Lana Del Rey’s “Ultraviolence” video is nothing like what Stanley Kubrick or A Clockwork Orange author Anthony Burgess who coined the term the singer used for the title of this song and her album could have dreamed up Instead it’s an innocuous bridal fantasy in which Del Rey wanders around…
The ever-unclassifiable Janelle Monáe has shared the music video for her funky single “Electric Lady” In the futuristic clip Monáe hits up an “Electra Phi Beta” sorority house party which erupts into choreographed dance routines (complete with lightsabers) marching band guest spots and cameos from musician friends TI Estelle Esperanza Spalding…
Between 2006 and 2008 a few years before cancer took his life in May 2012 Robin Gibb returned to the studio to record what would have been a largely autobiographical final LP Now Gibb’s wife Dwina and son RJ are releasing the best of those sessions – and a few…
“I’m not like a crazy ‘I’m gonna die for my fans’ type” Katy Perry says in her new Rolling Stone cover story which hits stands on Friday “Some people are so dramatic about it and you’re like ‘Honestly you’re not the Second Coming You’re just an entertainer!’… I’m very grateful…
“There’s no original version” Beck says of the 20 songs he included in his Song Reader collection of sheet music published by McSweeney’s in late 2012 So when people perform them “it’s an interesting game of Telephone” Now with the recent release of an all-star Song Reader album Beck’s set…
The ACM Honors — a continuation of this year’s ACM Awards to hand out the Academy of Country Music’s off-camera awards — has announced its honorees Kris Kristofferson is one of four songwriters receiving the Poet’s Award Merle Haggard is the recipient of the Crystal Milestone Award and Carrie Underwood…
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way will release his debut solo LP Hesitant Alien on September 30th via Warner Bros Records The album was produced by Doug McKean (MCR Tegan and Sara Goo Goo Dolls) mixed by Tchad Blake (The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys) and inspired by the shoegaze and Brit-pop heroes…
Garth Brooks has always been partial to big reveals so it’s no surprise he’s announcing one show at a time for his big comeback tour Today’s revelation Atlanta’s Phillips Arena on September 19th Time Out 10 Artists Who Walked Away Georgia’s capital city is the second stop on the Garth Brooks World…
Late last week the FBI arrested 32-year-old Jessica Leigh Robbins of Tampa for allegedly harassing Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell online and charged her with stalking Tampa Bay Times reports that Cornell and his wife believed that Robbins entered their Miami home last year and more recently pulled their children out…
The odds of a Led Zeppelin reunion seem to be growing slimmer by the month In a new interview with Uncut (via NME) Robert Plant says he is “disappointed and baffled” by Jimmy Page and his attempts to fuel the reunion rumor mill Better off Led Jimmy Page’s Most Savage Guitar…
