Archive for March 6th, 2012
The Virgins Play New Songs at Intimate NYC Gig
March 6th, 2012
It was a steamy game of human sardines Monday night as a crowd speckled with faces seen in fashion magazines piled into New York City's downtown club of debauchery the Paris-imported Le Baron to hear the Virgins play some new material It's been almost four years since the Virgins released...
Cypress Hill, Rusko May Make an Album Together
March 6th, 2012
Sitting in Cypress Hill's trailer backstage at the group's SmokeOut festival Cypress' B-Real (real name Louis Freese) and Sen Dog (Senen Reyes) and dubstep producer Rusko (Chris Mercer) recalled when they first met "I think just when we were hanging out before we actually did any music before he...
Kurt Cobain-Decorated Melvins Van For Sale
March 6th, 2012
Before forming Nirvana Kurt Cobain was a major fan of the Melvins a then up-and-coming local band from Montesano Washington who equally enjoyed punk rock and heavy metal – and helped create "grunge" in the process And to show his appreciation of the band Cobain drew a "Kiss mural" (similar...
Exclusive Stream: Lee Fields’ Updates His Soul Style on ‘Faithful Man’
March 6th, 2012
Click to listen to Lee Fields & the Expressions' album 'Faithful Man' R&B veteran Lee Fields is celebrating 43 years in show business with Faithful Man a collection of new tunes recorded for Brooklyn's Truth & Soul Records The set grounds the singer in the template of Motown-style soul but includes...
Rolling Stone Announces ‘Rock Room’ Day Parties in Austin
March 6th, 2012
With the SXSW music festival just days away Rolling Stone is getting ready to kick off coverage of the annual event as well as offer fans on the ground two back-to-back day parties filled with the Austin traditions of free live music drinks and barbecueThe Rolling Stone "Rock Room" will...
Free Download: Sinden’s Electronic Track ‘Pull Up Wheel Up feat. Natalie Storm’
March 6th, 2012
Click to listen to Sinden's 'Pull Up Wheel Up feat Natalie Storm (Dillon Francis remix)' While working on the recent Count and Sinden record British DJ Sinden came across an accidental hook from an a cappella take that singer Natalie Storm had sent over "It always resonated with me so I...
Sammy Hagar Remembers Ronnie Montrose
March 6th, 2012
For me Ronnie's passing is the end of an era Ronnie Montrose gave me my first break as a songwriter as a front man as a recording artist and as a touring artist and for that I will always be grateful The first Montrose album was the...
New Reviews: John Mayer Takes the High Road on ‘Shadow Days’
March 6th, 2012
In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews Jon Dolan praises "Shadow Days" the new country-tinged single by John Mayer who has returned after throat issues and some truly embarassing public comments about his "David Duke cock" "You've got to admire a man who takes the high road and as...
Backstreet Boy Target of Jewelry Theft
March 6th, 2012
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has told police that $120000 in jewelry was stolen from a Stone Mountain hotel where he and his wife Leighanne were staying According to Littrell he and his wife realized they had left jewelry on the nightstand in their room as they were leaving the hotel...
Animated Osbournes Series in the Works
March 6th, 2012
A Toronto animation studio is shopping a new series The F'n Osbournes based on the life of Ozzy Osbourne and his family Cuppa Coffee Studios who previously produced MTV's Celebrity Death Match and Comedy Central's Ugly Americans is hoping to sell 20 episodes of the stop-motion series at the Cannes...