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Join NOW!While promoting his new show Roadies, Cameron Crowe was asked to recount the most ridiculous tour story he’d ever heard. Of course the story had to do with a crazy demand made by Axl Rose: There was a guy that worked with Guns N’ Roses, and there was a show and Axl Rose needed a yellow […]
...moreThe horror master has formed a band (including his son and godson), and is embarking on a world tour to perform his own reworked versions of the soundtracks to Halloween, Escape From New York, Assault on Precinct 13, and The Fog, Consequence of Sound reports. The themes for each make up a series of vinyl single releases, each to […]
...moreThe Kinks’s Dave Davies took a minute out of his Ripping Up New York City tour to talk to LA Record about inspiration. “It’s a kind of process—I find melancholery really really useful,” Davies said. “It’s a way of remembering and trying to construct something hopeful for the future.”
...moreAfter releasing his album b’lieve i’m goin down September 25th, Kurt Vile is going on tour, and Stereogum collected a series of videos from the kick-off performance in his native Philadelphia. Watch Vile play “Wheelhouse” after the jump.
...moreA post on Instagram from El-P (@thereallyrealelp) of Run The Jewels with Die Antwoord’s Ninja says only “Coming soon…” which Ninja (@zef_alien) also shared with the caption “EL-P vs NINJA.” Some believe this alludes to a coming collaboration between these two artists, but it’s unclear how or when this mysterious collab will manifest, considering both Run The Jewels […]
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In the first installment of Wanted/Needed/Loved, Greg Saunier of Deerhoof talks about the items he can’t live (or tour) without.
...moreJessica Pratt has been touring nearly nonstop since the release of her second album, On Your Own Love Again (Drag City); earlier this month the label announced her tour would be extending, sending Pratt back to Europe after she completes her North America dates in August. Basically, think of this as a wake-up call: if […]
...moreI was actually glad to hear “Animal” on the new 90210 last week. The second most luscious (“Sans Soleil” wins that prize) and first most catchy track on Miike Snow‘s self-titled 2009 debut, fit perfectly with the elevated high school moment. “I change shapes just to hide in this place,” they sing. “But I’m still, […]
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