Taylor Swift co-wrote Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s “This Is What You Came For,” a representative for Swift confirmed to Rolling Stone. The singer-songwriter used the pseudonym Nils Sjoberg for the song. TMZ initially reported that Swift had penned the EDM hit, having been revealed by sources connected to the singer. Swift and Harris co-penned… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor […]
In 2010, Shooter Jennings veered away from the country and Southern-rock sound that defined his first three albums and released Black Ribbons, a sprawling hard-edged concept record depicting a totalitarian government where free speech — and even music — is outlawed. In between the tracks, Stephen King plays a freedom-fighting… Source: RollingStone Link: Shooter Jennings […]
While nothing is definite at the moment, it seems quite likely that Aerosmith will be launching a farewell tour next year. They’re one of the few bands from their generation still touring with the complete classic lineup, and they want to end it all while everyone is still standing. Joe Perry’s health… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
Charles Kelley’s song “Lonely Girl” deals with the relationship between heartbreak and listening to music, promising himself as a healing balm for someone in the middle of it. Appropriately, the first scene of the “Lonely Girl” is a hand dropping the needle on a spinning turntable with his record. Directed by… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Following a two-year prison stint, Gucci Mane returns July 22nd with his post-incarceration LP Everybody Looking, his first non-mixtape in five years. Featured on the “homecoming” album is “Guwop Home,” Gucci’s collaboration with Young Thug, the most high profile rapper to emerge out of Atlanta while Gucci was behind bars. The two… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
British dance-pop duo AlunaGeorge debuted their latest sultry summer single, “Mean What I Mean,” on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show Tuesday. The track finds the pair partnering with budding MCs Dreezy and Leikeli47, both of whom deliver quick, vicious verses over George Reid’s rapturous pop house production. Singer Aluna Francis, meanwhile, offers another engrossing… Source: RollingStone Link: AlunaGeorge […]
Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmate, Warren Ellis, have scored the upcoming contemporary western, Hell or High Water, starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine. Directed by David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water tells the story of Toby (Pine), a divorced father who plots a series of bank heists with his… Source: RollingStone Link: Nick […]
Trent Harmon rewrites the ending to a real-life heartbreak story with his first country single, “There’s a Girl.” The American Idol winner once did just what the song says, going to great lengths – including driving hundreds of miles – to impress a woman, only to be rejected. But when… Source: RollingStone Link: 'American Idol' […]
When The Blackboard Jungle hit movie theaters in 1955, teenagers reportedly showed up in droves just to dance in the aisles to the opening credits, which were set to Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock.” Some cinemas cut out the song, terrified that these hordes of gyrating adolescents were going… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Great […]
During Scotty McCreery’s career-breaking run on American Idol, the country singer kept things contemporary, singing songs by 21st century artists like Josh Turner, Thompson Square and John Michael Montgomery. He’s been turning back the clock this summer, though, crooning a medley of country classics during a string of headlining shows. Above,… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]