The best thing about Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V is that it exists. It finds the man who once called himself “the best rapper alive” – and who, for a few years in the late 2000s, indisputably lived up to that boast – finally emerging from five years of personal …
Read More »Smashing Pumpkins Add New Dates to 30th Anniversary Tour
Smashing Pumpkinsadded a winter North American leg to their ongoing Shiny and Oh So Bright 30th anniversary reunion tour. With the band’s new album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun – Billy Corgan’s first Pumpkins album with both guitarist James Iha …
Read More »Paul Stanley on the Last Days of Kiss
Soon after Kiss announced their End of the Road tour, frontman Paul Stanley called into the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for an in-depth interview, in which he explained why the band is retiring from the road, and much more. To hear the entire conversation, press play below or download …
Read More »To Hell and Back: Draco Rosa on Menudo, Beating Cancer and New Album, 'Monte Sagrado'
“The more gratitude you have, the more powerful you will feel because you will eliminate fear,” muses Draco Rosa, born Robert Edward Rosa Suárez. Puerto Rican by way of New York, the 49-year-old musician has, in a way, has gone to hell and back, confessing to darker days in the …
Read More »Coheed and Cambria Tap Into Musical Theater on New Song 'Old Flames'
Coheed and Cambria return with a grandiose new song “Old Flames.” Frontman Claudio Sanchez recounts a story of romantic regret between the key characters in the prog-metal band’s upcoming album Vaxis –Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures. “Don’t you fear –I’m bringing you home/ Out of this pit where I left …
Read More »See 'Voice' Contestant's Stunning Cover of Jessie J's 'Mamma Knows Best'
True to its name, NBC’s The Voice featured some huge pipes during the September 24th premiere of its Season 15, with contestants belting out pop covers that shook the rafters in their Blind Auditions. Filipino karaoke enthusiast Radha came out swinging with a rocked-up soul rendition of Jessie J’s “Mamma …
Read More »Celine Dion Plots Final Dates of Las Vegas Live Residency
Celine Dion will conclude her long-running Las Vegas concert residency on June 8th, 2019. The singer announced 28 final shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with the dates split into two stints: February 26th through March 16th, and May 14th through June 8th. The “My Heart Will Go On” …
Read More »Hear Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy Team Up on 'A Song With No Name'
Norah Jones last released an album in 2016, but she hasn’t stopped putting out new music. In the last few months she’s been releasing a series of standalone singles, ranging from jazz-influenced soul (“It Was You”) to ethereal psychedelia (“My Heart is Full.”) The latest is release is “A Song …
Read More »Watch Nine Inch Nails Perform 'The Perfect Drug' Live For First Time
Nine Inch Nails‘ just-launched Cold and Black and Infinite Tour continues to provide fans with unexpected surprises as the band’s Tuesday concert at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre featured their first-ever performance of “The Perfect Drug.” Despite its standing as a fan-favorite from the Lost Highway soundtrack, Trent Reznor had …
Read More »Pink Floyd's Rick Wright: 12 Essential Songs
Throughout Pink Floyd‘s three-decade-plus history, the band employed only five full-time members. Three of those men had their turn helming the project, each one inflecting it with a unique flavor. Syd Barrett reigned over the madcap, bluesy space-rock era; Roger Waters ruled the proggy, introspective concept-album days; and David Gilmour …
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