Rob Sheffield’s book Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World is a celebration of the band, from the longtime Rolling Stone columnist. It tells the weird saga of how four lads from Liverpool became the world’s biggest pop group, then broke up – yet …
Read More »Watch Steven Tyler Reveal Secrets or Eat Gross Foods on 'Corden'
Steven Tyler stopped by The Late Late Show to play a few rounds of “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” a Truth or Dare of sorts where the Aerosmith singer and James Corden must either say something revealing or eat something disgusting, like dried caterpillars and bull penis. For …
Read More »Brian Eno at 70: A Tribute to His Boundless Curiosity
Brian Eno is now 70 years old, but he possesses more energy than most people half his age. When I last saw him in London a few months ago, in his airy, spacious studio, he bounded around with unstoppable stamina, making pots of tea and showing off his latest music …
Read More »Arctic Monkeys Explore Voyeurism, Surveillance in 'Four Out of Five' Video
After Arctic Monkeys embarked on a promotional trail that included no singles or music videos prior to the release of their new album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the band has now shared their surreal visual for the album standout “Four Out of Five.” The video opens with frontman Alex …
Read More »Why Liz Phair's 'Exile In Guyville' Was An Indie Game-Changer
Before I ever heard Liz Phair, I heard about Liz Phair. The Midwestern indie-rock gossip train had made the trip from Chicago, her hometown, to the Minneapolis record store where I worked in high school weeks before an advance copy of her 1993 debut, Exile in Guyville, did. Listening to …
Read More »Charts: Post Malone Breaks Streaming Record With 'Beerbongs & Bentleys'
Post Malone set a new record for most streams in a week and established the best-selling week of 2018 as the rapper’s Beerbongs & Bentleys opened atop the Billboard 200. The album opened with 461,000 total copies in its first week of availability, with the majority of that total the …
Read More »Watch Stevie Wonder, Roots, Dave Matthews Perform at All-Star Concert
Stevie Wonder, the Roots, Dave Matthews, Usher and more performed at the Equal Justice Initiative’s Concert for Peace and Justice Friday night in Montgomery, Alabama. The event was live-streamed on Tidal for both subscribers and non-subscribers of the streaming service. The all-star concert, which celebrated the opening of the National …
Read More »Spotify Beefs Up Hot Country Playlist and Taps Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves
Since the birth of country music more than a century ago, the genre has relied on songs that tell stories and allow listeners to share experiences relating to those stories. As technology has advanced, the discovery of new music has become more challenging, although the accessibility of those new songs …
Read More »Hear Tragic Country Singer Gary Stewart's Rare Motown Demo for Record Store Day
In 1975, hardcore honky-tonk singer shot to Number One on the country chart with “She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles).” Penned by Wayne Carson (“The Letter,” “Always on My Mind”), and distinguished by Stewart’s jagged-edged vocal lying somewhere between Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis, the tune was one of …
Read More »Deafheaven Detail New LP, 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love'
San Francisco-based metal act Deafheaven will release their fourth album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, on July 13th via Anti- Records. The LP includes the recently issued, 12-minute lead single,“Honeycomb,” which they paired with a vivid video featuring in-studio footage and shots from around the Bay Area. Producer and frequent collaborator …
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