Blood on the Tracks has always been one of Bob Dylan‘s most mysterious albums, but the upcoming Bootleg Series More Blood, More Tracks,set for releaseNovember 2nd, will finally reveal, piece-by-piece, how the 1975 LP came together over just six days at studios in New York City and Minneapolis, Minnesota. A …
Read More »How Republicans Are Trying to Fast-Track the Kavanaugh Confirmation
Though lawmakers invited her to speak at a public hearing next Monday, Christine Blasey Ford said through her lawyers on Tuesday that she believes the FBI should investigate her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies publicly. The request makes sense; it’s also not without …
Read More »Mike Campbell on the Heartbreakers: 'We'll Play Again Someday'
In the immediate aftermath of Tom Petty’s sudden death last October, guitarist Mike Campbell believed that the Heartbreakers would never perform together again. “I just couldn’t think about doing that,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I thought it would just be too sad since we’d be missing our other brother.” But …
Read More »Flashback: Metallica and Ja Rule Embark on a Rap-Rock Collab
The Judgment Night soundtrack, a 1993 experiment teaming rappers and rock bands, turned 25 last week, and we celebrated with an oral history featuring many of its many key players In one of the soundtrack’s more interesting coulda-beens, executive producer Happy Walters told us that he was rejected by Metallica, …
Read More »Pearl Jam's Best Bootlegs: The Ultimate Guide
Most major rock acts go on tour and play the same exact set every night, sometimes even repeating their stage banter verbatim like they’re reading from a script. Pearl Jam have always taken a different path. Their setlist is like the complete Pearl Jam catalog on shuffle where any song …
Read More »Bob Dylan Sets NYC Residency Within U.S. Fall Tour
Bob Dylan has scheduled a weeklong residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre within the music icon’s upcoming U.S tour. A year after Dylan’s Never Ending Tour scheduled five nights at the Beacon, Dylan has upped the residency to seven nights at the venerable venue, kicking off November 23rd and running …
Read More »Watch Rival Sons Bash Out New Anthem 'Do Your Worst'
California-Nashville rock outfit Rival Sons offer a look at their lives on the road and in the studio in the video for their new song, “Do Your Worst.” “Do Your Worst” is a relentless rocker with a gritty verse spearheaded by a sinister lead guitar riff and thumping drums. The …
Read More »How Puerto Rican Producer Tainy Became an Architect of Modern Reggaeton
Turn on any Latin pop radio station, and you’re almost certain to hear Bad Bunny‘s new single “Estamos Bien,” an emphatic track with a gloriously idiosyncratic beat. Yet even more popular with programmers is “No Es Justo,” an airy reggaeton single featuring J Balvin and Zion & Lennox. And still …
Read More »Lil Baby and Gunna Prove They're the Next Rap Duo to Watch on 'Drip Too Hard'
Rap collaborations start, flourish and dramatically burn out once every few months. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan’s transcendent mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1 is less than four years old, but it’s a landmark release, churning out stylistic offspring since it first dropped. The latest branches on the …
Read More »The GOP Is Sweating Bullets Over Beto O'Rourke
For the last 18 months, the GOP largely dismissed as a liberal fantasy the idea that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) might pose a real threat to incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection bid. But with just eight weeks left until election day, the long-held notion that a Democrat can’t …
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