News broke this weekend that Beyoncé will play Etta James in the upcoming film, Cadillac Records, an exploration of Chicago in the 1950s. The obvious jokes about their respective weights
The opening track of this week’s edition is another version of one of my favorite tunes, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (acoustic and electric versions from Mr. Haynes have
We’re getting closer and closer to the highly anticipated June 10th release of My Morning Jacket’s new album, and if I were any more excited I’d be humping Jim James’
The theft-endorsing version of Napster’s gone. The white-collar pigs shut down OiNK, presumably for good. Fuck, it’s a bad time to be a music freeloader. But all that [supposedly] changes
Photos by Jill Norath of The Walkmen and White Rabbits at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis, MO on 1/21/08.
After Velvet Revolver wraps a spring tour in support of its second album, "Libertad," frontman Scott Weiland will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of
After two consecutive albums dominated by mid-tempo fare, R.E.M. gets back to its stripped-down, fast-paced rock roots on "Accelerate," due April 1 via Warner Bros. The 11-track set, which gets
The inaugural Vineland Festival, originally scheduled for Aug. 8-10 in Vineland, N.J., has been moved to early summer 2009. Producers C3 Presents and Festival Republic made the change in response
My Morning Jacket has christened its fifth studio album "Evil Urges." The set is due June 10 via ATO and was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer
Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Exodus has previously been afforded the Deluxe Edition treatment. With a previously-released two disc set including extra studio tracks and live recordings from the original release period of 1977, the real necessity of an ‘Anniversary Edition’ comes into question since this latest release adds no new music and only little except in terms of its packaging: a faux grain slip-sleeve and slightly more ornate jewel case.