UPDATE: Pharrell Williams has been added to Apple’s upcoming music streaming service, according to Billboard, thought it’s unclear as to his official capacity. Apple has signed up Drake to serve as a guest DJ on its imminent iTunes Radio venture, a source close to the situation confirms to Rolling Stone. New York Post reports… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
Zedd’s music has a huge sound, so it can be surprising meeting the unassuming Anton Zaslavski in person. On the 80th story of the Empire State Building, the soft-spoken 25-year-old behind the EDM powerhouse is preparing to play his new LP, True Colors, for fans who have crossed the city to… Source: RollingStone Link: Zedd on […]
Love and Theft’s latest single “Whiskey on My Breath” is the antidote for today’s glut of drinking songs. Instead of celebrating booze, it takes the approach of old-school country music and casts a harsh light on what it’s like to be in the grip of alcoholism. And the video for… Source: RollingStone Link: See Love […]
On June 2nd, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood will release the limited-edition Betty’s Blends, Volume Two: Best From the West, which collects seven live recordings the outfit made during its Spring 2014 West Coast tour. Below, hear one of the highlights: a cover of the Grateful Dead’s heartfelt “They Love Each Other.” The… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Chris […]
Garth Brooks’ three upcoming shows in Tampa, Florida, have been canceled to make room for the Stanley Cup Finals. Originally announced in March, the shows would have been Brooks’ first gigs in the Tampa area since October 1998, when he sold out four consecutive shows at the Ice Palace. Decades later, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Stanley […]
Folk legend and environmental activist Neil Young has released the first music video from his anti-GMO concept album, The Monsanto Years, with his band Young and Promise of the Real. The song, titled "Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop," pokes fun at Starbucks, agrochemical giant Monstanto, and genetically modified organisms. In the video, Young, while singing […]
Next month, David Byrne will introduce the world to high-brow color guard. Over four shows – June 22nd and 23rd at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, June 27th and 28th at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center – the former Talking Heads frontman pairs flag-twirling teams from around the country with original music by artists likes Tune-Yards,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch David […]
“I just like looking at the faces,” Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan says. “After all these years, the most intense fan is still intense.” For nearly two decades, the group’s nine masked headbangers have been challenging fans with performance-art experiments disguised as concerts, as they slither about the stage and literally… Source: RollingStone Link: Slipknot […]
Lesson learned: If you name a salad after Kendrick Lamar, it’s a good idea to learn the rapper’s lyrics in case you end up onstage with him. During his Sunday headlining spot at Sweetlife Festival, an inspired Lamar invited a random fan – which turned out to be festival co-founder… Source: RollingStone Link: Kendrick Lamar […]
There are a lot of metaphors you can use to describe a rock band and its members: they’re an artistic collective, a corporation, a street gang. But one of the most enduring is this: a rock group is a family. And so it’s no accident that rock & roll has… Source: RollingStone Link: Brothers, in […]