Rap Release of the Month Saba, Care for Me“I’m not mad at God, I just can’t get out of bed,” raps Saba on “Calligraphy,” a highlight from his melancholy yet engaging Care for Me. The album falls squarely into the Young Chicago Authors wing of the Windy City rap scene: …
Read More »Review: Keith Urban's 'Graffiti U' Is Work of Eclectic, Enlightened Man
Keith Urban has spent the past several years cementing his role as one of country music’s most genre-flexible veterans, teaming up with everyone from Pitbull to Kanye producer Jeff Bhasker on his 2016 smash Ripcord. Urban searches for crossover magic once again on Graffiti U, collaborating with a battalion of …
Read More »Review: Neil Young's 'Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live'
In a rare 1975 interview, Neil Youngspoke at length to Rolling Stone‘s Cameron Croweabout the headspace informing his Tonight’s the Night LP. Feeling guitarist Danny Whitten was too fucked-up to play a session, Young had banished him from the studio. “That night the coroner called me from L.A. and told …
Read More »EDM DJ-Producer Avicii Dead at 28
Tim Bergling, the Swedish EDM DJ and producer known as Avicii, died Friday at the age of 28, his representative confirmed. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” the musician’s rep wrote …
Read More »Watch Run the Jewels Reveal Their Inner Metalheads
Hip-hop duo Run the Jewels discussed their love of heavy metal and the genre’s long relationship with rap in Revolver‘s new video series, “Secret Metalheads” In the clip, El-P and Killer Mike recalled growing up in the Eighties when rap was coming into its own and hard rock was still …
Read More »Method Man, Ghostface Killah Demand Return of Wu-Tang Album on 'Colbert'
Method Man and Ghostface Killah lobbied for the return of Martin Shkreli’s one-copy-only Wu-Tang Clan album on Late Show, where the two rappers faced off against Jeff Sessions … or a Keebler elf cookie that looks like the Attorney General. “That album belongs to the people,” Method Man told the …
Read More »A Perfect Circle Salute David Bowie, Carrie Fisher on New Song
A Perfect Circle salute recently deceased pop culture icons on their cinematic new song, “So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish.” Singer Maynard James Keenan references the deaths of Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Carrie Fisher on the single from their upcoming LP, Eat the Elephant. “Now …
Read More »See Heart, Alice in Chains Members Salute Chris Cornell at Rock Hall
Ann Wilson of Heart and Alice in Chainsguitarist Jerry Cantrell teamed up for a bracing tribute to former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday. Cornell died from suicide last year at age 52. Wilson and Cantrell honored Cornell …
Read More »The Outlier: Why Jason Isbell Won't Stop Speaking His Mind
At this year’s Grammys, where he was up for several awards, Jason Isbell didn’t exactly tear the place up. “We weren’t on the televised part of the show, so we didn’t get the good seats,” he says with a good-natured laugh. “We wound up eating chicken fingers from the concession …
Read More »Gwen Stefani Announces Las Vegas Residency
Gwen Stefani has announced a 25-date residency in Las Vegas. Dubbed Gwen Stefani – I’m Just a Girl, her Sin City run will take place in Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The singer’s show will be designed exclusively for the theater, which will seat 4,600 and features …
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