Archive | December, 2015

Watch Scott Weiland Play 'Vasoline' at Final Concert

Just two days before Scott Weiland’s sudden death before a show in Minnesota, the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman played in Toronto at the Adelaide Hall with his solo band the Wildabouts. Like all of his recent gigs, the setlist was a mixture of songs from his solo catalog along with classics… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Scott […]

Blake Shelton Annotates Lyrics for Genius: His 10 Best

Blake Shelton has taken the plunge to become the first country artist to annotate his greatest hits/back catalog on Genius. The droll Okie shared his thoughts on the tracks from his recently released hits compilation Reloaded: 20 Number 1 Hits, which stretches back to the start of his career nearly 15… Source: RollingStone Link: Blake Shelton […]

Michael Jackson Estate Sued Over 'Messages to Michael'

Michael Jackson’s estate is being sued by Sharad Chandra Patel, a producer for the tribute film Messages to Michael, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Patel alleges his deceased son and friend of Jackson, producer Raju Patel, had a film company with… Source: RollingStone Link: Michael […]

Flashback: See Dolly Parton's Twinkling 'Come Again' in 1978

Since her debut more than 50 years ago, Dolly Parton has become one of the world’s most recognizable entertainers and cemented her reputation as one of popular music’s most successful songwriters. But in the mid-Seventies, when she walked away from a lucrative partnership with Grand Ole Opry star Porter Wagoner… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]

Coldplay to Headline 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Coldplay and Bruno Mars will perform at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show on February 7th in Santa Clara, California at Levi’s Stadium, US Weekly reports. Last year, Katy Perry headlined the halftime show and brought out special guests Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz. In recent years, Bruno Mars, Madonna and recent Coldplay… Source: RollingStone Link: Coldplay […]

Watch Adele's 'Hello' Sung by Classic Movie Characters

Adele’s appeal is so universal, the reach of “Hello” has extended into the fictional realms of classic movies. Youtube user Matthijs Vlot, who’s compiled similar supercuts for Radiohead’s “Creep” and ABBA’s “S.O.S.,” created a new video splicing together clips of famous characters singing the monster hit. For “Hello,” Vlot culled dialogue from characters as far and… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Inside Dream Theater's Wildly Ambitious New Concept LP

Even for a group that has blazed new trails consistently, there’s never been anything to compare to The Astonishing, the full-blown rock-opera, jumbo-size concept album that pioneering prog-metal band Dream Theater is set to release on January 29th. Put simply, the new release lives up to its title in every… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside Dream […]

50 Best Songs of 2015

2015 was the year Drake made our hotlines bling, the Weeknd made sure we couldn’t feel our faces, Adele said “Hello” again and Fetty Wap made us all jealous of his steady pie-cookin’ companion. Here are the year’s 50 greatest songs. Source: RollingStone Link: 50 Best Songs of 2015

Lucius Prep New Album, 'Good Grief,' Celebrate With Ebullient Single

Brooklyn indie-pop outfit Lucius will release their second LP, Good Grief, on March 11th via Mom + Pop and have announced the record with an irrepressible new single and video, “Born Again Teen.” The album was produced by Shawn Everett (Weezer, Alabama Shakes, Julian Casablancas), who also helped engineer and mix the… Source: RollingStone Link: Lucius […]

Miike Snow on Writing Pop That's Not 'Bad For Your Health'

The members of Swedish electropop trio Miike Snow know their way around a hit song. Separately and together, Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg have written and produced for some of the biggest names in pop — Britney, Kylie, Madonna and Mark Ronson, to name just a few — and released their own share… Source: RollingStone Link: Miike Snow […]