On Saturday, Hedwig and the Angry Inch costars Michael C. Hall and Lena Hall, who are not related, performed a musical tribute to Radiohead. Dubbed “Radiohead: Obsessed,” the duo’s show was held at Café Carlyle in New York. As seen in videos posted by Playbill (via Pitchfork), the pair rehearsed… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Michael […]
To tease his forthcoming album, Views From the 6, Drake performed a surprise six-song set during SXSW on Saturday, March 19th, following performances from his OVO crew. Although he didn’t share any new songs from the album, he did perform “Know Yourself,” and followed that with “Legend,” “Energy” — his collaboration… Source: RollingStone Link: See Photos […]
Social media is Kanye West’s preferred pulpit these days, a place for the star to share updates on the progress of his latest album, The Life of Pablo (which he described as “living breathing changing creative expression”), declare the death of the compact disc (“no more CDs from me”) and espouse Mr. Rogers–like… Source: RollingStone Link: Waiting on […]
Drake gave a surprise performance at Fader Fort during South by Southwest in Austin, TX, on Saturday. As Fader reports, his six-song set closed out the night’s festivities following performances from his OVO crew, which included Dvsn, Roy Woods, Majid Jordan and Partynextdoor. “I got nothing else to do but be here with… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake […]
Deftones played SXSW for the first time this year and they made their debut at the Austin festival a memorable one. During the SPIN showcase at Stubbs’ on Friday, the band brought out none other than the Geto Boys’ Bushwick Bill to ease them into the song “Digital Bath.” The art-metal rockers backed… Source: RollingStone Link: Deftones […]
At the Drive-In guitarist Jim Ward is parting ways with the band he co-founded just days before they head out on their world tour. At the Drive-In dropped the news in a brief Facebook post Friday evening that left the motivation for Ward’s departure unexplained. “As our ship prepares for voyage, we announce that… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
A year ago, Charli XCX seemed like the future of pop music, ready to one day outrace Katy Perry and One Direction with her punk-rock approach to “Break the Rules,” “Breaking Up” and the rest of 2014’s Sucker. Then the 23-year-old singer-songwriter vetoed the plan and started over, stripping out… Source: RollingStone Link: Charli XCX […]
Fresh on the heels of the surreal romance Anomalisa, Dan Harmon is bringing that stop-motion-animation magic to tackle another kind of relationship: the one between Michael Jackson and his pet chimpanzee. As Deadline Hollywood reports, the Community creator recently picked up the screenplay for Bubbles, which tells Jackson’s life story through the eyes of… Source: RollingStone Link: Dan […]
“You all still read books, right?” said Prince, dressed in a sparkling pinstripe suit on the balcony of cramped Manhattan club Avenue. On Friday night, one of pop’s most enigmatic figures made the announcement that he’s working on his memoir — a book with the working title The Beautiful Ones. “The good people… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
Talib Kweli struck back at Gene Simmons over Twitter on Friday, responding to the Kiss singer’s dour pronouncements on the future of rap. “Would it be unfair of me to say I’m looking forward to the death @genesimmons or nah?” Kweli asked his followers, posting a clip of Simmons’ recent interview with… Source: RollingStone Link: Talib Kweli […]