Archive for March 18th, 2010
Tour Tracker: ZZ Top, Kate Nash and Verge Music Festival
March 18th, 2010
Photo: Ferrey/Getty ZZ Top bring guitars and beards out on the road with a spring/summer trek, Kate Nash readies a tour in support of her upcoming album My Best Friend Is You and Milwaukee’s two-day Verge Music Festival locks in headliners Three Days Grace and Weezer as well as She and Him and Eagles of Death Metal. Full details, after the jump.
ZZ Top
Apr. 29 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Sun Fest
Apr. 30 – Melbourne, ...
Graham Nash Reflects on The Hollies’ Hall of Fame Career
March 18th, 2010
Graham Nash is one of the few artists who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: first, in 1997, with Crosby, Stills and Nash and again at this week’s ceremony in New York, with his first band the Hollies. But when Rolling Stone sat down with Nash to discuss the induction, he seemed more ecstatic for his Hollies bandmate, Allan Clarke. “I was thrilled for my partner for all those ...
Win a Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker Guitar
March 18th, 2010
The biopic based on Joan Jett and Cherie Curie’s all-girl rock band The Runaways hits theaters in select cities tomorrow, and Rolling Stone is giving away three badass prizes to celebrate. One grand prize winner will receive a Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker Gibson guitar — the same model guitar Jett played while in the Runaways (check it out in the image above, and find out more on Gibson’s site), and a Runaways movie prize ...
Dead Weather’s “Cowards” Single “Die By the Drop” Out March 23rd?
March 18th, 2010
Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic When Rolling Stone talked to Jack White last November, the multitasking rocker promised a new Dead Weather disc by March 2010. So far, no LP, but the Dead Weather’s official website just revealed the title of the upcoming record — Sea of Cowards — and a vague timetable for its release: “Coming Soon.”
While it’s unclear when Sea of Cowards is arriving — reports of an early May release are being bandied about — ...
Secrets of “The Runaways”: Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart and Co. on the Wild New Biopic
March 18th, 2010
Photo: Wargo/WireImage
What’s the only thing better than becoming the first acclaimed all-female rock band? Becoming the first all-female rock band to get your own biopic. At least that was the feeling during Wednesday night’s premiere of The Runaways, the true story of the five teenage girls who spent the Seventies kicking their way down the Sunset Strip and into the boys’ club. On the red carpet at New York’s Landmark Sunshine theater, the E Street ...
Robyn Unveils New Track “Fembot”
March 18th, 2010
Photo: Cattermole/GettySwedish dance-pop sensation Robyn is reportedly plotting three releases for 2010, and to get the party started, the “With Every Heartbeat” singer unveiled her first official single from one of the upcoming releases, “Fembot,” on her official Website yesterday. Though Robyn famously contested her record label’s attempts to brand her as a Scandinavian Christina Aguilera in the past, “Fembot” could be the purest pop confection Robyn has ever crafted, with its catchy playground ...
Universal Announces Plan to Lower CD Prices to $10 or Less
March 18th, 2010
Sales of physical albums have steadily decreased over the past half decade, and now one major label is hoping to stem the decline by adopting a daring new strategy: lowering the price of CDs. Universal Music Group has revealed a plan to reduce the wholesale cost of their albums in order to decrease the retail price of single-disc albums to $10 or less, Billboard.biz reports. Under the new plan, sales of CDs will only boast ...
Ex-Journey Singer Steve Perry Denies Sarah Silverman’s Claims About Racial Slur
March 18th, 2010
Photo: Winter/Getty(Silverman), Pace/FilmMagic(Perry)
In an interview with Playboy set to hit newsstands tomorrow, comedian Sarah Silverman responds to questions about her provocative brand of humor by telling a story about how “the onetime lead singer of a very popular band from the 1980s” came up to her after a show and said, “You’re my favorite comedian. You have the best nigger jokes.” Silverman didn’t outright name Journey’s Steve Perry, but she added, “I’ll just ...
Spoon, Broken Bells Grab the Spotlight as SXSW 2010 Launches
March 18th, 2010
Photograph by Krista De La RosaBroken Bells made a lot of noise the first day of the SXSW Music Festival with their “pop-up” show at a parking garage on Red River Street in downtown Austin. It took place at 1:00 pm and was packed to capacity. That trend continued at their Wednesday night NPR showcase at Stubb’s.
Catch up on 27 more reports — and see video — from SXSW’s Day One in our Twitter marathon ...
SXSW 2010 Day One Twitter Marathon: 27 Reports, From Andrew WK to Paul Wall
March 18th, 2010
Day one of SXSW 2010 didn’t have a big show for everyone to whisper about and try to sneak into — although Lemmy’s name was bandied around quite a bit. Instead, fans of niche genres celebrated their own victories big and small. Andrew WK returned with his new band after a long hiatus, rappers Paul Wall and Chamillionaire patched things up on stage, electronic wonder Flying Lotus kicked off what is probably going to be ...