Macklemore and Kesha venture into the woods, surrounded by friends, in the serene new video for “Good Old Days.” The song will appear on Macklemore‘s upcoming solo album, Gemini. The Johnny Valencia-directed clip opens with Macklemore and Kesha sitting by the side of the road while the song’s producer, Josh …
Read More »Little Big Town Plot 2018 Tour With Kacey Musgraves, Midland
Little Big Town have been busy this year bringing plenty of their country music friends out to join them for their residency at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Now they’ll be bringing friends Kacey Musgraves and Midland on the road with them in 2018 for the newly announced The Breaker …
Read More »Willie Nelson Details New LP From 'Willie's Stash'
Willie Nelson will shine a spotlight on his sons Lukas and Micah with the October 20th release of Willie Nelson and the Boys, the second installment in the archival recording series, Willie’s Stash. Curated by the Country Music Hall of Fame legend the Willie’s Stash recordings represent decades of Nelson’s …
Read More »Chester Bennington's Widow: 'Depression Doesn't Have a Face or a Mood'
Talinda Bennington, widow of Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington, tweeted a playful family video on Saturday showing the musician eating jelly beans with his children. She posted the clip, filmed the day before the singer’s suicide, to illustrate how “depression doesn’t have a face or a mood.” “This is what depression …
Read More »Drummer Jon Wurster Remembers Grant Hart: 'The Center of the Sonic Hurricane'
Jon Wurster has been the longtime drummer for Superchunk and the Mountain Goats, but in his work with the Bob Mould band, he had a chance to fill the throne of one of his heroes:Hüsker Dü’sGrant Hart, who died Thursday at 56. Here, Wurster remembers Hart as a force of …
Read More »R.E.M. Unearth Unheard Demos for 'Automatic for the People' Reissue
R.E.M. unearthed 20 previously unheard demos for an upcoming remastered 25th anniversary reissue of their eighth LP, Automatic for the People, out November 10th via Craft Recordings. The four-disc Deluxe Edition includes the unreleased tracks, including the long-rumored “Devil Rides Backwards” and “Mike’s Pop Song.” The latter tune is now …
Read More »Jessi Zazu, Those Darlins Singer, Dead at 28
UPDATE:A memorial for Zazu will be held on Sunday, September 17th at Fort Houston in Nashville. Zazu’s family and friends have asked anyone wishing to make a donation for the service and Zazu’s remaining medical expenses to visit her YouCaring site. **** Jessi Zazu, the guitarist, singer and co-founder of …
Read More »Mavis Staples Previews Jeff Tweedy-Produced LP 'If All I Was Was Black'
Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy re-team for the upcoming LP If All I Was Was Black, the soul singer’s third collaboration with the Wilco frontman. On Monday, NPR unveiled the first single and title track from the album, which finds Staples tackling contemporary issues regarding race in America under President …
Read More »Rolling Stones Celebrate Womanhood With Animated 'She's a Rainbow' Video
The Rolling Stones celebrate womanhood through the centuries in the animated lyric video for “She’s a Rainbow,” a track off the band’s Their Satanic Majesties Request. The band will release a 50th anniversary reissue of their 1967 psychedelic opus on September 22nd. In the kaleidoscopic video, which premiered at Jezebel, …
Read More »Inside Joshua Light Show's 50-Year Quest to Make Rock & Roll Visual
Janis Joplin is about to lose it. It’s 1969, she’s just finished a show at the Fillmore East in New York, and the group in charge of the theater’s so-called liquid light show, Joshua Light Show, has projected a one-word question on the screen behind where the bands play: “More?” …
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