Peter Gabriel has spent the last two years resurrecting his landmark 1986 album So at venues all across Europe and North America and this week he’s releasing Back to Front – Live in London a Blu-ray and DVD/CD that captures a gig at London’s 02 Arena in 2013 Peter Gabriel and… Source
Stephen Stills is the only member of Crosby Stills Nash and Young without a memoir but that’s about to change “I’m writing one right now” the guitarist tells Rolling Stone “And it is a bitch It’s the hardest fucking thing in the world! I mean there’s writing and there’s typing… Source
An extremely rare vinyl copy of Aphex Twin’s lost album Caustic Window was just sold on eBay to Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson for $46300 Fact Magazine reports See where Aphex Twin’s ‘The Richard D James Album’ placed on our 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time Twenty years ago Richard James the… Source
Attorneys for the FBI are seeking to get the Insane Clown Posse’s lawsuit against the organization dismissed on grounds that the group should not be able to sue them In 2011 the FBI classified the horrorcore rap duo’s fans Juggalos as a gang akin to the Bloods or Crips One… Source
On Tuesday Amnesty International admitted that a Belgian anti-torture ad campaign featuring an image of Iggy Pop used the singer’s image without permission and apologized for the error The original image featured the singer’s face bloodied and beaten and in French quoted him as saying “The future of rock & roll is Justin Bieber”; its… […]
A draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics for his groundbreaking 1965 song “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for $2045 million at auction Tuesday afternoon 10 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs Bono on “Like a Rolling Stone” The lyrics were sold to an unidentified bidder at auction house Sotheby’s who called the sale a world record for a… […]
In the more than 15 years they’ve been together the members of Little Big Town — Karen Fairchild Kimberly Schlapman Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook — have written songs in a number of configurations both within and outside their group For their latest single “Day Drinking” Fairchild Westbrook and Sweet… Source
Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp was one of the biggest breakout indie records of 2012 Produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner it featured liner notes jammed with bold-faced Brooklynites from bands like Wye Oak and Beirut and pushed Van Etten from tiny venues to huge clubs There was just one problem… Source
Willie Nelson’s Teapot Party movement which now has more than 115000 Facebook followers was founded after his 2010 arrest for marijuana possession in Texas His practical (and slyly humorous) advice to fellow pot advocates is to support like-minded candidates 100 Greatest Singers Willie Nelson “Get out and go vote” he says in… Source
Bono called out Apple for not doing enough to promote their long-standing partnership with the U2 frontman’s global nonprofit (RED) during his presentation at Cannes Lions Billboard reports Readers’ Poll The 10 Greatest U2 Albums Specifically Bono’s leveled his criticism at Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design Jony Ive who was seated… Source
