J Dilla and Nas flex over an electro-prog Madlib beat on “The Sickness,” an iTunes-only bonus cut from Dilla’s posthumous vocal LP, The Diary. Now the rappers unite in Ruffmercy’s psychedelic video, which finds Nas rapping and Dilla smoking against a backdrop of shifting colors, skyscrapers and palm trees. “Everybody’s not gonna get… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
It’s been 14 long, drama-saddled years since Ace Frehley played live with Kiss. But the guitarist recently united with former bandmate Paul Stanley for a rendition of Free’s “Fire and Water,” which appears on Frehley’s new covers LP, Origins Vol. 1. Now the duo have joined forces for the song’s video –… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Ace […]
Like the king of music videos, Michael Jackson, Prince used the MTV era to imprint an image on a generation of music fans. Now that he’s died and we continue to analyze his impact on culture, it’s essential to recall that Prince’s mission to immortalize himself peaked with the 1986… Source: RollingStone Link: How Prince's […]
Canadian singer and rapper Drake will stream his new album Thursday on Beats 1, Apple's streaming radio service. The album, "Views From the 6," is scheduled for an exclusive Friday release on Apple Music. The preview will be part of an episode of Drake's OVO Sound Radio show on Beats 1, which will also include […]
As far as places to film a music video go, a Waffle House parking lot seems like a pretty solid choice: The chain is basically everywhere, at least in the southern part of the United States; it's (probably) free; the restaurant has street cred amongst fans of many different musical genres; and if the artist […]
When the Irish novelist Joseph O'Connor reads his books aloud he almost sings them. Like his sister, the singer Sinead O'Connor, he is forever searching for "musicality". In the famously tumultuous O'Connor household, art was a family affair. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Irish writer O'Connor and the strange music of unhappy families
If you're into original ideas, then go ahead and press back on your browser right now or throw whatever device your are reading this on in a lake. Fox has dipped into its well of IP and also ordered a series that's a direct descendant of its biggest hit because hey, if it worked once, […]
The awards show airs May 22 on ABC. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Justin Bieber to Perform Medley at Billboard Music Awards
George Clinton remembered his longtime friend and collaborator, Prince, in a touching interview with Billboard. “When you come to the concept of a rock star, he is that,” Clinton said. “He’s the epitome of that.” Clinton first met Prince — who died suddenly last week at the age of 57 — in the late Seventies…. Source: RollingStone Link: George […]
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins have announced another set of tour dates celebrating the 10th anniversary of Rabbit Fur Coat, Pitchfork reports. The 10-date North American trek kicks off September 9th at the State Theatre in Minneapolis and wraps the 22nd at the Masonic in San Francisco. The tour will also include stops in… Source: RollingStone Link: Jenny […]