Earlier this month 80,000 music fans trekked to the world famous Nürburgring racetrack in Germany’s Eifel mountains for the 28th annual Rock am Ring. The three day festival featured 80 international acts including Green Day, 30 Seconds to Mars and The Killers.
In commercial that aired during Sunday’s NBA Finals game, Jay-Z announced that he’s releasing a new album, titled Magna Carta Holy Grail, on the July 4. The first one million copies will be available for download for free via an app for Samsung owners on June 24. Starting at at midnight on July 4, those cell phone owners will have 72 hours to listen to the album before its released to the general public. The Samsung commercial for the “revolutionary” album features appearances from several producers, including Timbaland, Pharrell, and Rick Rubin, and includes some wisdom about how life is not just about owning Picassos. According to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung paid $5 a piece for the million digital copies, along with rights to exclusively distribute the album for the first three days.
Every year the Coachella cleanup crew finds hundreds of wallets, ID cards, bags, sunglasses and other valuable handheld items strewn around Indio’s iconic polo fields. The event organizer Goldenvoice displays all the lost goods on their website, describing them as “casualties to a weekend of hard partying; a rare chance to root around people’s pockets without them knowing” (weirdly, “young men from Australia and New Zealand have an especially hard time holding onto their driver’s licenses”). Goldenvoice waits three months before donating everything to charity, so you’ve got about five weeks left.
This past weekend at Governor’s Ball in New York City Kings of Leon had their Friday night performance canceled due to Tropical Storm Andrea. The band, upset over the cancellation, worked through the night with festival organizers and management to figure out a way to come back on Saturday. The festival found a place for them on the main stage right before the Saturday headliner, during which the fans were treated to the live premiere of Mechanical Bull’s first single, “Supersoaker.” Now even more news from the band as their label announced that a new album is on the way. The title, Mechanical Bull, will be released on September 24th.
We’re at Governors Ball this weekend (read all about it here) and this post will be your one-stop shop for all Instagram related tags.
In 2012 The Black Keys stopped by BBC Radio’s 1 Live Lounge to perform some of their biggest hits. The final result is rock music magic.
T-minus 3 days until Governors Ball 2013 on Randell’s Island in New York City. We’ve pulled together the be-all, end-all guide for people making the trip. In the guide you’ll see transportation tips, playlists, set times and much more. Keep checking back as we update it with new info and also launch our up to the minute live social media feed featuring photos and updates from the event. Updated: Festival Map – View high resolution map here – Getting There The two easiest ways to get to Randell’s Island are: 1) Ferry: Festival Ferries will be traveling to and from Randall’s Island each day of the festival, throughout the day. Departures will take place from East 35th Street Ferry Landing located at the intersection of East 35th Street at the FDR Drive, with ferries running approximately every 15 minutes, starting at 11:00am. Ferries to the island will stop at 9pm and ferries from the island will not stop until all ferry ticket buyers are off the island. This is without a doubt the easiest way to get to/from the show, plus there will be music playing on the speakers and there is a full bar on most boats. There are more »
Ahead of his sixth solo album entitled Yeezus dropping on June 18, the enigma that is Kanye West has been tight-lipped about the cast of characters that will appear on his latest opus. But luckily Esquire.com has gotten its hands on an exclusively exclusive (that means very hard to come by, in case you were wondering) track listing of the album’s features, and even got the man himself to tell us how the collaborations came about. Check out the songs from the upcoming album.
In September of 1997, many of the biggest names in rock gathered at London’s Royal Albert Hall to raise money for Montserrat, a small Caribbean island that was dealing with the vicious aftermath of a volcanic eruption. It was one of the biggest all-star classic rock shows of the decade, featuring Paul McCartney, Elton John, Phil Collins, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Buffett and Carl Perkins (four months before he died), but it’s been mostly forgotten.
Last time Will Smith visited the Graham Norton Show (UK’s version of Kimmell) he did an acapella version of Fresh Price of Bel-Air that racked up over 8,000,000 views on YouTube. Just last night he revisited Norton with his son Jaden and did a surprise performance with Jazzy Jeff for the first time in a long time. Just when you thought that was cool he blew the crowd away with another special guest. Will Smith just proved that he really is one of the coolest people alive.
The past Friday and Saturday Electric Daisy Carnival rolled into Citi Field in New York City. All the cool kids within hundreds of miles dressed up in their EDM finest and sometimes the getup looks great, and other times it doesn’t. We have a few dozens pictures of the good, the bad and the creepy of EDC 2013.
