Robert Plant, David Gilmour, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Phil Selway, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Yoko Ono and Björk are among the dozens of artists in the creative community to sign an open letter addressed to the leadership of the upcoming Paris Climate Conference outlining significant changes to the United Nations’ climate… Source: RollingStone Link: David Bowie, […]

With looks often described as straight out of a Bond film, Barbara Hannigan strides on to lead the orchestra dressed in vampy black leather, bondage boots and a wig. The Canadian soprano is rewriting the rules of classical music not just as a performer but as a conductor. Now one of the most sought-after singers […]

In 1976, Wanted! The Outlaws assembled the best of the Outlaw Movement in the studio, with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser lending some of their best material to the compilation. But a new recording of Jennings on tour in 1979 captures the outlaw attitude live onstage…. Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Waylon […]

Two years ago, composer Eric Alexandrakis wrote an ambient piece of music titled “Cryogenia π [Requiem For Humanity]” that was “very freeform and free-flowing and had this time-warp, evolving vibe to it.” He visualized an actor reciting Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” — a text suggested by his philosophy… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside John […]