You can tell a lot about a year by its celebrity feuds. Taylor Swift’s 2014 spats, for instance, solidified her status as the biggest pop star of the moment while those who crossed her came off looking like also-ran’s. With the exception of one major conflagration in an elevator, the majority of…… Source: RollingStone Link: 12 Biggest […]
Frozen, Disney’s November 2013 princess flick, tells the story of two reclusive sisters, Anna and Elsa, who inherit the kingdom of Arendelle and must defend it from Duke of Weselton and Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. They succeed, of course, but they also grow as people, sing a few…… Source: RollingStone Link: Ice Age […]
Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos has shared the demo of a new song “Somewhere,” via his Eastern Shift project, as well as several other new tracks in various states of completion. The 90-second “Somewhere” bursts with all the synthesizer giddiness of a Passion Pit tune or mid-2000s Kanye West, complete…… Source: RollingStone Link: Passion Pit's […]
Love or hate them, Nickelback have a handle on hard-rock anthems. The secret to their multiplatinum success is that they’re masters of generality, packaging all the bland blue-collar fantasies and unrequited nostalgia of an According to Jim rerun into formulaic head-nodders. The Canadian rockers’ latest set is no exception, though…… Source: RollingStone Link: No Fixed […]
Cross-genre pairings are nothing new in country music: Willie Nelson has lit up the charts with duet partners ranging from Julio Iglesias to Snoop Dogg. Johnny Cash once collaborated with members of Nirvana and Soundgarden. And CMT has made a whole show, Crossroads, out of rock-country mashups. But this year…… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Most […]
The newly-reunited Nickel Creek share the bill with the Avett Brothers on the January 3rd episode of Austin City Limits, as the legendary live-music show begins its 40th season. Stopping by the set in the middle of their 25th anniversary tour, the folk trio of musical prodigies Chris Thile, Sara…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Nickel […]
iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending December 29, 2014: Source: Yahoo Music Link: The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
North Carolina rapper J. Cole visited Ferguson, Missouri, to demand justice for Michael Brown and protested in New York for Eric Garner – but none of that political fire burns on his third album. Cole still can’t separate his interest in world issues from what’s in his pants: He speaks…… Source: RollingStone Link: 2014 Forest […]
Rick Ross – a man of XL fantasies, XL luxury and XL bass – is, of course, the only rapper brazen enough to drop two full-length albums in a year when no one’s going platinum unless they’re named Taylor Swift. Sadly, though, the Miami MC’s seventh LP explodes with none…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hood Billionaire
Indie rockers Broken Social Scene have commemorated 2014 as “a year of incredible brutality” with a montage video for “Golden Facelift,” an outtake from the sessions for their 2010 LP Forgiveness Rock Record. The video, premiered by Pitchfork, is a montage of both the innocuous (kittens, Guardians of the Galaxy) and the serious (grand…… Source: RollingStone Link: See Broken […]