A fresh round of hilariously misheard song lyrics, all from the ’90s. Once you hear them, you’ll never be able to unhear them.
Lollapalooza has announced the official list of set times for the 2013 festival taking place in August. See which of your favorite bands are playing when & where – and start planning your weekend down to the minute!
It’s been five years since the prep-school quartet debuted “Oxford Comma,” “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” and “A-Punk” and the progression and maturity of their sound has aged nicely. The band still sound as distinct as ever, but with a more calculated approach to their music. Frontman, Ezra Koenig’s whimsical, fluttery voice has remained a staple anchor, as has the rollercoaster of dry, slow tracks and fast, vibrant rainbow music, that fits so well for a summer release date. “Unbelievers” takes reign as the up-beat track that reels you in with a wistful relief VW’s audience has been lacking since their last LP, Contra. It’s impactful, in a slow jam driven album. “Step” is another sleeper pick (pun intended), placed strategically after “Unbelievers” and before catchy single “Diane Young”, slows things down, but manages to keep your attention with a deep, embracing hook. Vampire Weekend has survived the test of time, sticking to their guns, all the while being embraced by their loyal and new following, as well as (it seems like) every other auto commercial. The band has fully matured and created a nostalgic signature sound we look forward to hearing every couple of years. Now playing on rooftops across your local city.
Kings Of Leon debuted a song from their upcoming album, due of this September, at Bottle Rock Music & Arts festival in Napa Valley, California on Saturday, May 11th. You can catch the bros of Kings of Leon when they headline Friday night of Governors Ball in June.
Imagine Dragons newest music video for their song “Demons,” released earlier today, has been dedicated to Tyler Robinson, a fan who had been fighting cancer for a few years and passed away unexpectedly while the band was editing the video. Tyler, only 17, was an inspiration to the band and the subject of a goosebump inducing video on YouTube – watch it below. Imagine Dragons formed the Tyler Robinson Foundation with his family as a way for to honor his legacy. You can donate to the Foundation which will help families who are unable to afford cancer care for their children.
Well done to YouTube hero George Barnett for pulling off one of the most impressive covers we’ve ever seen.
There is a lot of great music out right now that isn’t EDM. Not that we have a problem with EDM or anything, in fact we love it, mostly for the babes, but if you’re interested in taking a break from listening to Zedd’s Clarity on loop and hearing musicians playing traditional instruments then we’ve got you covered. We listen to quite a bit of alternative rock music and consider outselves “in the know” when it comes to new and emerging acts. Lucky for you we’ve weeded through the crap and built this playlist so you can get to know all the good new music before your lame friend who is late to the party for everything is singing it at karaoke this September.
This weekend Calvin Harris stopped by Wet Republic at MGM in Las Vegas and every beautiful person within a hundred miles made their way to the party. Take a look at what you missed.
Just in time for his Governors Ball headlining gig it looks like Kanye West may be releasing new music this June. He posted a cryptic message to Twitter and NME.com explains.
Atlas Genius recently wrapped up a sold-out tour with Imagine Dragons and are now the Australians are hitting the road for their first ever North American headlining tour. They will also perform at numerous festivals, including the Sasquatch! Festival, Lollapalooza, the Firefly Music Festival, Summerfest, Edgefest, San Francisco’s BFD and San Diego’s X-Fest. If the music industry was a high school yearbook than Atlas Genius would be Most Likely To Succeed in the superlatives section. Every major music publication has highlighted Atlas Genius in their “bands to watch in 2013″ lists for good reason. These guys really do rock. To celebrate the honor of being named a “MTV Artist to Watch” the band performed an intimate show at Webster Hall’s The Studio for roughly 100 diehard fans. The set was live streamed over the web and their label hooked us up with a photo pass to capture all the action. The band absolutely crushed it. At one point the power went out to their microphones and instead of crumbling the band capitalized on the adversity by performing their hit single Trojans acoustically-ish to a hushed the crowd. This singalong was definitely the highlight of the night. All-in-all they are definitely more »
Australia’s Big Day Out music festival started with a bang in 1992. It was meant to be a midsize event but in the months preceding the festival, Nirvana’s Nevermind was released and became an international smash hit. Genius move by the promoters to lock in Nirvana before their album dropped. Too bad Hollywood didn’t have that foresight about Battleship because it never would have been made. Needless to say, Nirvana guaranteed the success of the festival and it has since expanded to a five city event with hundreds of thousands of attendees each year.
