Archive | May, 2016

Hear Ariana Grande's Brazen New Track 'Into You'

Ariana Grande released a new single from her forthcoming third album Dangerous Woman. The synthy “Into You” is primed for dance floor makeout sessions. Grande swaggers with little affect in tight vocal range. It’s as if she’s doing one of her signature Saturday Night Live parodies of Eighties pop star Samantha Fox. “A little less conversation, a little more… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Ariana […]

See Cyndi Lauper Channel Wanda Jackson on 'Seth Meyers'

Thanks to her 1983 LP, She’s So Unusual, Cyndi Lauper earned five Grammy nominations, winning in the Best New Artist category which included future country superstar duo the Judds among the nominees. But before her Unusual breakthrough, Lauper sang lead and wrote songs for Blue Angel, a short-lived rockabilly band… Source: RollingStone Link: See Cyndi […]

Watch AC/DC Prepare for Tour With Guns N' Roses Singer Axl Rose

Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose made his intentions clear about his temporary role as AC/DC singer: “I want to do right by the band and do right by their fans,” he said in a Facebook video with guitarist Angus Young and bassist Cliff Williams. “It’s about a respect thing.” The clip features footage of… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Justin Timberlake: 'I'm Definitely Working on a New Album'

Following the release of his first new song in three years, Justin Timberlake has confirmed that a follow-up to The 20/20 Experience — 2 of 2 is in the works. The singer and actor spoke with radio stations Friday morning in support of his latest single “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” off… Source: RollingStone Link: Justin Timberlake: […]

Cloud Nine

The winkingly named genre “tropical house” was the sound of dance music in the summer 2015 – a languid pool party fantasia of vaguely Caribbean percussion, chirpy digital panpipes and a permanent license to chill. But while the Felix Jaehn remix to Omi’s “Cheerleader” and Justin Bieber’s “What Do You… Source: RollingStone Link: Cloud Nine

Detour

Aging rock and pop stars often seek a late-career safe harbor in country music, but 62-year-old Cyndi Lauper tackles the genre with characteristically daring eccentricity. Rather than dully respecting the vintage material she covers here, much of which dates back to the Fifties, she dotes on it, downplaying neither her… Source: RollingStone Link: Detour