In their ’00s heyday, this Rhode Island noise-punk duo splattered audiences with quick, giddy blasts of DayGlo brutality — usually setting up on the floor right in the middle of the crowd rather than playing from a stage. They’re back after a six-year hiatus, hammering away like Sonic Youth gone speed… Source: RollingStone Link: "The Metal […]
The alluringly murky production on the Shakes’ new cut evokes the kind of schmutz-caked soul 45 you might discover in a rural junk shop that also sells M-80 explosives and candied hog jowls — the perfect funky feel for Brittany Howard’s beef-squashing plea. Over a guitar line that recalls James Brown’s… Source: RollingStone Link: "Don't Wanna […]
You only live one time, so Migos offer a straightforward strategy for getting the most out of your days on Earth: Avoid repetition. The Atlanta trio affirm that the first cut is the deepest, the first chain is the brightest and first party is the most turnt. Their case adds… Source: RollingStone Link: "One Time"
Indie folk auteur Sufjan Stevens is already a master at musical vulnerability, but on the first single off his upcoming album Carrie & Lowell — named for his mother and stepfather — Stevens finds a strikingly fresh way to rip open his wounds for the world. On the atmospheric “No Shade in… Source: RollingStone Link: "No Shade […]
Ryan Culwell grew up in the Texas panhandle, a windswept place filled with oil fields and open plains. It was there, surrounded by flatlands stretched to the horizon, that he began writing his own songs, looking to better understand the spirit and sparseness of his home by setting it to… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Texas […]
In 1968, country singer Tammy Wynette was on a hot streak that began two years earlier with “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad.” The first of her Number One singles, “I Don’t Wanna Play House,” topped the country chart in ’67, followed by “Take Me to Your World,” “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” and… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Lyle […]
The video for U2’s new Songs of Innocence single, “Every Breaking Wave,” dramatizes the wave of violence that swept Northern Ireland in the Eighties. Belfast-born filmmaker Aoife McArdle made the clip using footage from her 13-minute short film, Every Breaking Wave (streaming below), which came out earlier this month and… Source: RollingStone Link: U2 Relive […]
Through a fluke, a joint concert between Kanye West and Rihanna seems to have been confirmed. Live Nation in Finland recently posted a show billed to “Kanye & Rihanna,” set to take place on July 25th in Tallinn, Estonia; the on-sale date was listed as March 5th. A user on the… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West, […]
In 1983, music icons like Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross came together for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a live NBC special that celebrated the 25th year of that legendary label. Now an updated version of the program will air Saturday, February 28th at 8 p.m. EST… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Motown 25' […]
Tyler Farr, whose debut album Redneck Crazy spawned two hits, the Top Five title track and its moody follow-up “Whiskey in My Water,” has set April 28th as the release date for his next album. Produced by Jim Catino and Julian King, who were also at Crazy’s helm, the new… Source: RollingStone Link: Tyler Farr […]