Archive | January, 2016

Tinashe Announces Joyride World Tour

Tinashe has announced her second world tour that will trek across North America, Europe and Asia in support of her upcoming sophomore album, Joyride. The 22-year-old singer and dancer will begin the tour on February 28th in Minneapolis, playing across the United States and Canada until late April before heading to Europe. Tinashe’s… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Mac Miller, Miguel Work for the 'Weekend' in New Video

Mac Miller and Miguel pay their respects to Saturday and Sunday in the new video for “Weekend,” off the Pittsburgh rapper’s last album, GO:OD A.M.. The simple clip opens with Miller stalking a lonesome alley, spitting exhausted verses that pair his past excesses with the slog of another week. Miguel, however, arrives in… Source: RollingStone Link: Mac […]

Bob Mould Addresses 'Voices in My Head,' Preps New Album

Indie rock veteran Bob Mould confronts himself in the new video for “Voices in My Head,” the first offering from a new solo album, Patch the Sky, set to arrive March 25th via Merge. The track finds the former Husker Dü and Sugar frontman flying through familiar fuzz-drenched territory. Though “Voices in My Head”… Source: RollingStone Link: Bob […]

Sound + Vision: 12 Great David Bowie Soundtrack Cuts

David Bowie’s contributions to the film world are both essential and well documented (check out our list of his best screen roles), but his pop culture presence was simply too immense to be confined to just the movies in which he appeared. Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane… Source: RollingStone Link: Sound + […]

Hear Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones' Short and Sweet 'Goodbye'

Little Windows, the first collaborative album from singer-songwriters Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones, packs a whole career’s worth of sparkling pop gems and sobering country ballads into a collection that runs just short of 26 minutes. What’s more remarkable, however, is that the LP represents a relatively new partnership, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Teddy […]

John Fogerty: 'Run Through the Jungle' Is Plea for Gun Control

John Fogerty has clarified the meaning behind one of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s biggest hits: “Run Through the Jungle” was a statement about gun control. In a new interview with Dan Rather airing Tuesday on the newmsan’s AXS show The Big Interview, the singer cleared up the myth that the “jungle”… Source: RollingStone Link: John Fogerty: […]

Chris Cornell on David Bowie's Evolution: 'He Was an Inspiration'

When news of David Bowie’s death spread, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell tweeted a video of himself singing the Ziggy Stardust track “Lady Stardust” and wrote that “140 characters will not suffice” when it came to honoring one of his musical influences. Here, he parses the significance of an artist who showed… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Cornell […]

Nile Rodgers on How Little Richard, Jazz and Museums Shaped David Bowie

Ever since linking up with Tony Visconti on his 1969 eponymous second album, David Bowie has employed a string of innovative and high-profile producers to help him craft his indelible sound. But the musician found his best-selling success thanks to Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers, who co-produced 1983’s disco-rock landmark Let’s Dance… Source: RollingStone Link: Nile Rodgers […]