Over four years and two albums, Detroit rapper Big Sean has made his biggest mark as a semi-novelty hitmaker (the awesomely stupid “Dance (A$$),” the giddily spiteful “IDFWU”) and the worst part of at least five Kanye West songs. Big Sean is G.O.O.D. Music “trying to make ‘fetch’ happen” — keep supporting this guy, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Dark Sky […]
“I got them red-blooded white-boy blues,” Kid Rock sings. Now 44, he finds himself looking back wistfully, tracking the passage of time. He laments that “we can’t fight this getting older” — but the LP’s muscular rock & roll tells another story. The Kid has no intention of aging gracefully — happily,… Source: RollingStone Link: First Kiss
At their peak, Gang of Four stylized 1970s dissent into cutting post-punk. Sadly, the qualities that once made the English act so influential are gone on its ninth LP, and first since co-founding singer Jon King’s departure. The question posed by the record’s title is not one the band seems… Source: RollingStone Link: What Happens […]
Screaming Females started from the bottom of a New Jersey basement, but it wasn’t long before they were big enough to tour with bands like Against Me! and Garbage. The trio’s sixth album is a rocker’s delight, reviving the signature sludge of the Nineties on “Empty Head,” hightailing into thrash… Source: RollingStone Link: Rose Mountain
Bearded roly-poly Baltimore EDM dude Dan Deacon looks a little like a highly intelligent teddy bear — a perfect fit for his playful, complex music. Deacon’s previous works have included the high-octane 2007 album Spiderman of the Rings and a mischievous remix of Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop.” His latest features… Source: RollingStone Link: Gliss Riffer
Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Blur, Sleater-Kinney, Alt-J, and U2, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of Swervedriver, Death Cab for Cutie, and Of Montreal. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: […]
Glam rock revivalists the Darkness will return with their fourth LP Last of Our Kind on June 1st, the band’s first album since their 2012 reunion set Hot Cakes. In addition to the new album announcement, the Darkness also unveiled the bloody animated video for first single “Barbarian,” a tale… Source: RollingStone Link: The Darkness […]
With Kim Gordon’s memoir, Girl in a Band, due out this week, snippets of the audio edition of the book have begun surfacing online. Rough Trade has posted a nine-minute stretch of the singer-songwriter talking about her formative years from the first chapter, and the retail chain has promised to post… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Kim […]
Earlier this month, fun. informed fans that – while they were not breaking up – the Some Nights band were going on an indefinite hiatus that will end “when we are inspired to do so.” With the Best New Artist Grammy-winning group on a break, singer Nate Ruess announced that he would momentarily leave… Source: RollingStone Link: Nate Ruess […]
“I’m not bossy, I’m the boss,” commands frontwoman Sadie Dupuis on the first cut off New England pop-punk outfit Speedy Ortiz’s upcoming Foil Deer. While she’s not the first alpha female to echo the sentiment, her confrontational enunciation and ironic cooing over the track’s grungy, dizzying guitars are Dupuis’ own… Source: RollingStone Link: "Raising the […]