Archive | July, 2016

Snoop Dogg: 'Not Here to Bash Police, But to Communicate'

After a peaceful march led by Snoop Dogg, the Game and fellow protestors outside LAPD headquarters, the rappers addressed the media and new police officers at an LAPD graduation ceremony.  The Game spoke about the universal goal of the police forces in the U.S. and the Black Lives Matter movement, to better communities “from… Source: RollingStone Link: Snoop […]

Watch Keith Urban Pluck Front-Row Fan for Guitar Jam

Keith Urban is renowned as being one of country music’s finest guitar players, equal parts nimble and melodic. But at a recent tour stop in Gilford, New Hampshire, it was the six string talents of a fan named Rob Joyce that ended up stealing the show. Joyce, of Berlin, Massachusetts, was… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Sting, Peter Gabriel at peace in Quebec music festival

In a business full of towering egos, the two rockers seamlessly shared a stage as they opened Quebec City's sprawling summer music festival. Sting and Gabriel, the former frontmen respectively of The Police and Genesis, are not strangers to each other, having toured together in the late 1980s to benefit Amnesty International. The human rights […]

Schoolboy Q: Why the Reluctant Rap Star Almost Quit

Schoolboy Q has a fraught relationship with his fame. “I thought rap was just, you make this album, you do the shows here and there, and then that’s it,” he tells Rolling Stone. “But it’s a lot of press, it’s a lot of shows, it’s a lot of pressure. When… Source: RollingStone Link: Schoolboy Q: […]

See Brandy Clark's Gorgeous, Piano-Driven 'You Can Come Over'

Brandy Clark extends a cautious invitation in a chilling solo version of “You Can Come Over,” from her recently released Big Day in a Small Town. While her previous performance clips of tracks from one of the best albums of 2016 have spotlighted the singer-songwriter and her guitar, “You Can Come… Source: RollingStone Link: See Brandy […]

Hear Miguel's Black Lives Matter Song 'How Many'

Miguel has shared the demo of a new track titled “How Many” in the aftermath of the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile outside the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Like Beyoncé, Jay Z, Drake and many others, Miguel wonders on his new track “how many” people must die… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Miguel's […]

Hear Calvin Harris, John Newman's Suave Breakup Song 'Ole'

British singer John Newman explores post-break-up drama and insecurities on his suave new single, “Olé,” co-written by Scottish EDM star Calvin Harris. Related: Sam Smith and 11 Pop Stars Who Broke Via Dance Records “I see online that you’ve begun to be a good girl and take trips with your boyfriend/… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Watch Gojira's Eerie, Nostalgic 'Low Lands' Video

French prog-metal veterans Gojira blend vivid, sinister images in their video for “Low Lands,” a track from the band’s acclaimed sixth LP, Magma. The clip, directed by Alain Duplantier, cousin of singer-guitarist Joe Duplantier and drummer Mario Duplantier, features the brothers’ childhood home in Ondres, France, near a stormy ocean. “You’re invisible/ You’re in everything,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]