Archive for March 17th, 2010
Big Star Singer and Cult Icon Alex Chilton Dead at 59
March 17th, 2010
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away at the age of 59. Chilton reportedly suffered a heart attack today in New Orleans, just days before Big Star were scheduled to perform at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Chilton had been complaining about his health earlier in the day, and was eventually taken to ...
Tour Tracker: She and Him, Korn, Goo Goo Dolls
March 17th, 2010
Photo: Polk/FilmMagic She and Him tack on some more post-Coachella tour dates in support of their Volume 2, Korn headline this summer’s Jagermeister Tour and Goo Goo Dolls road test some songs from their in-the-works new album on a jaunt kicking off in April. Full details for all three artists are below.
She & Him
Mar. 18 – Austin, TX @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Mar. 20 – Austin, TX @ Auditorium Shores
Mar. 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ ...
New Music Report: Titus Andronicus
March 17th, 2010
In this week’s New Music Report, Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard presents another segment of Christian Rock, spotlighting Titus Andronicus’s new album The Monitor. Hoard says the Jersey rockers accomplish a strange feat with a “rare punk-rock album that blends Abraham Lincoln and Bruce Springsteen.” The Monitor is a loose concept album about the Civil War, with portions of speeches by Lincoln and other historical figures interspersed between songs about isolation, alienation and youthful ...
Pixies’ Frank Black Talks Sexy Inspiration for “NonStopErotik”
March 17th, 2010
Photo: Vasquez/Wireimage
Pixies frontman Frank Black has released plenty of solo albums over the years, but perhaps nothing as freaky as his forthcoming NonStopErotik, due out on March 30th. The disc — which was co-produced by longtime collaborator Eric Drew Feldman — features some of his most overtly sexual songs, including the swirling ballad “When I Go Down on You” and the snarling, mid-tempo anthem “Lake of Sin.” Rolling Stone caught up with Black to talk ...
Hot Chip Recast as a Boy Band in Clever New “I Feel Better” Video
March 17th, 2010
Hot Chip have established themselves as much for their quirky music videos as their catchy dance pop, so it comes as no surprise that their hilarious vid for One Night Stand’s “I Feel Better” is another must-see entry in their videography. The clip finds the nerdy Hot Chip recast as a boy band and muses whether the Brits’ music would be more popular sales-wise if the members were all male models. Before trotting down the ...
Best New Bands of 2010: Free Energy, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Five More
March 17th, 2010
Photograph by Free Energy
Rolling Stone’s new issue, on sale today, includes a special feature on the hottest new bands of 2010, from Philly power-pop group Free Energy to stoner Atlanta MC B.o.B. We asked all seven acts to snap candid photos on the road and compiled the best shots here:
• The Best New Bands of 2010’s Most Candid Shots From the Road
Keep reading for a quick dossier on all the artists. Plus, check out ...
Phish Return to the Road Summer 2010 With Monster Tour
March 17th, 2010
Photo: Loccisano/GettyBust your patchwork pants out of mothballs and tune-up your VW Bus. After last year’s triumphant return to summer touring, Phish have announced that they will hit the road again for a 29-date tour that kicks off June 11th in Chicago. The upcoming trek features multiple-night stands in major cities, including three back-to-back nights at the relatively intimate Greek Theatre in Berkely, California, starting August 5th. And while Phish haven’t planned have any of ...
Breaking: Local Natives
March 17th, 2010
Who: A Los Angeles-based art-folk quintet who broke out big at last year’s South by Southwest and are poised to make an even bigger splash when they rock a marathon nine gigs in three days this week at the fest. After SXSW, the group heads out on their first major headlining tour, with stops at Coachella in April. “We were just on our first headlining tour in Europe and we were nervous that no one ...
On the Charts: Ludacris Fights Off Gorillaz For Number One
March 17th, 2010
Photo:Legato/WireImage The Big News: Lady Antebellum’s reign atop the charts came to an end as Ludacris and Gorillaz battled it out and the Atlanta rapper’s Battle of the Sexes took Number One on the Billboard 200 with 137,000 copies sold. Gorillaz landed at Number Two as Plastic Beach moved 112,000 copies. Battle is now Ludacris’ first chart-topping album since 2006’s Release Therapy and the fourth Number One album of his career. Plastic Beach also gave ...
Dixie Chicks Team With Eagles for First Tour in Four Years
March 17th, 2010
The Dixie Chicks will hit the road for the first time in four years this summer when they team up with Eagles and Keith Urban for a co-headlining stadium trek. Urban will miss the tour’s opening show June 8th in Toronto, but will join the tour when it swings south to East Rutherford, New Jersey’s New Meadowlands Stadium on June 10th. So far, only eight June dates have been announced. For ticket information, check out ...