Björk has invited fans to explore her oceanic “Stonemilker” video through a new virtual reality app. The piece is available to purchase via iTunes for both iPhone and iPad platforms, as either a “magic window” or by using third party virtual reality glasses. Originally, the “Stonemilker” clip – directed by Andrew Thomas… Source: RollingStone Link: Bjork […]
Hard-rock legends Deep Purple will join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2016 class, but singer Ian Gillan is only half-thankful for the honor, calling it “very silly” that two current band members – guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey – will not be among the inductees. “Putting the past shenanigans… Source: RollingStone Link: Deep Purple […]
The European leg of Madonna’s Rebel Heart World Tour wrapped up in peculiar fashion Sunday when the singer’s concert at Glasgow, Scotland’s SSE Hydro cut the power to the stage and raised the house lights with one song left in the encore. Rather than ending the gig prematurely, a Santa hat-wearing… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Madonna […]
It was kinda crazy: A band whose irreplaceable de facto leader, Jerry Garcia, had died 20 years prior, and whose surviving members had been touring together in various configurations without much fuss ever since, regrouped with some ringers for five reunion gigs, and wound up launching the biggest concert event of… Source: RollingStone Link: How Grateful […]
It’s been a year of firsts for Old Dominion, who made their national TV debut early this morning on The Today Show. “First show of the year, we went from a van to a bus,” frontman Matt Ramsey told co-host Hoda Kotb, thinking back over a busy 2015 that found the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Kelsea Ballerini’s “Love Me Like You Mean It” made her the first solo female country singer to have her debut single hit Number One since Carrie Underwood did with “Jesus Take the Wheel” in 2006. More than that, she was only the 11th solo female artist in country history to… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Kelsea […]
Puscifer will kick off “Round 2” of their Money Shot tour on March 17th with a performance in Riverside, California. The band has booked 21 new shows for 2016, with additional dates to be announced in early January. “This show is so much more than just a band regurgitating songs,” singer Maynard… Source: RollingStone Link: Puscifer […]
Killer Mike, Big Boi and T.I. are among the rappers who signed an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court on behalf of a student who was suspended from his high school for recording a song that alleged two coaches of sexual misconduct toward female students. Taylor Bell, who raps under the name T-Bizzle,… Source: RollingStone Link: Killer Mike, […]
The year’s best music reads included open books on a roots-rocker, a dance icon, a punk poet and a rap pioneer; not to mention deep looks at everything from the Vietnam war to the current EDM explosion. Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Best Music Books of 2015
What an absurdly abundant year for songs, from all over the map. These are my 25 favorites of 2015 (though some gems are over on my albums list, to avoid duplicating all the same artists). Including but not limited to: hits, obscurities, pop bangers, guitar monsters, rap anthems, drunk-dial slow… Source: RollingStone Link: Rob Sheffield's […]