Metallica formed in 1981 when teenagers James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich decided they should write music together, effectively fusing their mutual love of intricate New Wave of British Heavy Metal epics and speedy Motörhead-style ragers in a way that kick-started the thrash-metal genre. In the decades since, they’ve become the… Source: RollingStone Link: 5 Things […]
Since Chris Stapleton stole the CMA Awards in November with his breakout performance, country music is slowly shifting its focus not only to a more traditional sound, but back to actual singing. Which makes this new Era of the Vocalist particularly good for Randy Houser. If Stapleton is the booming,… Source: RollingStone Link: How Randy […]
Last year marked the 20th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins, though the band chose not to commemorate the occasion with any sort of re-release or tour featuring nightly performances of the complete double album. “The idea of getting up and playing an album… Source: RollingStone Link: Billy Corgan […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As the music universe orbits Austin again this week for SXSW, the "Live Music Capital of the World" is losing its cool — or at any rate, fretting about losing the bands and clubs that make it such. Source: Yahoo Music Link: As SXSW grows, Austin unaffordability dims famed music scene
Coldplay braved the rain Monday for a five-track set on the Today Show, highlighted by three songs from their 2015 LP, A Head Full of Dreams. The quintet opened with the stadium-sized “Hymn for the Weekend,” which found frontman Chris Martin crooning from behind a piano adorned with flowers. Guitarist… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Coldplay […]
On September 21st, 2011, singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills and guitarist Peter Buck of the Athens, Georgia–born rock group R.E.M. issued a statement on their website, declaring that they were “calling it a day as a band.” Founded in 1980 with drummer Bill Berry, who left in 1997, R.E.M. were… Source: RollingStone Link: Peter Buck […]
Maren Morris will release her debut album, Hero, on June 3rd, kicking off a world tour with headliner Keith Urban that same week. The news arrives as Morris heads back to her native Texas for a pair of performances at the 2016 SXSW Festival. A recording artist since the age of… Source: RollingStone Link: Maren […]
After lining up a series of festival dates around the globe, Radiohead have announced their first U.S. concerts in four years. Although the band has still not revealed the details surrounding the follow-up to 2011’s The King of Limbs, Thom Yorke and company have lined up four U.S. headlining shows: July 26… Source: RollingStone Link: Radiohead Announce […]
In 1982, Alabama released their album Mountain Music and cemented their place one of country music’s greatest acts. In addition to the smash title track, the multi-platinum album featured “Close Enough to Perfect,” which went on to become the Ft. Payne-based group’s eighth Number One song. Singer Jake Owen was hardly… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Music videos are increasingly attracting bigger audiences than TV, according to new figures. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Are music videos the new TV shows?