Archive for November 25th, 2009
Watch Kiss Live From the Staples Center Right Here, Right Now
November 25th, 2009
Live Streaming by Ustream
Tonight’s Kiss concert is playing live on the Web thanks to Ustream. Tune in at 9 p.m. PT for the show, and check out our other Kiss features here:
• Sparks Fly and Blood Spews as Kiss Alive 35 Tour Hits Cleveland
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss Lead 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
• Kiss Cap Explosive “Letterman” Gig By Licking the Host
• The Kiss Merchandising Machine: Kollectibles ...
Surfer to Savior: Meet the Founder of To Write Love on Her Arms
November 25th, 2009
Jamie Tworkowski was a music-loving surf kid with a winning smile when he stumbled into the salvation business — he tried to help an addicted, suicidal teen, blogged about the experience and whipped up a batch of T-shirts featuring a phrase he’d penned (”To Write Love on Her Arms”). An old pal, Switchfoot singer Jon Foreman, wore one of the tees at a concert and before he knew it, Tworkowski was the leader of a ...
Thanksgiving Weekend Rock List: Food Songs
November 25th, 2009
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We’re eating light lunches at the office today in preparation for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feast, so this four-day weekend’s Rock List will be dedicated to Food Songs. Tell us your favorite songs with an edible title, and on Monday after the long weekend, we’ll reveal the readers’ list of Food Songs. Check below for an appetizer of some of our picks:
• The Rolling Stones – “Brown Sugar”
• Led Zeppelin – “Custard Pie”
• Kelis – “Milkshake”
• ...
The Dead Weather Muse on the Future of Music, Supergroup Wars
November 25th, 2009
Rolling Stone recently had a kind of stream-of-consciousness backstage chat with the Dead Weather where Jack White and Co. tackled topics ranging from time travel and geography to the art of picking band names and avoiding being sued (for instance, White insists, the Arctic Monkeys added the “Arctic” to sidestep the legal wrath of the Monkees). We also quizzed the band on who would win in a supergroup slugfest, the Dead Weather or Them Crooked ...
Tom Petty Looks Back: Heartbreaker on Band’s Early Days
November 25th, 2009
To mark the release of The Live Anthology, a multi-CD boxed set covering 30 years of road work with his band the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty spoke to Rolling Stone for nearly six hours over two days — including his 59th birthday, October 20th — about his rock & roll life. Those conversations, at the Heartbreakers’ rehearsal space in a warehouse in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley and at Petty’s home in Malibu overlooking the Pacific ...
New Music Report: White Denim
November 25th, 2009
Rolling Stone editor Christian Hoard’s “Christian Rock” new music pick this week is Fits, the latest album from onetime Breaking band White Denim. The Austin trio’s second LP sounds like what you’d get if you locked three skilled players in a garage with a handful of speed: accomplished but raw. Hoard says Fits is more complex than the band’s debut Explosion: there’s free jazz, psychedelic, prog rock and blues rock along with roller-coaster grooves, howling ...
Jimmy Fallon Impersonates Neil Young, Viewers Get Confused
November 25th, 2009
Earlier this week, ?uestlove broke down some of his favorite musical moments from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where the Roots serve as house band. A few of his highlights came when the group pulled a fast one on guests — playing “Loser” when Heidi and Spencer walked out, for instance — in categories he named “Best Snarky Walk-On Songs” and ” ‘Oh No They Didn’t’ Songs.” Conveniently, Fallon himself managed to trick more than ...
Rihanna on Her Love of Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Shania
November 25th, 2009
Thanksgiving evening, Rolling Stone contributor Touré’s interview with Rihanna airs on Fuse (November 26th at 6 p.m. ET, to be exact). Here’s a taste of their conversation: Rihanna on the singers she admired as a young girl. “I used to listen to all the divas,” she says, shouting out Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Shania Twain. ” ‘Vision of Love’ is my favorite Mariah Carey song, but they just all seemed so powerful. ...
Beach Boys, Doors Recordings Join Grammy Hall of Fame
November 25th, 2009
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Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, the Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin have been named as 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Twenty-five recordings from a variety of genres will be added to the Grammy Hall, which currently includes 851 titles altogether (songs are eligible 25 years after release and the picks are approved by Recording Academy Trustees). The Doors’ L.A. Woman closer “Riders on the Storm,” Joplin’s final ...
On the Charts: John Mayer’s “Battle Studies” Wins Number One
November 25th, 2009
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The Big News: John Mayer proved to be well versed in the art of sales warfare as his Battle Studies slaughtered all of its big-name competitors, selling 286,000 copies to give the singer his first Billboard Top 200 Number One album since 2003’s Heavier Things. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Battle Studies also came in just shy of the 300,000 copies 2006’s Continuum sold in its Number Two debut week, so Mayer has demonstrated he ...