Archive for March 5th, 2010
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
March 5th, 2010
We unleashed our annual Spring Music Preview, which boasts previews of 40 of the season’s most anticipated discs (MGMT, Erykah Badu, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Drake, Katy Perry and many more), plus chatted with LCD Soundsystem, Sara Bareilles, Evanescence and Phish’s Mike Gordon about their upcoming albums.
Shaun White landed on his second Rolling Stone cover in an issue packed with major rock news: Billy Corgan sounds off on the Pumpkins’ split and Jessica Simpson, ...
Weekend Rock List: Freedom Songs
March 5th, 2010
Barring any more root canal surgeries or courthouse fires, this weekend will be Lil Wayne’s last as a free man before he’s officially sentenced to a year in jail on Monday. The day Weezy goes behind bars, T.I. will unveil his first post-penitentiary single, a celebration of his own freedom called “I’m Back.” As a tribute to the soon-to-be-incarcerated and the recently released, this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to Freedom Songs. Tell us your ...
Hear Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings’ New “When I Come Home”
March 5th, 2010
Photo: Waisman/FilmMagic
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will release their new album I Learned the Hard Way on April 6th, and for each preorder that comes in now at the Daptones’ official store, the group will donate 15 percent of sales from I Learned the Hard Way to Doctors Without Borders’ efforts in Haiti. You can enjoy some great funk-soul music and help out Haiti, all by going here. As an added bonus, the first ...
Tour Tracker: OK Go, Maxwell & Jill Scott and Iron Maiden
March 5th, 2010
After scoring 3.5 million views and counting in one week for their incredible new “This Too Shall Pass” video, OK Go announce new plans to hit the road in support of Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Plus, Maxwell and Jill Scott team up for a summer trek and Iron Maiden load into their Iron Maiden airplane in search of “The Final Frontier.” Full dates for all three treks below.
OK Go
Apr. 13 – Salt ...
Win the White Stripes’ Limited Edition “Under Great White Northern Lights” Box Set
March 5th, 2010
The White Stripes will unleash their Under Great White Northern Lights box set on March 16th and Rolling Stone is giving away one copy to a lucky reader. The limited-edition collection includes a DVD of Under Great White Northern Lights, the documentary tracking Jack and Meg White’s unusual 2007 Canadian tour, as well as a DVD of the band’s 10th anniversary show, the first-ever White Stripes official live album, 7-inch vinyl, a hard cover photo ...
Flashback: Talk Talk Lip Synch
March 5th, 2010
In this week’s Flashback, we present not one but two fantastically lip-synched performances by one of the most underrated bands of the ’80s, Talk Talk. With all the reunions revving up, from Public Image Ltd. to Faith No More to Devo, we keep hoping that Mark Hollis and crew will get back together for the first time since 1991’s Laughing Stock, but with Hollis gone underground in recent years, it seems unlikely. Up top is ...
Snoop Dogg’s U.K. Visa Ban Lifted
March 5th, 2010
Photo: Ziyadat/FilmMagicSnoop Dogg’s attempts to reenter the United Kingdom have been rebuffed for the last four years after the Doggystyle rapper was essentially banned from the country following an airport fight in 2006. However, immigration judges in the U.K. have ruled that border guards acted unfairly when they detained the Doggfather and will allow the rapper to re-apply for a tour visa. There’s no guarantee he’ll be approved, however, the BBC reports.
Facing the music: rock-star ...
Jeff Buckley-Inspired Musical Could Be Headed to Broadway
March 5th, 2010
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Jeff Buckley’s music may be joining the Who and Green Day on Broadway thanks to a new show that fuses his songs with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Last Goodbye was first conceived three years ago by Michael Kimmel, a New York director and theater professor who started up the project when he noticed how uncannily well Buckley’s lyrics accented the Bard’s language. With approval from Buckley’s estate, Kimmel created a musical ...
Black Eyed Peas’ “Imma Be” Racks Up Second Week at Number One
March 5th, 2010
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The Black Eyed Peas captured the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second straight week as “Imma Be” bought off the continually rising Young Money track “Bedrock,” which moved up one spot to Number Two. Between “Imma Be,” “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas have maintained the Number One spot on the Hot 100 for a large chunk of the last year, and The E.N.D.’s ...
Animal Collective’s Offbeat Art Project Comes to the Guggenheim
March 5th, 2010
Photo by Roger Kisby © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, NY
Boundary-pushing avant-indie crew Animal Collective and video artist Danny Perez took over the iconic rotunda of New York’s Guggenheim Museum last night, bringing their signature weirdness to a capacity audience of 1,500 people. Billed as an “immersive environment for visitors to come and go through,” the unique performance titled Transverse Temporal Gyrus was part rock concert, part art installation, part hang-out session, and part Night at ...