Much like Mad Men, half the fun of Vinyl is in the trainspotting. The art direction is remarkable: historic venues are recreated with awesome attention to detail, real-life-rock-star doppelgangers swagger through scenes, and all manner of Seventies fashion disasters are reanimated. And the soundtrack, similarly true to the time, is… Source: RollingStone Link: How Does […]
Back for a fourth year, the Windy City Smokeout will bring beer, barbecue and country music — including headlining sets by Chase Rice, Old Dominion and Frankie Ballard — to downtown Chicago this summer. A dozen acts have been confirmed for the weekend-long event, which kicks off July 15th and runs… Source: RollingStone Link: Old […]
As we continue to process Kanye West’s dramatic The Life of Pablo launch and gear up for Grammy night, here are seven tracks we’ve been playing on repeat. Scroll down to hear everything from a gorgeous unearthed Elliott Smith cut to Rihanna’s masterful Tame Impala cover and the latest killer single… Source: RollingStone Link: Our Favorite […]
Brock Lesnar doesn’t need any help being terrifying, but don’t tell that to wrestling-obsessed rapper Mega Ran, who has given the Beast’s entrance theme a monstrous remix. Teaming with producer Lynx Kinetic, Ran – aka Raheem Jarbo, a former teacher and “video-game influenced performance artist” raised in Philadelphia – has reworked… Source: RollingStone Link: Brock […]
Beck and the surviving members of Nirvana – drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic and guitarist Pat Smear – formed a one-off supergroup Sunday night to pay tribute to David Bowie at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party. With Beck on acoustic guitar and vocals, the surprise tandem were backed by a string section… Source: RollingStone Link: Beck, Nirvana […]
“I’ve been a fine connoisseur of Kanye interruption soundbytes for about 10 years but never quite did anything with them,” says video remix expert DJ Steve Porter, whose past efforts range from an inspirational Usain Bolt supercut to a compilation of disgraced former Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s career lowlights. “I thought I would honor… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch DJ […]
For the third time in less than seven months, Future locked up the top spot as the rapper’s Apple Music exclusive EVOL claimed Number One with 134,000 copies sold. Future’s latest chart topper follows his 2015 LP DS2 and his collaborative Drake mixtape What a Time to Be Alive to Number One on the Billboard… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Rock sat next to Caitlyn Jenner, Gwen Stefani curled up with Blake Shelton and Jamie Foxx was front row recording Earth, Wind & Fire jam onstage at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Hollywood's A-list, musicians mix at pre-Grammy gala
“I love love love white people but you don’t understand what it means to be the great grandson of ex slaves and make it this far.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kanye West Asks "White Publications" to Stop Commenting on "Black Music"
All four members of British indie rock band Viola Beach and their manager were killed in a car crash Saturday outside Stockholm, Sweden. The band was driving from Sweden’s Where’s the Music? Festival, where they performed Friday, to a Saturday night gig in Guilford, England when their car smashed into a… Source: RollingStone Link: British Indie […]