“This is Bob’s night,” Stephen Marley shouted to a crowded living room high up in the Hollywood Hills. Saturday was Bob Marley’s birthday, and his son — bearded with dreads past his shoulders, an acoustic guitar across one knee — paid tribute to the late reggae icon with a performance of… Source: RollingStone Link: Marley Natural: […]
Before Super Bowl 50 kicked off at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium on February 7th, superstar DJ/producer Avicii pumped the crowd at the Rolling Stone Live Big Game Bash, which took over San Francisco’s the Galleria on February 6th. Grammy-nominated “Ex’s and Oh’s” singer Elle King and GOOD Music/Grand Hustle rapper Travis Scott also performed… Source: RollingStone Link: Go Inside […]
As soon as one shoegaze revival ends, another one starts up. While many in the latest generation are content to pile on tons of effects to make up for bland songwriting, Brooklyn pedal-board hoarders DIIV’s second album finds them eager to prove there’s more to them than ambience. Many of… Source: RollingStone Link: Is the […]
Producer Rick Rubin has enlisted Flying Lotus, director J.J. Abrams and a crew of electronic artists for Star Wars Headspace, a compilation LP featuring original music blended with samples of sound effects and dialogue from the Star Wars franchise. The 15-track album will be out digitally February 19th via Hollywood Records/American Recordings, with… Source: RollingStone Link: Rick Rubin […]
Ahead of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles next week, two-time 2016 nominee Lee Ann Womack will begin a series of tour dates on the West Coast by taking part in the Americana Music Association’s annual Pre-Grammy salute show at the legendary Troubadour on Saturday, February 13th. Nominated for Best… Source: RollingStone Link: Lee Ann […]
When David Bowie died last month, Alice Cooper released a statement in tribute to what he called one of his “lifetime rock & roll theatrical comrades.” “We both started in theatrical rock & roll at the same time, and in some cases we challenged each other to go farther and… Source: RollingStone Link: Alice Cooper […]
Following their Saturday Night Live debut, the 1975 are planning to release their sophomore LP, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It. Building off the sleek design of their self-titled 2013 debut album, the band returned from a social-media break with a… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch the […]
Capcom released a full-length trailer for Street Fighter 5, showing off the fighting game's computer-generated cast to the tune of an appropriately fist-pumping soundtrack. You can watch it above to see more than three minutes of characters like Ryu, Chun-Li and newcomer Rashid get ready for action. Street Fighter veteran Ryu is seen breaking into […]
The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, our first-ever podcast, is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or check it out below. In this episode, we take a look at a lesser-known side of the 2016 presidential candidates: their taste in music. Is Bernie Sanders’ folk album for… Source: RollingStone Link: Listen […]
Jenny Lewis recast her cover of the Traveling Wilburys hit “Handle With Care” this past Saturday, teaming up with surprise duet partner Jimmy Buffett during a show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Originally recorded in 2006 with duet partners Ben Gibbard, Conor Oberst and M. Ward, Lewis’ speedy take on… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]