Pierre Boulez, a maverick composer and conductor who once worked on one of Frank Zappa’s classical albums, died at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany on Tuesday. He was 90. The Philharmonie de Paris confirmed his death, according to The New York Times. “Audacity, innovation, creativity – that is what Pierre Boulez… Source: RollingStone Link: Pierre […]
From this month’s return of David Bowie to the much-delayed return of Frank Ocean, 2016 promises to be full of big albums and big names. Here are the 45 records we’re most eager to blast on our stereos this year. Source: RollingStone Link: 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2016
Philadelphia producer RJD2 is impossible to pin down. Over the past two decades, the crate-digging sonic chameleon has explored hip-hop, psychedelia and singer-songwriter styles, blending obscure samples with live instrumentation. Now he’s delving deeper into soul music on his latest LP, Dame Fortune, out March 25th via RJ’s Electrical Connections. The… Source: RollingStone Link: RJD2 […]
Courtney Love performed a raw, ferocious cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” at a Linda Perry-hosted concert held in Los Angeles Tuesday night honoring the upcoming film Freeheld. “I feel like I’m on American Idol or something,” Love said before launching into a faithful rendition of the Pablo Honey track, Billboard reports. However, on… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Courtney […]
While family, friends and bandmates of the late Craig Strickland come to terms with his unexpected death from apparent hypothermia while on an ill-fated hunting trip, the remaining members of Backroad Anthem have released a new music video for “Torn.” Shot in 2015, the clip shows Strickland in his prime, sharing lead vocals… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
David Bowie’s surreal opus ★ (pronounced Blackstar) finally arrives this week, and critics are hailing it as an absolute masterpiece. “[It’s] one of the most aggressively experimental records the singer has ever made,” Rolling Stone’s David Fricke wrote. The album certainly isn’t without precedent, though, since Bowie has been breaking musical ground ever… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 David […]
You work a ton, and you’re a lifelong insomniac. Have you ever learned to relax?I have a hard time turning the brain off sometimes. A quarter of a Xanax helps [laughs]. And I’m a real good cook, man – I make breakfast, lunch and dinner. I got, like, a Zagat-rated lasagna… Source: RollingStone Link: Dan Auerbach […]
“Adore,” the quasi-title-track on Savages’ second LP, Adore Life, is a minimalist post-punk epic of light and shadow, tension and release. And the video – directed by Anders Malmberg – is a perfect companion, following a less-is-more template with sinister close-ups and dark backgrounds. “I understand the urgency of life,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Fresh off being named to Coachella’s lineup for the second straight year, Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike stopped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert to talk about how he got his intimidating moniker, why he’s supporting Bernie Sanders and racial inequality in America. “If white people are just now discovering that it’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Killer […]
Jack White delivers a scorching performance in a rare live recording of his pre–White Stripes group Two Star Tabernacle, whose cut “Itchy” is available to stream exclusively on Rolling Stone. The track will be featured on the latest installment of the Third Man Vault series, which will feature live sets from three bands White played… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]