Last week in the basement of New York City’s Ace Hotel, Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer interviewed the trio of Sleater-Kinney, a band the comedy duo credits as the reason their show exists in the first place. Following Tuesday’s release of the band’s post-hiatus album No Cities to Love, NPR has…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Damon Albarn’s career has been admirably diverse – from Britpop (Blur) to electronica (Gorillaz) to opera (Dr. Dee, Monkey: Journey to the West). Now, the musician has added another unique page to his résumé by contributing music to wonder.land, a reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland. The production – which…… Source: RollingStone Link: Damon Albarn […]
“I’m happy some of the time, and some of the time I’m not,” said Elliott Smith in a 1998 interview with journalist Barney Hoskyns. The audio recording of the pair’s conversation is the latest interview to get the animation treatment for PBS’ Blank on Blank web series. Recorded a few weeks after Smith…… Source: RollingStone Link: Elliott […]
David Byrne has announced a series of concerts where an all-star roster of 10 artists will be accompanied onstage by 10 high school colorguard teams from around the country in an event dubbed Contemporary Color. Tune-Yards, St. Vincent, Kelis, Nelly Furtado and Byrne himself are among the performers who will join…… Source: RollingStone Link: David Byrne […]
Had Elvis Presley lived, he would have turned 80 years old this month. It’s hard to imagine Elvis doing concerts in 2015, but Leonard Cohen is a few months older and manages to do three-and-a-half hours without breaking a sweat. Hell, Chuck Berry is 88 and still at it. If Elvis…… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
The star-studded Paul McCartney tribute concert, honoring the former Beatle as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year, will soon be available on Blu-ray and DVD. The concert, A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney, included Beatles and solo songs as performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse (“I Saw Her…… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul McCartney's […]
Last night, while President Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address on Capitol Hill, a very different kind of political event was raging in downtown Austin, Texas. There, fueled by the flush of victory — not to mention the four tons of beef brisket and 340 gallons of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Watch […]
On the lo-fi acoustic jangle “Day Go By,” Karen O sings simple, reflective words about a romance taking over her brain. Photographic duo Wiissa (Vanessa Hollander and Wilson Philippe) brings daydream-y nostalgia to the track’s music video, which follows a love-struck couple as they swim and ride a Vespa. “I wrote…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year is making plans that will, no doubt, lead him back into the running to hold onto that crown come November. Luke Bryan unveiled major plans for 2015 during a press conference today at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The first and biggest…… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke […]
Once again, we talked to 10 of the hottest artists who are climbing the charts, breaking the Internet or just dominating our office stereos. This month: Marmozets’ mathy punk fits, George Ezra’s indie-folk croon, YP’s impassioned Chicago hip-hop, Tanya Tagaq’s avant-rock take on Inuit throat singing and more…. Source: RollingStone Link: 10 New Artists You Need […]