Archive | May, 2016

Weekend Rock Question: What's Radiohead's Best Post-1990s Song?

Radiohead released their long-awaited new album A Moon Shaped Pool earlier this week, and the reviews have been absolutely ecstatic. “If Radiohead have made the dehumanizing effects of technology their great theme, A Moon Shaped Pool is the first record in which, musically, they kick their way out of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]

Old Crow Medicine Show Does Dylan at Rousing Nashville Show

Ground-breaking string band Old Crow Medicine Show tipped their hats to one of music’s greatest innovators last night (May 12), performing Bob Dylan’s watershed Blonde on Blonde album in its entirety for the first of a two-night stand at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater in… Source: RollingStone Link: Old Crow […]

Hear Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa's Party-Ready 'All Night'

Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa unleashed “All Night,” the party-ready first official song off their forthcoming collaborative album TGOD Mafia Presents: Rude Awakening. The LP will be released June 3rd via Empire. Over a rubbery trap beat, the rappers pay tribute to popping pills, drinking lean and staying up all night. Khalifa… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Hear Die Antwoord's Island Vibes on 'Dazed and Confused'

Die Antwoord raise a blunt to the wake-and-bake Islands life on the addictive new “Dazed and Confused,” from forthcoming mixtape Suck on This. Vocalists Ninja and Yolandi Visser find the laid back groove on dubby keys and producer GOD’s crackling beat.  The track’s artwork features nude, stoned anime-esque renderings of the duo. Their post hypes Suck on This as a… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Inside Prince's Final Days

As more details have emerged about Prince’s death in late April, the mystery that engulfed his life has only deepened. But one thing is becoming clear: The funk-rock genius was struggling with a painful secret. Overwhelming evidence indicates that Prince was in the grips of an addiction to painkillers during… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside Prince's […]

Hear Ariana Grande, Future on Flirty New Track 'Everyday'

Ariana Grande and Future are hot-and-bothered on slinky new track “Everyday.” The song is one of four (so far) new songs teasing Grande’s third album, Dangerous Woman. On the crunchy electro track, Future sings the titular chorus while Grande lathers on the flirtation: “He’s giving me that good shit/That makes me not quit,” she purrs. Later, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Osbournes Talk Ozzfest Return, Ozzy's Retirement

“Why not merge together?” Sharon Osbourne declared Thursday afternoon with typical bravado, standing between her husband of nearly 34 years, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor. They had come together to announce an unprecedented event: a two-day Ozzfest Meets Knotfest concert, set for September 24th and 25th in San Bernardino,… Source: RollingStone Link: Osbournes Talk […]

Watch U2 Evoke Resilience After Paris Attacks in Concert Film Trailer

“You want us to be afraid?” Bono roars from Paris’ AccorHotels Arena stage in the new teaser-trailer of U2’s new Hamish Hamilton-directed concert film Innocence and Experience – Live in Paris.  The U2 singer movingly recites France’s national motto “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” in the wake of the November 15 terrorist attacks, the deadliest France has seen since WWII. Eighty-nine people… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

White Hot Moon

Michigan shoegazers Pity Sex have outgrown the high melodrama of their emo-tinged 2012 EP Dark World. Their latest finishes a turn towards dispassionate Nineties alt rock nostalgia that began with their soupy 2013 debut, Feast of Love. The band has never sounded so desolate, or more distinctly themselves. Comparisons to My Bloody Valentine abound, Pity… Source: RollingStone Link: White […]