On June 26 1989 Alan Jackson became the first artist to sign with the Arista Nashville record label The singer who had toiled in the mailroom at TNN (The Nashville Network) after moving to Music City with his wife Denise would eventually score 26 Number One singles but the lanky…
“The Ramones were the great American rock band of our time” says Rob Zombie “Endlessly copied but never equaled” The leather-clad jackhammer punk icons broke up in 1996 and Johnny Ramone died in 2004 but in the 10 years since his passing the guitarist’s widow Linda has been celebrating his…
Grimes premiered “Go” a song she wrote with collaborator Blood Diamonds for Rihanna that the pop star ultimately rejected at Governors Ball earlier this month Now that tune which features a backdrop of screams New-Wave keyboards and EDM stuttering as she sings about dreams memories and escapism is her first…
The Beastie Boys’ Mike D grabbed his board some brews and a few bros — including director Spike Jonze and pro surfer Rob Machado — for a surfing excursion captured on tape by surf-themed artist Alex Kopps in a new clip for the lifestyle publication Nowness Sure Shots The Best of the Beastie Boys The… […]
The 2014 NBA Draft is set for Thursday night in Brooklyn and while most will be focused on the futures of this year’s crop of talented teenagers we prefer to discuss more important things Namely the shocking sartorial choices those top picks make Bill Simmons’ Big Score How He Built a…
There’s something poetic about Rascal Flatts’ turn-back-time single “Rewind” returning them to the top of the charts The song reached Number One on the Mediabase Country Singles chart back in May the first such milestone for the trio since 2012’s “Banjo” Singer Gary LeVox guitarist Joe Don Rooney and bass…
In the video for their first-ever duet “Somethin’ Bad” Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood check off seemingly every sexy scenario in the music video playbook They pose for bad girls mug shots straddle motorcycles dress in cat suits dive away from explosions and pout pout pout Miranda Lambert Reveals Inspiration for…
The most powerful couple in music could have easily just coasted on their names performing a sparse half-Jay/half-Bey concert before cashing the Roc Nation checks Instead over the course of two-and-a-half hours and 42 songs the Carters opened their joint On the Run tour with a well synchronized cinematic spectacle…
“I’ve got a Bill Murray story” Questlove says in all seriousness It was just discussed that only two stories go viral these days those about Kanye West or the Ghostbusters star “Bill Murray strangely followed my DJ tours like three of them in three random spots in Brooklyn I didn’t…
Wade Bowen has been a staple of the Texas country circuit for more than a decade and in recent years has made a name for himself on the national scene as well His 2012 album The Given peaked at Number Nine on the country charts with his hit single “Saturday…
