Weeks in advance, well before the venerable British progressive-rock band Yes took to the stage last night, members of the group had told the media that their show would include a tribute to Chris Squire, the late bassist, singer and songwriter without whom they had never performed since convening in 1968. What shape… Source: Music News
Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses Members to Perform Stooges Tribute
Four of Seattle’s most prominent music figures will create a one-night only supergroup to pay tribute to Iggy Pop and the Stooges. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Mark Arm (Mudhoney) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees/Mad Season) will perform on the roof of Seattle’s Pike Place Market on… Source: Music News
Dave Grohl Joins Hardcore Band Bl'ast! for First New Music in 20 Years
Long dormant hardcore act Bl’ast! have unleashed their new two-track EP For Those Who’ve Graced the Fire!, the Santa Cruz band’s first new music in over 20 years. For the EP, original Bl’ast! members Cliff Dinsmore and Mike Neider teamed up with founding Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski and Dave Grohl, who… Source: Music News
Weekend Rock Question: What's the Best Hip-Hop Song of the 1990s?
We’re a week away from the highly-anticipated release of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. The pivotal West Coast rap group may have formed in the 1980s and released their landmark LP Straight Outta Compton in 1988, but their influence was the most felt in the following decade. It’s almost… Source: Music News
Meet the People Who Want to Make It Safer to Take Drugs at Festivals
Earlier this month, two teenage girls died at the HARD Summer music festival in Ponoma, California, reportedly from “suspected drug overdoses.” Less than two weeks earlier, an autopsy confirmed suspicions that Nicholas Austin Tom, a 24-year-old Californian who died at the Electric Daisy Carnival in June, died due to MDMA intoxication…. Source: Music News
Prince Plots Imminent Release of New Album 'HitNRun' on Tidal
In exactly one month, Prince will release his new album HitNRun. The rocker announced his surprise LP Friday as part of an exclusive partnership with Jay Z’s Tidal, which will find the high-quality streaming service hosting HitNRun beginning September 7th. The album, co-produced by Art Official Age’s Joshua Welton, will include the previously released… Source: Music News
How a 20-Year-Old Producer Turned 'Cheerleader' Into a Global Smash
At only 20 years old, German producer Felix Jaehn has the Number One song in America — but the track, his remix of Omi’s “Cheerleader,” also went Number One in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa and well near the entire world. Jaehn was already gaining attention in the electronic-music… Source: Music News
Hear Carly Rae Jepsen's Sia-Penned 'Making the Most of the Night'
When romantic longing is on the line, Carly Rae Jepsen becomes a full-blown action hero. “I’ll hijack you,” she sings on her frenetic new song “Making the Most of the Night.” “Baby, I’m speeding, and red lights I run / What I’ve got, you need it,” she promises over pulsating synths and funky… Source: Music News
Watch Earl Sweatshirt's Riotous 'Off Top' Animated Video
As promised, Earl Sweatshirt has unveiled the music video of “Off Top,” a short, tenacious cut off the Odd Future rapper’s I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. In the animated video, a cartoon Sweatshirt braves aggressive police, rabid dogs and random beatdowns as he journeys through a fever dream Los… Source: Music News
Watch Keith Urban Revitalize 'Somewhere in My Car' on 'Today'
With a new album in the works — and auditions for the 15th (and final) season of American Idol already underway — Keith Urban couldn’t have picked a busier time to hit the road for a handful of summer dates. Even so, the “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” singer found enough time… Source: Music News
