Red Simpson, an architect of the Bakersfield Sound with contemporaries Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and a champion of truck drivers, has died after suffering a heart attack in December. He was 81. Of all the subgenres of country music, the truck-driving songs might be the most unique, as they romanticized… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Truck […]

One of the most indelible, surreal photographs in American history – President Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley shaking hands in the White House in December 1970 – is the springboard of an upcoming film that puts a humorous, semi-fictional look at the infamous meeting. In Elvis & Nixon, Kevin Spacey plays the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch the […]

Kim Kardashian confirmed today that Kanye West has relaunched his G.O.O.D. Fridays series in a new incarnation called Every Friday, which will culminate in the release of West’s long-awaited new LP, Swish. We’ll evaluate each track as it drops. Kanye West’s “Jumpman”-inspired Nike diss “Facts” dropped on New Year’s Eve to widespread derision, give… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye […]

The news hit this week that Guns N’ Roses and LCD Soundsystem are reforming for Coachella in April. Both groups insisted over and over that they’d never, ever get back together, but they all say that right up to the point where it actually happens. They join a long list of bands that… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has found a way to kill some downtime during his band’s upcoming winter trek with Anthrax: According to the singer, he’s currently outlining a futuristic novel. “It’s set 50 to 100 years in the future,” Blythe told Metal Hammer. “I’m wracking my brain right now,… Source: RollingStone Link: Lamb of […]

The memorial service for Backroad Anthem lead singer Craig Strickland will be held Tuesday, January 12th in Rogers, Arkansas and will be streamed live. The singer’s widow Helen Strickland announced Thursday via Instagram that the service will take place at the Cross Church Pinnacle Hills Campus in Rogers, at 6:00 p.m…. Source: RollingStone Link: Craig […]

As promised, Kanye West kicked off his Every Friday series with a pair of new tracks, “Real Friends” and a snippet of “No More Parties in LA,” the rapper’s first and much anticipated pairing with Kendrick Lamar. The former cut features production by West with assistance from Frank Dukes, Boi-1da and… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]

During the holiday season, Cyndi Lauper unwrapped a preview of her upcoming Detour project she recorded in Nashville. The pop icon’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is one of the more modern additions to an album which Lauper says is largely… Source: RollingStone Link: Willie Nelson […]

Robert Balser, an animator who co-directed the cartoon sequences of the Beatles’ 1968 musical fantasy film Yellow Submarine, passed away January 4th at a Los Angeles hospital following complications from respiratory failure. He was 88. Balser’s widow Cima Balser confirmed her husband’s death to the Animated World Network. Yellow Submarine was Balser’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Robert […]

RZA has addressed the Black Lives Matter movement in a wide-ranging political interview with Bloomberg, stressing that “image” is crucial in police relations. “When you think about some of the brothers who are being brutalized by the police, you also got to have them take a look, and us take a… Source: RollingStone Link: RZA on […]