English rock trio the Wombats performed spare, taut versions of “Lemon to a Knife Fight” and “Turn” in the run-up to the release of their new album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life. The recorded version of lead single “Lemon to a Knife Fight” is full of buzzing electric guitars and firm percussion, but during their visit to Rolling Stone, the band stripped the song down to its core elements. Without drums and distortion, different elements come to the fore, including...
Adam Levine and actress Alexandra Daddario’s relationship unravels in Maroon 5‘s new video for, “Wait.” The track appears on the pop group’s latest album, Red Pill Blues. The David Meyers-directed clip stars opens with the Maroon 5 frontman in a surreal setting. He rises from a coffin and then raises Daddario from the dead as well. Throughout the “Wait” video, Levine and Daddario brawl and makeup. Meyers brings out this mix of chaos and passion with vivid special effects, showing...
Portland-via-New Zealand psych rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra will release their new album, Sex and Food, April 16th via JagJaguwar. The band also shared a new music video for the record’s first single, “American Guilt.” Director/animator Greg Sharp helmed the clip, pairing the grimy, heavy sounds of “American Guilt” with a vivid junkyard panorama packed with old clothes, half-eaten food, porno mags, children’s toys and briefcases filled with money. “‘American Guilt’ is an attempt to...
The music of Huey Lewis and the News will anchor a new stage musical, Heart of Rock and Roll. Lewis announced the musical on Thursday in a short video that also features Jimmy Kimmel, who announced that he would be quitting his job to star as Lewis in Heart of Rock and Roll. While Lewis tried to explain that the show was not about himself, but rather an original story based on his music, Kimmel remained committed to the role,...
Rush weren’t the first band to fill an entire album side with a single epic track, but grand, suite-like works such as 1976’s “2112” and 1978’s “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres” helped make them legends of long-form prog. So it makes sense that after retro-minded SoCal hard rockers Fu Manchu recorded “Il Mostro Atomico” – an 18-minute song set for their new LP, Clone of the Universe – they invited Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson to appear on the track. The full...
On the eve of his 85th birthday, legendary record producer Quincy Jones covered a lot of controversial ground in a wide-ranging interview with New York magazine. The frank interview touched on lighter fare, like astrology (he’s a Pisces) and dating Ivanka Trump, to why race relations and feminism are imperative movements right now. Jones gave many opinions about the music industry (namely, that it no longer exists), but is optimistic about artists like Bruno Mars, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, Sam...
After nearly four decades of defining and redefining heavy metal and terrorizing small winged animals as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne will launch his final tour this spring. The two-year trek, which bears the impish title “No More Tours 2,” as a throwback to his early-Nineties retirement tour, will kick off in Mexico in May before making its way to the States in August. “I’m not retiring,” the singer told Rolling Stone on Tuesday. “It’s ‘No More Tours,’ so I’m...
Fool’s Gold founder and producer A-Trak debuted a new Young Thug collaboration, the visceral and catchy “Ride for Me.” The track also features production from Falcons and additional vocals from 24hrs. Young Thug shows off his eclectic, cartoonish range with erratic vocal work. It is one of the Atlanta rapper’s wildest vocal performances yet and complements 24hrs’ much tamer contribution. Between working with Fool’s Gold, A-Trak has consistently released club-ready remixes and originals, including his...
Lana Del Rey discussed her musical influences with a variety of other artists – including Courtney Love, Stevie Nicks and This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Lana Del Rey Talks Janis Joplin Influence With Courtney Love,...
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament – who is releasing his new solo album Heaven/Hell in mid-March and gearing up for the band’s upcoming world tour – had a difficult time narrowing down his favorite songs of 2017 to a mere five. “The last few months of 2017 was filled with so many great records by St. Vincent, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament: My Favorite Songs of...
Stephen Malkmus released a laid-back new single “Middle America” coupled with the announcement of a massive North American tour this summer. Anyone familiar with Malkmus’ solo work or his songs in Pavement will recognize the elements in “Middle America”: Malkmus sings twisting, inscrutable passages in a light croon over smooth guitar rock. The hook is a rascally toast – “May you be shitfaced the day you die/ And be successful in all your lies.” Malkmus will kick off a two-month...
