Ludacris has been focused more on acting in blockbuster movies than on making music in recent years. But on his first album since 2010, he’s still the same elastically flowing shout-rap dirty bird — gleefully wilding out on Southern party jams like “Get Lit” and “Beast Mode.” At 37, Luda also… Source: RollingStone Link: Ludaversal
In his hugely successful second act as a country singer, the artist formerly known as Hootie has proved he’s as solidly likable as any dude in Nashville. On his fourth solo country album, Rucker is warm and easygoing, more buddy than bro, winningly carrying bar-hopping honky-tonk (“Good for a Good… Source: RollingStone Link: Southern Style
The 2012 passing of Sufjan Stevens’ estranged mother, Carrie, sparked an existential crisis in the 39-year-old singer-songwriter. Here, on his most emotionally draining album, he joins Nick Drake and Elliott Smith in the canon of artists who channel suicidal thoughts into impossibly pretty songs. Stevens strips his sound far enough… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie & […]
It’s been more than 50 years since Ringo Starr declared himself a fan of Beethoven — “especially his poems.” But all that time, he’s reigned as one of rock & roll’s most beloved sages. Postcards From Paradise, his 18th solo effort, is a masterful summary of Ringo-ness: his cheer, his cheek,… Source: RollingStone Link: Postcards From […]
Kintsugi is Death Cab for Cutie’s survival record. In the years since the indie-rock heroes put out 2011’s comparatively buoyant Codes and Keys, frontman Ben Gibbard went through a public divorce from actress-singer Zooey Deschanel, and founding guitarist and producer Chris Walla began to move out of the band’s orbit…. Source: RollingStone Link: Kintsugi
Tenants of an Arts District rehearsal space fear eviction from their warehouse as the glitzy private club, which plans a warren of extended-stay artist studio rooms, remains silent on its real estate plans in the neighborhood. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Soho House Downtown L.A. Plan Could Displace Nervous Local Musicians
A phalanx of chart-topping stars from across genres joined forces in the garage of New York City’s biggest post office today to launch the newly artist-owned high-definition streaming service Tidal. Like a scene out of a pop-music version of The Avengers, 16 hit-makers – Alicia Keys, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler… Source: RollingStone Link: Music Megastars […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — You can bring your beach towels and floral headbands, but forget that selfie stick if you're planning to go to the Coachella or Lollapalooza music festivals. Source: Yahoo Music Link: No 'narsisstics': Music festivals ban fans' selfie sticks
Ultra Music Festival, one of the hugest dance events in America, brought another slew of huge names for its 17th year — Skrillex, Avicii, Bassnectar, Steve Aoki and, during Martin Garrix’s set, even Usher joined in the fun. Here’s a look back at the Miami bash’s best beats and bashes. Source: RollingStone Link: Shut Up and Dance: […]
Seminal hip-hop crew De La Soul will begin recording their eighth album, And the Anonymous Nobody, in Atlanta this April, with plans to fundraise the project through a new Kickstarter campaign. The forthcoming LP will boast a handful of special guests, including David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Little Dragon, who will… Source: RollingStone Link: De […]