For obvious reasons such as her unmistakably bluesy, rafter-rattling voice, Wynonna Judd named her band the Big Noise. The group, which includes drummer (and husband) Cactus Moser, can unquestionably rock out in a style befitting their moniker. However, the first video released from next month’s Wynonna and the Big Noise… Source: RollingStone Link: See Wynonna […]
In our new David Bowie tribute issue, on sale January 29th, several of Bowie’s peers remember the singer and his musical impact. Here, Mick Jagger reflects on his 40-plus year friendship with the singer. I can’t remember how I met David — which is weird — but we used to hang out in London a lot… Source: RollingStone Link: Mick […]
When David Bowie agreed to perform at Live Aid at London’s Wembley Stadium in July 1985, he had a grand vision of duetting with Mick Jagger via satellite at Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium for a cover of Martha and the Vandellas “Dancing In The Street.” Those plans quickly fell apart when the… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: David […]
For their latest full-length album Going Down in History, the Waco Brothers are still mining that sweet spot where country, punk and rock overlap for an unpolished collection that captures the essence of their live shows. Due February 26th, Going Down in History finds the mostly-Chicago-based band taking their album title… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear the […]
One Direction has revealed the video for their latest single, “History.” The track appears on Made in the A.M., the group’s fifth album and first without Zayn Malik. The emotional clip for the folky single begins with the group’s own starting point. Before showing the current-day quartet performing in front of a brick wall, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Run the Jewels have released a surreal new video for “Meowpurrdy,” a track off their pioneering feline-based remix album Meow the Jewels that’s fittingly packed with an assortment of monstrous, psychedelic cats. Animated by British artist Cyriak, the clip features a beastly, three-eyed cat, around which a kaleidoscopic collection of smaller cats gather, multiply and morph extra… Source: RollingStone Link: Freakish […]
Atlanta rapper B.o.B. has released a new song, “Flatline,” which further expounds his belief that the Earth is flat, calls out celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and urges listeners to “research” noted Holocaust denier David Irving. As Stereogum notes, the track follows a strange two days, during which B.o.B. spent hours on Twitter propagating the… Source: RollingStone Link: B.o.B. […]
Hamilton has been Broadway’s toughest ticket, but the chance to see Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit just got easier as the smash musical will be heading out on a national tour. For now, two California runs have been announced to launch the tour, with the cast hitting San Francisco’s SHN Orpheum Theater beginning… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Hamilton' […]
With its raised-fist cover photo and violent, primal post-punk grind, you’d expect the second album from arty London band Savages to be an anti-everything screed. But their music is driven by emotions that are almost unprecedented in the genre that gave us Joy Division and Public Image Limited: “Love is the answer,” they… Source: RollingStone Link: Adore Life
Brooklyn duo Chairlift have attained the synth-pop holy grail: They’re the Yaz of our time, filling their albums with perfectly sculpted, searchingly lovely tunes wrought from tense, tugging intimacy just as Vince Clark and Alison Moyet did on classic songs like “Bad Connection” and “Only You” 30 years ago. Yet… Source: RollingStone Link: Moth