Last Wednesday, Courtney Love made her debut appearance on Empire as Elle Dallas, a fading star who had built Empire Entertainment as the first successful artist signed to the label. After taking on Al Green’s “Take Me to the River,” Rolling Stone has an exclusive clip of the singer’s next performance: an original, soulful song… Source: RollingStone Link: Exclusive: Watch […]
Drake’s surprise new mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late literally started from the bottom on its way here – Number One on the Billboard 200 – by going from not-even-existing to chart-topping over the course of just a few days. After it was unveiled in the late evening hours last Thursday,… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
Charlie Starr grew up in eastern Alabama, in a small town bordered by the Chattahoochee River and dotted with textile factories. Like most American mill towns, it took a hit during the dawn of the 21st century, when companies began shipping most of their work overseas. Some residents bounced back by landing new… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Blackberry […]
California sunny pop duo Best Coast announced the May 5th release of California Nights, their first full-length album since 2012’s The Only Place. In a short trailer, Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno unveiled the title and release date alongside a more psychedelic sound to boot. Watch the trailer below. California Nights will mark the band’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Best […]
Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell have been revealed as the final nominees for 2015 ACM New Artist of the Year after the first round of online fan voting. That tally was combined with the ACM professional membership vote to determine the finalists for the award, presented by Kohl’s… Source: RollingStone Link: 2015 ACM […]
One of country music’s most reliable touring acts has once again plotted a summer trek. Toby Keith will launch the Good Times & Pick-Up Lines Tour on May 29th at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Twenty-nine dates are already plotted, with more to be announced soon. Keith, whose “Courtesy… Source: RollingStone Link: Toby […]
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons is going to Cuba this June to play a jazz summit. And even he doesn’t know why. “How did my name get on a jazz roster? I’m a blues and rock & roll player,” Gibbons tells Rolling Stone. “But I’m not going to look a gift horse… Source: RollingStone Link: ZZ Top's […]
Opening to the strain of chunky, menacing guitars, the title track of Gretchen Peters’ Blackbirds is one of the most affecting murder ballads since Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” left a trail of corpses strewn across the American landscape in the early Eighties. The two victims in “Blackbirds” aren’t the first she’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Gretchen Peters […]
Faith No More have debuted an eerie and heavy new song titled “Cone of Shame,” which will appear on their upcoming album Sol Invictus, at a gig in Tokyo. Keyboardist Roddy Bottum confirmed the song’s title, listed as “untitled” in a video upload, on Twitter (via Metal Injection). The tune, which… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Two members of the punk provocateur band Pussy Riot have released a new music video dedicated to Eric Garner, an unarmed man who was killed when a New York City police officer put him in a fatal chokehold. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Pussy Riot 'buried alive' in new music video