What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from blink-182, Weezer, Machine Gun Kelly and more.
Another day, another festival. Last week it was Coachella, yesterday it was Firefly, and today it’s the long-awaited announcement of the 2014 Governors Ball festival in NYC. It takes place from June 6 – 8 at Randall’s Island Park in NYC, and tickets go on sale at 3pm, so clear your schedule so you can make sure you get them! They’ve got a stacked lineup this year including a recently reunited Outkast, Jack White, and Vampire Weekend at the top of the bill. Phoenix, Interpol, Foster the People, Skrillex, and Disclosure are also some of the larger names on the… Read more »
It’s been an exciting time in the world of Josh Madden from fashion week to the X Games and it’s inspired a truly incredible episode of First Person. Hear Rocky Fresh, Interpol, Bad Brains, Pyyramids (and maybe even Taylor Swift) this week!
Taking Back Sunday gave its fourth LP a fitting title: New Again. For frontman Adam Lazarra, the addition of guitarist Matt Fazzi last spring has given the five-piece a wildly fresh perspective. Bassist Matt Rubano agrees that the band is embracing a new genre with its new release. “The idea that we’ve really embraced on this record is that it’s up to us to decide what Taking Back Sunday sounds like,” bassist Matt Rubano said. “We always want to be redefining what that means, and there’s stuff on this record I think in the past we would have stayed away… Read more »
Linkin Park will record a new song and contribute to the score of this summer’s guaranteed blockbuster Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Mike Shinoda announced on his Web site. “In addition, we have been offered the unique opportunity to help score the film,” Shinoda wrote. “The song we wrote is being used as one of the themes, and we will be writing various interpolations on that theme, and trying out some other thematic ideas.” In a studio update posted on March 28, Shinoda hinted that the song “is built on layered, heavy synths” and “it creates a nice interplay… Read more »
On Sunday, dozens of the world’s best-known entertainers gathered on the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” 45 years ago to offer an exuberant welcome to President-elect Barack Obama. U2 provided one of several emotional highs of the day, performing their tribute to King, “Pride (In the Name of Love),” during which Bono declared, “On Tuesday that dream comes to pass!” Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Beyoncé and Garth Brooks were among the A-list performers who helped set the joyful, optimistic tone at the concert, officially called “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural… Read more »
2007 was a year of duality for music. While the industry continued to tank, it was quietly a very good year for rock ‘n’ roll and indie music. The Boss returned with his old band, the Police actually got along and even Led Zeppelin reunited. The most exciting music was busy breaking down barriers. Arcade Fire played in intimate churches; Web site TakeAwayShows.com and the film “Once” returned music to the streets; and a certain British band eliminated a very big middle man. “In Rainbows,” Radiohead: The much-ballyhooed online release of “In Rainbows” in some ways obscured what an excellent… Read more »
Good Charlotte know they aren’t the world’s most critically acclaimed band. So instead of trying to appeal to an audience bent on hating them, they’ve fully embraced their pop leanings on their new album, Good Morning Revival. The record finds the band in a much more comfortable place than 2004’s The Chronicles Of Life And Death, and they even seem to accept why so many people hate them. “I remember one of the first reviews I ever read about our band when we first came out, they were like, ‘They’re a manufactured band and they’ll be gone tomorrow,’” guitarist Benji… Read more »
The Beastie Boys, Bjork, the Arcade Fire, Spoon and Interpol lead the lineup for the sixth Sasquatch! Festival, to be held May 26-27 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash. Manu Chao, the Hold Steady, M.I.A., Bad Brains, the Dandy Warhols and Neko Case are also on the bill. Tickets go on sale March 3. As usual, the Yeti Stage will be devoted to acts from the Pacific Northwest, including the Thermals, Jesse Sykes, Viva Voce, the Helio Sequence and Smoosh. In addition, organizers have teamed with Esurance and Sustainable Energy Partners to deliver a carbon-neutral event in 2007. Here… Read more »
In addition to its always eclectic, star-studded lineup, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has established a reputation for frequently landing the hotly sought return of a major indie-rock figurehead. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times , this year’s major coup is a reunion of thrashing political rockers Rage Against the Machine, who have not played together for seven years. The band is expected to get together for a one-off headlining show at the eighth edition of the three-day festival, which they last played in 1999. Also reportedly joining Rage on the bill are Coachella veterans… Read more »
