“It’s getting bigger and bigger — it’s beautiful,” says RP Boo, the producer credited by many as the father of Chicago footwork. From its beginnings in the late Nineties, the genre — marked by dizzying loops, staccato synth stabs, antic polyrhythms and blasts of repetition, repetition, repetition — seemed designed to… Source: Music News
19 Burning ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Questions Ethan Hunt Still Has To Answer
Tom Cruise’s fifth ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie wraps things up nice and tight by the end of the adventure, but there are still several questions worth diving into. Source: MTV Movie News
If ‘Suicide Squad’ Gets A Sequel, Here’s Who Should Play Poison Ivy
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are a fan-favorite Batman couple, but could they ever make it to the big screen? Source: MTV Movie News
Keith Urban Looks to 'Unlikely Places' for New Album Inspiration
“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” may be Keith Urban’s fastest-selling single in a decade, but the singer’s recording of the hit didn’t come together quite so rapidly. As he details in this behind-the-scenes documentary, recording the upbeat tune provided some musical challenges and a fair amount of creative angst. Urban… Source: Music […]
Kurt Cobain Demo to Feature in 'Montage of Heck' Theatrical Re-Release
Nirvana fans will be able to hear a previously unreleased song that Kurt Cobain wrote when the documentary, Montage of Heck, gets a widespread theatrical re-release on August 7th. Filmmaker Brett Morgen mixed in the tune – without re-editing what people saw in the film’s HBO broadcast – though he would… Source: Music News
Watch the Edge, Adam Clayton's Shock Performance With U2 Cover Band
U2 have spent the past couple of months bringing special guests – an Elvis impersonator, a Canadian U2 cover band, Lady Gaga – onto the stage at their own shows. But on Wednesday night, they brought the act to a higher level when The Edge and Adam Clayton joined the New York-based U2… Source: Music News
Flashback: Bon Jovi Perform Somber Duet With Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson has always relied on the kindness of his many celebrity friends, whether it’s to perform at the annual Farm Aid concerts or to share a duet with him on the seemingly endless string of LPs he has released throughout his 82 years. In April of 2002, several of… Source: Music News
Lollapalooza 2015 Livestream: Watch Sets From McCartney to Bassnectar
This weekend, Lollapalooza will once again return to Chicago, as it has for the last 10 years. But if you can’t make it to the Windy City to catch the festival’s eclectic mix of music and mayhem in person, you can still watch real-time sets from many of the event’s… Source: Music News
Bikini Kill to Reissue 'Revolution Girl Style Now' Demo
Vaunted riot grrrl band Bikini Kill are preparing the reissue of their 1991 demo tape Revolution Girl Style Now. On September 22nd, the band’s inaugural collection of work will be available on vinyl, CD and digital formats for the first time. A trailer for the reissue features footage filmed by Brian Ruff from… Source: Music […]
Hear a Gorgeous Seventies Soul Track Recorded in a Virginia Prison
The Numero Group takes record-collecting to the level of archaeology, digging up everything from primo post-hardcore to obscure soul and trailblazing punk and reissuing it in smartly researched, beautifully packaged compilations. The Chicago label’s catalog is dizzyingly diverse, but the focus is always on unearthing a great story along with a… Source: Music News
