Archive for March 2nd, 2010
Tour Tracker: Flaming Lips, Devendra Banhart, Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon
March 2nd, 2010
Photo: Joyner/WireImageEmbryonic acid rockers Flaming Lips hit the road with a new slate of dates featuring support from Wayne Coyne’s nephew’s band Stardeath and White Dwarfs. Plus, Devendra Banhart schedules more shows in support of What Will We Be and Pat Benatar teams with REO Speedwagon for this summer’s Love on the Run tour. Full dates for all three treks below.
Flaming Lips
Mar. 12 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
Mar. 13 – Denton, TX @ ...
Post-Paula Depression: What’s Gone Wrong on “American Idol”
March 2nd, 2010
Photo: Ian Keltie
The unthinkable has happened — by losing Paula’s craziness, and with Simon heading for the door, American Idol feels like it has finally reached the end of its run. Read Rob Sheffield’s story from the next issue of Rolling Stone — which hits newsstands tomorrow — one day early right here:
• Post-Paula Depression
New Reviews: Gorillaz, Joanna Newsom, Buddy Holly and More
March 2nd, 2010
Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach doesn’t hit shelves in the U.S. until next week, but since the album is already streaming online, we’re unleashing Rolling Stone’s review of Damon Albarn and company’s third album a week early. While stocked with Gorillaz’ best cameo roster to date — Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and the Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonen all stop by — Plastic Beach is still all Albarn’s vision, Rob Sheffield writes ...
Unearthed Shannon Hoon Music Set to Debut in Blind Melon Doc
March 2nd, 2010
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October 21, 2010 will mark the 15th anniversary of the passing of Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon, and his former bandmates are honoring their original singer with an upcoming documentary later this year. The still-untitled piece is being directed by Colleen Hennessy and developed through Danny Clinch’s production company, Three on the Tree. While it will feature footage from several sources, the main focus of the film is the hours of footage Hoon shot himself ...
Guess the Next Cover of Rolling Stone: The Second Hint
March 2nd, 2010
Yesterday’s peek at our new cover revealed fire and flag. Today’s hint: a boot and some snazzy pants. We’ll bid farewell to Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton first thing tomorrow, when Rolling Stone’s new issue hits newsstands. For now, keep the guesses coming in the comments.
Lil Wayne’s Prison Sentencing Delayed By Courthouse Fire
March 2nd, 2010
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A fire at the New York City courthouse where Lil Wayne was scheduled to be sentenced today has forced the proceedings to be postponed, a source at the 100 Centre St. court house tells Rolling Stone. The fire allegedly started in the basement of the courthouse and forced everyone at the location to evacuate the building. Neither Lil Wayne nor his legal team were present in the courthouse at the time of the ...
Hear Smashing Pumpkins’ Psych-Protest Song “A Stitch in Time”
March 2nd, 2010
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Billy Corgan’s Smashing Pumpkins have unveiled “A Stitch in Time,” the third track from the mammoth 44-song project Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, on Soundcloud and the band’s official Website, where the song — like its Teargarden predecessors — is available as a free download. While Corgan’s previous Teargarden tracks were seemingly Zeppelin-inspired — from the Zoso epic rock of “A Song for a Son” to the Houses of the Holy-flavored “Widow Wake My Mind” — ...
Fricke’s Picks: The Greatest Rock Concert Movie Ever Made
March 2nd, 2010
All that is dull and predictable in modern rock-show films — caffeinated-jitter edits, hagiographic close-ups, the cheesy melodrama backstage — can be traced to this fact: The best example of how to do it right, The T.A.M.I. Show — a 12-act revue topped by James Brown and the Rolling Stones, shot live in Los Angeles with a delirious audience on October 29th, 1964 — has been officially unavailable, in its entirety, for more than four ...
Evanescence Go Electro As Lee Has “Fun With Music” on Next LP
March 2nd, 2010
Photo: Lovekin/Getty On Monday, February 22nd, Evanescence started recording their upcoming third album in New York with famed producer Steve Lillywhite. Singer Amy Lee tells Rolling Stone the new disc is going to be a mix of “sarcastic aggression” that will show a new side of the band — a distinct electro influence. “A lot of bands I’ve always been inspired by are just coming into play a little more,” says Lee, citing the future-shock ...
Gorillaz Run From Bruce Willis in New “Stylo” Video
March 2nd, 2010
Gorillaz premiered their new video for Plastic Beach’s “Stylo” last night on YouTube, revealing that the band known for its savvy musical cameos is adept at recruiting Hollywood talent for its videos, too. In “Stylo,” Bruce Willis, in John McClane mode, plays a badass bounty hunter pursuing the Gorillaz gang in a high-speed chase down a desert highway. The video kicks off with the animated troupe on the run following some sort of crime — ...