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
Slayer will be celebrating Record Store Day this year with a picture-disc seven-inch that contains their new song “When the Stillness Comes” ahead of the band’s new album later this year. The group recorded the song last year in Los Angeles with producer Terry Date. The single’s A-side features the image of… Source: RollingStone Link: Slayer […]
Potato chips, sliced-off tongues, head-banging: It’s all included in the interactive, three-in-one music video for Jack White’s latest single, “That Black Bat Licorice.” The collaborative clip, which premiered Wednesday at White’s official website, allows users to navigate three thematically and visually unique worlds. The immediate option is an animated take from… Source: RollingStone Link: Jack […]
There’s a one-liner that Americana singer-songwriter James McMurtry is fond of delivering onstage — at the core, musicians are really just glorified beer salesmen. “We’re basically the service industry. We’re symbiotically tied to the club business. Beer sales and tips, you know?” McMurtry tells Rolling Stone Country. “I’ve seen a lot of… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Last September, EDM all-stars Diplo and Skrillex shared “Take Ü There,” the first official recording from their collaborative side project, Jack Ü. Now the funky, pulsating track has even more star power thanks to Missy Elliott, who adds scene-stealing rhymes in a new remix. “I’m the main chick, not a substitute,” the rapper flows… Source: RollingStone Link: Missy Elliott […]
ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music, has set April 17th as the date of its first-ever fundraising gala, which takes place just two days before the 50th annual ACM Awards celebration. Dubbed “One Night, Two Cities, All Music,” the gala, hosted by Garth Brooks… Source: RollingStone Link: Garth Brooks, […]
The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced the diverse group of artists that will be enshrined as their Class of 2015: The Grateful Dead duo of Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, blues legend Willie Dixon, Cyndi Lauper, Linda Perry, Toby Keith and Country Music Hall of Famer Bobby Braddock. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Songwriters Hall […]