“I hate walking alone/Maybe I should get a dog or something,” Elena Tonra sings midway through this English indie-folk act’s second LP, over guitars that gnash and thunder like a vacuum cleaner on the fritz. Not to Disappear is rife with similarly unadorned statements of discontent; it’s as though we’re being… Source: RollingStone Link: Not to […]

Basing a chorus around the line “Jimmy can’t tour ’til he’s done with his community service” suggests a particular breed of music lifer with which Johnny Irion is likely familiar. He’s known for his ongoing collaboration with wife Sarah Lee Guthrie, of the American folk music dynasty, but his solo… Source: RollingStone Link: U.S. Elevator

For 10 years, Rick Ross was hip-hop’s most indefatigable boss. Seizures? A secret past as a corrections officer? The Teflon Don brushed it all off with wry humor, obscene fantasy and a matter-of-fact rapping style that made every word sound like it was highlighted and underlined. Ross’ eighth album, though,… Source: RollingStone Link: Black Market

The past decade-plus of pop music has been dominated by behind-the-scenes songwriting maestros like Max Martin and Ryan Tedder, but only one of them – 40-year-old Australian Sia Furler – has become a solo star in her own right. Sia had a career as an electronica-leaning artist in the early… Source: RollingStone Link: This Is […]

Rock businessman and producer Giorgio Gomelsky, best known for helping break the Rolling Stones as their first manager, has died following complications from colon cancer, The New York Times reports. He was 81. Gomelsky first rose to fame as owner of London’s famed Crawdaddy Club, becoming a key figure in the… Source: RollingStone Link: Giorgio […]

Inspired by the Michael Keaton film “Multiplicity,” the new music video for Brett Eldredge’s “Drunk on Your Love” finds the Illinois singer walking the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, attempting to woo a woman who’s being pursued by many other suitors. The problem? Those suitors are all played by Eldredge,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Brett […]

The 1975 debuted their funky, catchy new song “The Sound” on Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show Thursday night. The track will appear on the band’s sophomore album I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, out February 26th. Listen to the track… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear the […]

Arcade Fire and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band have announced a David Bowie memorial parade. “Pretty Things: A Second Line for Bowie” will take place in New Orleans on Saturday, January 16th. A Facebook event page was launched for the event, and it details the parade’s route, which begins at 4… Source: RollingStone Link: Arcade […]

Black Sabbath will offer a limited edition CD, The End, on their upcoming final world tour that will feature four new songs. The metal pioneers recorded the tracks at Shangri La Studios in Malibu with producer Rick Rubin during the sessions for their 19th and final album, 13, which arrived in 2013. While Sabbath… Source: RollingStone Link: Black […]

Celiné Dion’s husband René Angélil died in the couple’s Las Vegas home Thursday after an 18-year battle with throat cancer. The former manager was 73. After first being reported by People, Dion confirmed the news in a post on her official site. “The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Rene […]