Noah Cyrus has released a heart-wrenching black and white music video for her recent single “Lonely.” Co-directed by Symone Ridgell and Cyrus, the video features choir members sourced by the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Music Program, which helps empower young people with music. “Sometimes there can be dozens of people …
Read More »How Whiskey Myers Won Over Mick Jagger and Made the Album of Their Career
It’s late June and Whiskey Myers are onstage at Soldier Field in Chicago, opening for the Rolling Stones on the rock giants’ No Filter Tour. Such a massive gig can go either way: it can be a triumphant win or a total crash-and-burn. Fortunately, the Texas six-piece have been training …
Read More »Watch Gary Clark Jr. Perform 'Pearl Cadillac,' 'What About Us?' on 'Austin City Limits'
In September, Gary Clark Jr. taped live performances for the season premiere of Austin City Limits, which airs on October 5th on PBS. Clark performed his current hit song “Pearl Cadillac,” a rock-out tribute to his mother, as well as “What About Us?”, a web exclusive performance for Rolling Stone. …
Read More »Watch Eddie Vedder Perform Pearl Jam's 'Hard to Imagine' With the Strokes
The Strokes recruited Eddie Vedder to perform the Pearl Jam deep cut “Hard to Imagine” during the band’s headlining set at Dana Point, California’s Ohana Fest, an annual festival curated by the Pearl Jam frontman. “Julian [Casablancas] asked if I would join the fellas here and one of the reasons …
Read More »Foo Fighters Drop Rarities EP Featuring Arcade Fire Cover
The Foo Fighters continued their ongoing archival series with a new rarities EP, 01070725, that boasts live renditions of songs by Arcade Fire and the Dead Kennedys. The cover of Arcade Fire’s “Keep the Car Running” — which may be one of the few times you’ll hear Dave Grohl accompanied …
Read More »The New Pornographers Bring Panic-Attack Bubblegum on 'In the Morse Code of Brake Lights'
Metaphorically and otherwise, things are falling down everywhere on the New Pornographers eighth LP: statues (“Colossus of Rhodes”), lovers (“Falling Down The Stairs of Your Smile”), performance conventions (“the 4th wall is falling on us” chime the worried singers on “Need Some Giants”), and especially people’s spirits — like the …
Read More »Children of Rap: Meet Prana Supreme Diggs
Prana Supreme Diggs, 18, may have grown up the daughter of hip-hop royalty — Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA and Wu-Tang vocalist Tekitha Washington — but she’s a born rock & roll fan. So, it’s only natural that she and her mother have their own rock-tinged duo, Tekitha and Prana. “The …
Read More »Allison Moorer Announces Combined Music and Book Tour for 'Blood'
Allison Moorer has announced a fall tour in support of her upcoming book Blood: A Memoirand its companion album, Blood.The tour, which will feature a mix of Q&A discussion, live music, and book signing, will hit a variety of concert venues and book stores, beginning in late October. Moorer’s forthcoming …
Read More »Flashback: Hear Hank Williams' Recorded Debut With 'Fan It' and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'
September 17th marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of the country-music icon commonly referred to as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare.” Hank Williams not only earned that distinction for the many exceptional songs he wrote throughout his short, turbulent, yet influential career, but for his uncanny ability to connect with radio …
Read More »Ric Ocasek's Family Issues Statement, Reveals Singer Was Recovering From Surgery
One day after Ric Ocasek‘s death, the family of the Cars frontman wrote that he died unexpectedly — but “peacefully” — while recovering from an unspecified surgery. “Ric was recuperating very well after surgery,” the Ocasek family wrote on Instagram. “Our two sons, Jonathan and Oliver, and I were making …
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