The eight-year wait for Modest Mouse’s new album Strangers to Ourselves was delayed a little longer as the band pushed the LP’s release date back two weeks to March 17th. To make amends for the brief postponement, Modest Mouse unveiled Strangers to Ourselves’ 15-song tracklist, a list of collaborators (including…… Source: RollingStone Link: Modest Mouse […]
Iggy Azalea has soared to stardom as a rare white woman in hip-hop, but her meteoric rise has triggered a backlash that reveals much about the music business's fault-lines on race and gender. Her most vociferous critic has been fellow rapper Azealia Banks, a black woman who has accused Azalea of mocking African Americans. Source: […]
L.A. rapper Kid Ink stormed the charts in late 2013 — not as a unique hip-hop voice but as a conduit for DJ Mustard beats and Chris Brown guest spots. On his second major-label album, he has more artistic aspirations, though they’re mostly flat Kanye retreads: obscure prog-rock samples (“Faster”), “All…… Source: RollingStone Link: Full Speed
Diana Krall is a jazz pianist and vocalist who has recorded Brazilian music, Thirties jazz and songs co-written with her husband, Elvis Costello. So this collection of favorites by the likes of Randy Newman, the Carpenters, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Elton John, among others, fits easily into her tastefully…… Source: RollingStone Link: Wallflower
When it comes to girl groups in a post-Beyoncé world, female empowerment is the name of the game. On the debut from Fifth Harmony (which formed during the second season of The X Factor, in 2012), high self-esteem feels like a party. Infectious lyrics like “Think I’m in love, ’cause…… Source: RollingStone Link: Reflection
Director-composer John Carpenter’s skeletal, synth-heavy soundtracks were a hallmark of his Seventies and Eighties sci-fi and horror movies, from Halloween to Escape From New York. They’ve also influenced plenty of electronic music and art pop. Now, at 67, Carpenter is releasing his first true solo album (made with his son…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lost Themes
As an encore at almost every show on his North American tour last fall, Bob Dylan performed an unlikely ballad: “Stay With Me,” recorded by Frank Sinatra on a 1964 single and written for a 1963 film, The Cardinal, about a young priest who ascends to a post in the…… Source: RollingStone Link: Shadows in […]
Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Kanye West, Run the Jewels, Deerhoof, Zola Jesus, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Monday (2/2): This Week's New Albums + Videos
Just what does it take for a guy with a mullet and cop shades to get a bank loan? That is the never-ending question in Skrillex’s video for the Recess track “Doompy Poomp,” and it’s no coincidence that the clip – and its perpetual déjà-vu– debuted on Groundhog Day. Like the Bill Murray flick,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Skrillex Channels […]
Hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has officially been charged with one count of murder, one count of attempted murder and two counts of hit-and-run stemming from a fatal crash last week, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “Following an altercation on Thursday outside a Compton restaurant, Knight allegedly was…… Source: RollingStone Link: Suge […]