An expansive soundtrack to accompany HBO’s upcoming documentary, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, will be released April 6th via RCA/Legacy Recordings. The soundtrack will feature a mix of Presley hits and alternate mixes, while a deluxe edition will feature selections from the documentary’s score composed by Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready. The Searcher soundtrack will be available digitally and on CD and double vinyl LP, while the deluxe edition will packaged as a three-CD set. All versions are available to pre-order now....
Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton will be honored on what would have been his 56th birthday, with Alameda County, California proclaiming February 10th “Cliff Burton Day.” The proclamation comes after Metallica fans started a Change.org petition to recognize Burton in his hometown of Castro Valley. Metallica announced the news on Twitter, writing, “It’s official! The Board of Supervisors from Alameda County has just proclaimed February 10th, 2018, which would have been Cliff’s 56th birthday, ‘Cliff...
Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton will be honored on what would have been his 56th birthday, with Alameda County, California proclaiming February 10th “Cliff Burton Day.” The proclamation comes after Metallica fans started a Change.org petition to recognize Burton in his hometown of Castro Valley. Metallica announced the news on Twitter, writing, “It’s official! The Board of Supervisors from Alameda County has just proclaimed February 10th, 2018, which would have been Cliff’s 56th birthday, ‘Cliff...
Half a century after Ozzy Osbourne launched his career with Black Sabbath and four decades since he went out on his own, the Prince of Bloody Darkness will embark on his final world tour. “Will it really have been 40 years that I’ve been solo?” Osbourne ponders aloud. “Yeah, I guess that’s right. It’s gone so quickly.” Dubbed “No More Tours 2” – a cheeky throwback to his ill-fated retirement bid called “No More Tours” in the early Nineties – Osbourne...
Journey were just six days into their U.S. tour in support of 1981’s Escape when keyboardist Jonathan Cain began feeling homesick. The previous year he’d quit the Baby’s to replace founding keyboardist Gregg Rolie in Journey, and on the strength of singles like “Open Arms,” “Who’s Crying Now” and “Don’t Stop Believin'” they were headlining arenas on a tour that would keep them on the road for a solid year. The band bus was somewhere between Portland, Maine and Saratoga...
Beloved jam band Gov’t Mule will embark on a North American tour this spring in support of their latest album, Revolution Come… Revolution Go. The 13-date run kicks off April 18th at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and wraps May 4th with the group’s annual show in New Orleans during Jazz Fest. Black Stone Cherry will serve as support throughout most of the tour, though the Tangiers Blues Band will open an April 29th concert in Asbury...
Kendrick Lamar and SZA unveiled a striking new video for their new collaboration, “All the Stars,” which will appear on the Lamar-curated soundtrack for Marvel’s Black Panther. Dave Meyers and the Little Homies directed the new video, which mixes an African aesthetic with the grandiose feel of superhero flicks. In the clip, Lamar captains a boat buoyed by a sea of people, holds court in a small village and wanders a vast landscape alongside a pack of panthers, while SZA...
A new, 50th anniversary box-set edition of Love‘s landmark Forever Changes album will feature unreleased tracks, alternate mixes and a hardcover book. The set, due April 6th, will create a comprehensive portrait of the album through four CDs, a DVD and an LP, paired with liner notes by music historian Ted Olsen that break down each track on the album. Arthur Lee (1945-2006) The mastermind behind pioneering psychedelic-pop outfit Love succumbs to leukemia at age sixty-one The album’s original co-producer...
Three years ago, Fall Out Boy opened a pop-up store in New York, selling T-shirts in a space that resembled a punk-rock club. When the band revisited the idea at stores in New York and L.A. this past fall, the vibe and decor were noticeably upgraded. Purple-tinted windows made fans feel as if they were walking into the cover of the band’s new album, Mania, and among the items on sale were hand-painted $150 denim jackets. “It’s bigger now, and...
