May 2012
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7 Famous Musicians Who Stole Some of Their Biggest...
A lot of people accuse hip-hop artists of stealing their best music. You can’t get through a rap song nowadays without hearing bits and snippets of other popular songs that have been “sampled” in. On one hand, it sucks, because now your favorite song is ruined. But on the other hand, at least you have something to complain about now. Read...
May 31st
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Aaron Freeman Closes the Book on Ween
For most of his life he’s been Gene Ween, the nimble-voiced frontman of one of rock’s great genre-hoppers – but Aaron Freeman is finally ready to put his alter-ego to bed. “It’s time to move on,” Freeman told Rolling Stone from his home in New Jersey. “I’m retiring Gene Ween. Read more:...
May 31st
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Adele Set for First Network TV Special
NBC will air an hour-long special with British singer Adele and Matt Lauer on June 5th. Titled Adele Live in London with Matt Lauer, the special will contain an exclusive interview and live cuts from the singer’s Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-set-for-nbc-special-with-matt-lauer-20120530
May 31st
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Happy Birthday John Bonham. Here's Moby Dick:
May 31st
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Jack White - I'm Shakin'
May 30th
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Andre 3000 (of OutKast) as Jimi Hendrix (pic)
May 30th
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Roger Waters on 60 Mintes
Roger Waters, the creative force behind Pink Floyd’s legendary album “The Wall,” is performing the rock opera to sold-out stadiums around the world. Steve Kroft reports. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409150n
May 30th
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Roger Waters on 60 Mintes
Roger Waters, the creative force behind Pink Floyd’s legendary album “The Wall,” is performing the rock opera to sold-out stadiums around the world. Steve Kroft reports. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409150n
May 30th
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Roger Waters on 60 Mintes
Roger Waters, the creative force behind Pink Floyd’s legendary album “The Wall,” is performing the rock opera to sold-out stadiums around the world. Steve Kroft reports. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409150n
May 26th
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What happens when Jimi Hendrix met Eric Clapton...
May 26th
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The Who perform "Behind Blue Eyes" live at the...
May 26th
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Warren Zevon's First David Letterman Show (1982)
May 25th
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20 Iconic Guitars
When Jimi Hendrix set his Stratocaster on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, he explained it as an act of love. “You sacrifice the things you love,” he said. “I love my guitar.” The world’s great guitarists undoubtedly love their guitars – Stevie Ray Vaughan went so far as to call his most beloved six-string his “First Wife.” Here are 20 iconic guitars...
May 25th
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Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Unplugged)
May 25th
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Just a picture of Morrissey...smiling...next to...
May 25th
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Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away (promo...
May 24th
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Gregg Allman Reveals Engagement to 24-Year-Old...
Gregg Allman revealed in an interview on CNN last night that he is now engaged to a 24-year-old woman named Shannon. Allman confirmed the engagement in an interview with Piers Morgan, who questioned the Allman Brothers Band musician about the relationship on camera. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gregg-allman-reveals-engagement-to-24-year-old-woman-20120523
May 24th
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Steve Miller - The Venn Diagram
May 24th
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The Stone Roses 'have at least three or four new...
The Stone Roses “have at least three or four new tracks recorded”, according to Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set during their 1990 Spike Island show. Coghill, the man behind the suitably named Spike Island, said when asked if he’d heard any new music that the reformed legends “have at least three or four songs recorded”. Read more:...
May 24th
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Mumford & Sons vs. Gotye vs. Tatu - Somebody In...
May 23rd
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7 albums that changed music forever
Nokia Connects has gathered a list of 7 albums that have changed music forever.  The list spans all sorts of genres and artists like John Coltrane to Bob Dylan and N.W.A. Read more: http://nokiaconnects.com/2012/05/21/viva-la-revolution-7-albums-that-changed-music-forever/
May 23rd
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An 8-Bit Version of Radiohead's "Kid-A"
May 23rd
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Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends...
