On the Infamous Stringdusters’ 2016 album Ladies & Gentlemen, the venerable bluegrass jam outfit collaborates with a different female singer from the roots music world on every track. Crooked Still’s Aoife O’Donovan sings on the blues-influenced stomper “Run to Heaven,” but the group’s new live video of the song features… Source: RollingStone Link: See the […]
Henry Hall isn’t well-known to most people. But if his adoring mother has anything to say about it, that may be about to change. Especially considering that she happens to be Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Before Hall’s Mercury Lounge gig earlier this month, the comedy icon posted a photo of him with his guitar and the caption: “2… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Sara Watkins’ new “Young in All the Wrong Ways” video is bookended by shots of the singer-songwriter holding a lantern, driving home the theme of illuminating hindsight. “You remind me of the girl I was, back when I was young in all the wrong ways,” she sings in the Emilie Sabath-directed… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Elusive R&B singer Frank Ocean shared a personal letter on Tuesday addressing the Orlando mass shooting and other forms of bigotry faced by members of the LGBT community. Ocean, who revealed that his Channel Orange album was partially inspired by a relationship with a man in a Tumblr post in 2012, remembers his father… Source: RollingStone Link: Frank […]
Call it a modern-day relic. A clipping of David Bowie’s bouffant blonde coiffure, circa Let’s Dance, could fetch thousands this week at auction. The current bid is for $2,000 on Heritage Auctions, but The Associated Press is reporting that the Beverly Hills–based auction house is expecting to get more than… Source: RollingStone Link: Lock of […]
On June 27th, Frank Zappa’s avant-garde double album Freak Out! turns 50. His son, Dweezil, is celebrating the rich debut album by Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by touring pivotal tracks from the album this summer – and he isn’t risking any courtroom battles with his highly litigious family. Dweezil, who has played for… Source: RollingStone Link: Dweezil […]
The electronic musician and composer Aphex Twin, aka Richard David James, has released his first music video in almost two decades entitled "CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]". Aphex Twin rose to fame in the 90s, taking a 13 year break in the early 2000s and returning in 2014 with a new album "Syro", which won a […]
The two biggest pop releases of 2016 came in the form of semi-sneak attacks from superstars whose boldface-name status transcends music. Rihanna’s Anti, which arrived rather suddenly in January after a relatively long wait for the Barbadian superstar, was a taut offering that showed Rihanna working her voice in new… Source: RollingStone Link: Best Pop […]
Richard D. James, the man behind Aphex Twin, shared a new visual on Tuesday for “CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ].” Two things mark this as unusual. It’s not only the first Aphex Twin video in 17 years, but according to the clip’s caption on YouTube, it’s directed by a 12-year-old named Ryan… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Aphex […]
Following the release of acclaimed Coloring Book mixtape in May, Chance the Rapper announced the Magnificent Coloring World Tour. The North American portion starts August 7th through October 21st. It includes stops in most major cities and a recently announced appearance at Philadelphia’s Made In America festival. At the moment, a show in… Source: RollingStone Link: Chance […]