This year, the five Grammy nominees for Record of the Year — the most prestigious award of the evening — are all monster singles — hundreds of millions of YouTube plays, Platinum certifications and at least three Hot 100 chart-toppers.  To compare the similarities and differences between the five nominated songs,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Graphing […]

Fresh off his debut LP, which Rolling Stone named one of the 40 Best Rap Records of 2014, Coney Island enigma Your Old Droog has returned with the 11-song Kinison EP. Though keeping true to the moody, clouded, sample-based boom-bap of frequent collaborators DJ Skizz, El RTNC and Marco Polo, Kinison has…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear NYC […]

Dwight Yoakam’s career is coming full circle, both in the business and melodic senses. Second Hand Heart, the country star’s new album, out April 14th, marks his return to Reprise Records, the Warner Bros. imprint that released his first album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc., nearly 30 years ago. Yoakam, who…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Dwight […]

The Juliana Hatfield Three released their debut album, the beloved Become What You Are, in August 1993. Hatfield herself has released or contributed to dozens of LPs since, but only a handful have featured either member of her former band. Now, in the same year that brought the returns of Mad…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Juliana […]

Far removed from the pop-based Music Row machine, a crop of local Nashville artists is keeping the classic country music sound breathing, playing dive bars and honky-tonks around town and recording music that recalls the genre’s more twangy, sequined era. Recently, Rolling Stone Country premiered a live performance by one of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Kelsey […]

Don Covay, an R&B singer and songwriter who wrote songs that would be covered by the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard and others, has died. His daughter, Ursula, confirmed the singer’s death. He was 76. In the Sixties, Covay’s soulful voice and skill for writing upbeat R&B songs made for a number…… Source: RollingStone Link: Don […]

Dominic “The Jacka” Newton, one of the most popular rappers in the San Francisco Bay Area’s sprawling underground rap scene, was murdered in East Oakland, California on Monday night. He was 37 years old.  Emerging in the late 1990s as part of the Mob Figaz collective, the Jacka evolved into a…… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]

Jimmy Page says he’s “warming up on the touchlines” for a live comeback. Speaking at the West London launch of the 40th anniversary deluxe reissue for Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, the guitarist said he was making steady progress on a return to the stage. With any thoughts of a Zeppelin reunion on…… Source: RollingStone Link: Jimmy […]

The hard-rocking boys of Unlocking the Truth weren’t born when Marilyn Manson scared the pants off of America with “The Beautiful People.” But metal cares not for age discrepancies, as the young Brooklyn trio proved when they joined Manson onstage for a vicious performance of the 1996 cut during a recent show in…… Source: RollingStone Link: Marilyn Manson […]

iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending February 2, 2015: Source: Yahoo Music Link: The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store