If you haven’t given Phoenix’s highly anticipated new album “Bankrupt!” a listen yet don;t waste anymore time. It’s streaming for free below, all you need is a Spotify account. Press play and get ready to be sucked in.
Truth is, despite the masks and larger-than-life shows, the dudes from Daft Punk are really just like us. Don’t buy it? Here’s the proof.
The city of Hoboken stands to make quite the pool of gold coins from the July 26th Bob Dylan show on Pier A. Roughly 15,000 tickets go on-sale this Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10:00am for an astounding $75.00 each, which is a 36% increase from last year’s Mumford & Sons show. It is surprising that although the price has gone up significantly, the booking costs for this year’s show are significantly less. According to Clear Channel, Mumford & Sons cost roughly $150,000 to book while various sources report that Bob Dylan costs about 33% less, coming it at around $100,000. Even more surprising is that similar general admission tickets for additional locations of Bob Dylan’s Americarama tour are selling for $25-36 on Ticketmaster.com, half of what Hoboken will be charging. While we’re sure there is much to be improved from last year’s inaugural Pier A show, asking for a 33% price increase is an insult to the community that showed it’s support for a promising future of summer concerts. Not to rag on Hoboken or Bob Dylan too much, we love Hoboken, think Bob is a legend and the show is going to be historical, but $75.00 is a lot of money more »
Earlier today we gave you extreme examples of ‘MURICA at this past weekend’s Stagecoach Music Festival. But Freedom loving country music fans we’re the only people enjoying the sweet sweet tunes of Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band and other stars. Nope, beautiful women from all across America donned their Daisy Dukes, cowboy boots and stars & stripes bikini tops in the desert sun.
This past weekend the top country music artists including Zac Brown Band and Toby Keith decended on Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA for Stagecoach Music Festival 2013 . This is the same venue that housed Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival earlier this month. At Stagecoach you can expect three things. Great music, beautiful cowgirls (more on that later today) and people fully embracing FREEDOM.
This week in “Wise Words From Pitbull”, Pit gets deep in experimental words. Although most of the lyrics Pitbull sings about come straight from the heart, whether his words are written or he simply starts speaking in tongues. Either way Mr. Worldwide continues to grace us with words that shall live on far beyond our years.
This is the ultimate single shot domino video of all time, let alone put to a gnarly beat by A-Trak & Tommy Trash. Rube Goldberg, the mastermind behind the video has been making these for years, but this is by far the most elaborate.
Capital Cities, one of the best bands you’ve never heard of, have finally released a music video for their hit song “Safe And Sound.” For a while we thought this strange video, uploaded over two years ago, was the official music video but it looks like they finally got around to creating something with a little more production value. It’s amazing that “Safe And Sound” has existed since early 2011 and it’s just really starting to catch mainstream fire. Their debut album, In A Tidal Wave of Mystery, will be released on June 11 and you can catch them on tour this summer.
The only thing that may be more anticipated than The Great Gatsby movie is the soundtrack, executively produced by Jay Z. The soundtrack includes music by The xx, Florence + the Machine and Andre 3000 with Beyonce and many more a list artists. Some of the full songs have already been released by The XX, Lana Del Rey, Florence + the Machine, Will.i.am, Fergie Feat Q-Tip & Goonrock and Nero. Every single one of these songs should be a remixed club banger by summers beginning.
Metallica’s career accolades are amongst the most impressive of any band…ever. Nine Grammy Awards, first band to have five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, more than 100 million albums sold, 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and the list goes on, and on. On April 21-22 in 1999 the pioneers of heavy metal teamed up with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, California for a live album called S&M that would go on to be 5X Platinum. Even if Metallica isn’t really your cup of tea check out the performance of No Leaf Clover (skip to it here), damn good stuff.
Zoe Thomson plays the parts of both Slash and Izzy Stradlin on GNR’s Sweet Child o’ Mine
At the height of their popularity, the original “Fab Five” bad boys of Rock n Roll had their finest hour at the Ritz in New York City on February 2, 1988. Guns N’ Roses, in their musical peak, performed their best songs off the classic album “Appetite for Destruction.” The chemistry and panache of lead vocalist Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash is amazing and this iconic concert shows why the 5-star rated “Appetite for Destruction” is still the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. history.
It’s on! As a follow up to last year’s highly successful Mumford & Sons concert at Pier A, Hoboken is planning on bringing back waterfront concerts in the summer of 2013. They didn’t listen to any suggestions from our list of 25 Bands We Want To See Perform At Hoboken’s Pier A In Summer 2013 but Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bob Dylan along with Wilco and My Morning Jacket are very solid selections.
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