Although there's no data to back this up, it does feel like television is finding better ways to use music than just to evoke a temporary feeling or emotional responses. So much related to TV this year was quite wonderful, but the variety of great scores, needle drops, and performances produced an embarrassment of riches. […]
The Beatles made their legendary catalog available to streaming services on Christmas Eve, and after two days of streaming, Spotify offered up some preliminary numbers focusing on the Fab Four’s most played tracks on the service. Looking at the streaming totals, “Come Together” is the world’s favorite Beatles song, followed by… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Come Together' […]
William Guest, a longtime member of Gladys Knight and the Pips and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Thursday in Detroit from congestive heart failure. Guest was 74. “My heart is broken, but I know his legacy will live on,” said Guest’s daughter Monique, who confirmed… Source: RollingStone Link: William Guest, […]
An annual Christmas Eve tradition finds Bono and some musical friends busking on Dublin, Ireland’s Grafton Street to raise money for a local charity, and while the U2 singer’s 2014 was nixed by his bicycle accident, a mended Bono was back at it again this holiday season. This time around, Hozier, Glen… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Bono, […]
Florence and the Machine wrapped up their tour in support of How Big How Blue How Beautiful Tuesday with a concert at Paris’ Le Zénith, where the band reflected on the terror attacks a month earlier during the encore with a cover of both the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” and… Source: RollingStone Link: See Florence […]
On Christmas, Skrillex unwrapped his new remix of “Stranger,” a cut off the producer’s 2014 album Recess. In addition to his ethereal new rendition of the track, Skrillex also shared the remix’s feel-good music video, starring a group of underprivileged kids celebrating the holidays in fun, destructive ways: Smashing old televisions… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Skrillex's […]
The California sun is low in the sky over Bel Air, but at 5 Seconds of Summer’s house, the day has yet to begin. There are red-wine stains on the floorboards by the pool on the canyon-side deck, which overlooks the Chateau des Fleurs, a $100 million mansion that’s been… Source: RollingStone Link: 5 Seconds […]
Miley Cyrus and the Flaming Lips attempt to spike the eggnog with some teardrops thanks to their new yuletide track “My Sad Christmas Song,” a moody, atmospheric cut from the Dead Petz collaborators. Cyrus shared the song on Christmas Eve with a note to fans, “#MerryFuckingChristmas.” “This is my sad Christmas song / I’ve had… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
While LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead, Green Day and the Weeknd were showering fans with Christmas cheer, Janet Jackson unfortunately had a lump of coal to deliver: The singer was forced to postpone her Unbreakable World Tour effective immediately after doctors recommended that she undergo an unspecified surgery. “I need you to know, I learned… Source: RollingStone Link: Janet Jackson […]
As the last few days of 2015 tick by, we’re looking back at all the amazing albums that arrived this year. Adele shattered records with 25, while Kendrick Lamar stunned critics with To Pimp a Butterfly and the Hamilton soundtrack showed that Broadway is quite far from dead. There were… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]