If you missed the last couple Queens of the Stone Age video releases, then you should probably get out from under that rock you’ve been living under. Or at least get some internet hooked up under there. Either way, QOTSA has been releasing video after video of violent, grotesque dystopian animation set to songs from… [read more]
Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist of the Doors, has died of cancer, according to a post on the band’s Twitter account. He was 74 years old. Manzarek grew up in Chicago and deliberated pursuing a career as a basketball player while taking piano lessons in his early years. However, his life changed when, while attending… [read more]
Remember all that drama about Scott Weiland being fired (or not actually fired, depending on who you spoke to) from the Stone Temple Pilots? Well, the rest of STP have been pretty clear about Weiland not being in the band anymore, and Weiland has been doing his own solo thing lately. But if the separation… [read more]
Many people know Jimmy Vivino as the bandleader on Conan O’Brien’s TBS talk show, but he’s also an accomplished blues guitarist and a friend to the late, great Levon Helm. As a member of the Levon Helm Band and participant in Levon’s Midnight Rambles for years, Vivino was among Levon’s most trusted collaborators. This feeling… [read more]
Here we go again. It looks like “the end is really f—ing nigh,” according to Queens of the Stone Age. For the past few days, we’ve been seeing video after video of QOTSA’s musical and visual madness. We’ve seen character after character meet his gruesome fate in this odd, violent, cruel post-apocalyptic dystopia. So far,… [read more]
New York’s Randall’s Island gets very busy in the summer with various music festivals taking over the small spot of land between Queens and Manhattan. In July, LivingSocial heads to the island for the LivingSocial Backyard Festival, and the headliners alone are worth making the trip out. Aerosmith, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, and Yeasayer… [read more]
The Interlocken Festival is a newcomer to the festival circuit, heading down to Arrington, Virginia for the first time this year. For their inaugural year, the organizers look to make a splash by bringing in some of the biggest names in classic rock, country, and the jam band circuit. Headlining the inaugural Interlocken Festival are Neil Young… [read more]
Folk singer Sam Amidon’s new album Bright Sunny South recalls many of the English folk artists whom Amidon says inspired it, but the album’s roots reach further beyond Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake to traditional tunes such as the Irish standard “As I Roved Out.” Amidon’s take on the song is unique, closer to bluegrass than anything… [read more]
Lately, Queens of the Stone Age has been getting its freak on. The band has been releasing video after video of gory, bloody, cruel, dystopian animation. In the short clip for “Kalopsia,” some seriously creepy, hooded creature-guy with a fondness for hideous grinning masks walks around a city, seemingly searching for a friend. Unfortunately, he… [read more]
Harper Simon gets nostalgic in his new video for “99.” A vintage-feeling collection of footage that fades and meshes together, the video has Simon longing for a past love whom he had 14 years ago. If you’re not familiar with Simon, then you probably know his father, music great Paul Simon. And Harper’s not totally… [read more]
