Billy Joel welcomed Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday to perform a pair of the rock band’s hits, “Urgent” and “Cold as Ice.” Before bringing the recently reunited Foreigner duo out, Joel told the audience that Jones co-produced his 1989 album Storm Front in addition to penning Foreigner’s hits. “Him and another guy who was the singer of all those great songs are here with us tonight,” Joel said. Gramm and Jones...
Jack White detailed the track list and release date for his upcoming third solo LP, Boarding House Reach. The 13-track album – his first since 2014’s Lazaretto – is out March 23rd via Third Man/Columbia. The singer-songwriter announced the album on Wednesday, issuing lead single “Connected By Love” and album cut “Respect Commander.” White produced and recorded Boarding House Reach at Sear Sound in New York City, Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and his own Third Man Studio in Nashville....
Camila Cabello, CamilaThe solo debut from the “Havana” thrush and former Fifth Harmony member is “a personal statement, low-key and mellow even when it’s infused with the rhythms of her Cuban-Mexican heritage,” writes Rob Sheffield. “Even at her most tormented, she sounds totally confident and totally herself.”Read Our Feature: Camila Cabello on Debut Album: “This Sounds Like Me and Only Me”Read Our Review: Camila Cabello Eschews Bangers on Personal, Low-Key Solo AlbumHear: Amazon...
Only 20, Camila Cabello is already a seasoned veteran of the pop-star wars. Born in Havana, raised in Miami, she blew up with the girl group Fifth Harmony, who formed on The X Factor before scoring superb hits like “Reflection” and “Work From Home.” Although Cabello was the most high-profile member of Fifth Harmony, this group wasn’t built to last, and Cabello broke away in one of the messiest, most shade-intensive pop splits of recent years. This was not exactly...
Marshmello released a new single, “Spotlight,” featuring Lil Peep, a song the pair started working on but didn’t complete prior to the rapper’s death. “Peep brought an excitement to music that was unparalleled to anybody I’ve ever met,” Marshmello said in a statement. “We started an idea together, that unfortunately we were never able to officially finish together. When I listen to this track now I get chills wishing he could hear it. This record is dedicated to Peep’s mother,...
Lana Del Rey layers her silky croon into the electro-soul of BØRNS’ “Blue Madonna,” the title-track from his second LP. Del Rey appears toward the end, singing of a new lover, “Blue madonna in my bed now, blue madonna in my head now” over throbbing synth-bass, ticking programmed drums and a guitar solo. Del Rey also appears on Blue Madonna single “God Save Our Young Blood.” The singer – who released her fifth LP, Lust for Life, last year –...
Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello unveiled a gorgeous cover of Prince‘s “Sometimes It Snows in April,” the first offering from her upcoming covers LP, Tender Love. Ndegeocello puts a unique yet faithful spin on Prince’s Parade ballad, opening her version with a rumbling tangle of bass and guitar that delicately unravels into the melody. Ndegeocello delivers a enthralling vocal performance, with her rich voice jumping between registers as each resonant syllable rounded off with a hush. “I had to make something...
Taylor Swift has released the new video for Reputation song, “End Game.” The clip follows Swift hopping around the globe in international locales where she hits the beach; This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Taylor Swift’s New Globe-Trotting ‘End Game’...
John Fogerty has taken issue with the forthcoming film Proud Mary, which shares the same name as his 1969 hit with Creedence Clearwater Revival. The musician said that he was not consulted about “using This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: John Fogerty on ‘Proud Mary’ Film: It ‘Has Nothing to Do With Me or My...
“I certainly don’t keep up with hip-hop but I’m trying to now,” says iconic British illustrator and painter Ralph Steadman, best known as the twisted mind behind the dark, grotesque, hilarious, disturbing art that accompanied the early-1970s gonzo journalistic screeds of the late Hunter S. Thompson, including his 1972 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and various Rolling Stone This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Ralph Steadman: Legendary ‘Fear and Loathing’ Illustrator Talks Making...
I always wait to crack open a new calendar, to another January, before I review my year in music – in records, concerts and pivotal events – because the best of it can still happen in the December innings: Steve Miller playing the blues with fire and ardor; the blistering return, after a 30-year sabbatical, of the Dream Syndicate; and Warren Haynes’ moving epitaph, via Pink Floyd, to a rock This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: David Fricke’s Year in...
Tune-Yards unveiled a dizzying, delightful video for “Heart Attack” that from the forthcoming album, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, out January 19th via 4AD. The Mimi Cave-directed video opens with a shots of various people wearing paper bags on their heads and performing surreal This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Tune-Yards’ Ecstatic New ‘Heart Attack’...
In February, Dan Auerbach is hitting the road with the Easy Eye Sound Revue featuring Robert Finley, Shannon Shaw, and special guests This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Dan Auerbach: 5 Great Songs Where the First Line Is Also the...
Camila Cabello took to The Tonight Show stage to deliver an electrifying performance of her latest single, “Never Be the Same.” Cabello’s debut solo album Camila will be out this Friday. In front of mirrors that doubled as screens for a wild collection of visuals, Cabello belted out the romantic, booming pop song. Cabello first appears in front of a pale blue screen, seemingly flanked by two bodies that are soon revealed as her own reflections. She utilizes the mirrors throughout...
Moog Music’s new Drummer From Another Mother is an analog synthesizer that makes twisted percussion...
Fall Out Boy battle unrequited love with loud, hooky guitars on their new song “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes).” The track is the latest single from their upcoming album, Mania. Fall Out Boy’s recent singles encompass modern production trends with electronic dance music flourishes and breezy pop. In contrast, “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)” is a straightforward barrage of crunchy guitar riffs and arena-ready “whoa-oh-whoa’s.” “There’s nothing more cruel than to be loved by everybody...
Troye Sivan gives a joyous preview of his upcoming album with new single “My My My!” Grant Singer — who has directed videos for Taylor Swift, the Weeknd, Lorde and more — helmed the dreamy new clip. The upbeat, dance-y track gets an appropriate This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Troye Sivan’s Moody New ‘My, My, My!’...
Karen O released a distortion-slathered duet featuring vocals from the English singer Michael Kiwanuka on Thursday. “Yo! My Saint” offers a stylized distillation of Sixties rock. Electric guitar is coated in a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Karen O Channel Korean Soap Opera on New Song ‘Yo! My...
Eric Clapton revealed that he was going deaf while discussing his ongoing health issues and the difficulties of playing guitar in his Seventies during an interview with BBC 2. Clapton noted he plans to keep performing live, but This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Eric Clapton: ‘I’m Going...
“Fast” Eddie Clarke, the guitarist for heavy metal legends Motörhead who appeared on many of the band’s classic albums, died Wednesday. He was 67. The group confirmed Clarke’s death on Facebook, noting that he was in the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Motorhead Guitarist ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke Dead at...