May 23rd
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Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Jack White, Black Keys...
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Black Keys and Jack White will headline the Austin City Limits Festival on October 12th-14th at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The bill will also feature performances by Weezer, Florence and the Machine, the Avett Brothers, Gotye, Iggy and the Stooges, the Roots, Avicii, the Shins, the Civil Wars, Gary Clark Jr., M83, Steve Earle, the Old...
May 22nd
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Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (video)
May 22nd
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The 8-Bit Version of Radiohead's "OK Computer"
May 22nd
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NPR: First listen to Regina Spektor's "What We Saw...
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/20/152939196/first-listen-regina-spektor-what-we-saw-from-the-cheap-seats
May 22nd
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Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights at 2010 Crossroads...
May 21st
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Thom Yorke talks about why he sees Radiohead's...
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has said he can see why the band’s eighth album ‘The King Of Limbs’ alienated people. Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, the singer said of the album, which was released as a download with just a week’s notice with no publicity by the band. Read more: http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/63738
May 21st
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The Beatles Abbey Road Rooftop Concert (full)
May 19th
Private James Marshall Hendrix of the 101st...
Private James Marshall Hendrix of the 101st Airborne, playing guitar at Fort Campbell Kentucky 1962.
May 18th
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Alabama Shakes: 'Jack White is our dream...
Alabama Shakes have said that Jack White and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James would be their dream collaboration. Speaking to NME in a video you can watch above, singer Brittany Howard says the pair would be her ultimate jamming partners. Read more: http://www.nme.com/news/alabama-shakes/63796
May 18th
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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord Live
May 18th
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NPR Blog: You've Never Heard Simon And Garfunkel's...
My musical relationship with Simon & Garfunkel began with an influence that any self-respecting, music-loving twenty-something would now be ashamed to admit: The Garden State soundtrack. From there, my knowledge of Simon & Garfunkel continued to be informed solely by incomplete pop culture encounters with the duo. Even though I’ve heard “Mrs. Robinson,” I’ve never...
May 17th
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Bob Marley: Live in Santa Barbara (full concert)
May 17th
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Coachella 2013 Lineup Poster
May 17th
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The Cranberries - Zombie
May 17th
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String Cheese Incident buys tickets at LA Box...
One Friday afternoon recently, about 50 fans and friends of the band String Cheese Incident took $20,000 in cash to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to take a small stand against the system — in this case, Ticketmaster. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/arts/music/string-cheese-incident-takes-on-ticketmaster.html?_r=2&smid=tw-share
May 16th
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Dave Grohl tells off fighting fan at Foo Fighters...
May 16th
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Ringo Starr: I Lost My Beatles Photographs
During the early days of the Beatles, Ringo Starr often traveled with a camera and took photos of of the group behind the scenes, from rehearsing for their history-making appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show to goofing around on the set of their 1965 movie, Help! In countless Beatles photographs, Starr is seen taking his own pictures, the vast majority of which have never been released. Sadly, Starr...
May 16th
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Keane: 'It's our job to fight against mindless...
Keane frontman Tom Chaplin has given his views on the current state of mainstream pop and has said he and his bandmates see it as their jobs to “fight against mindless, temporary pop”. Read more: http://www.nme.com/news/keane—2/63779
May 16th
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Paul Mccartney Sings "Michelle" to The Obamas at...
May 15th
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Keith Richards Won't Join Mick Jagger on 'Saturday...
When NBC announced that Mick Jagger would host and perform on the May 19th season finale of Saturday Night Live, fans wondered whether the Rolling Stones would use the platform to stage their first live performance in nearly five years – or at least make a cameo. But Keith Richards tells Rolling Stone that he won’t be involved. “I spoke to Mick and he said it’s something that he...
May 15th
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The Velvet Underground-Heroin (video)
May 15th
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Queen Confirm A Freddie Mercury Hologram Is...
Rock icons Queen – who were due to play at Sonisphere 2012 with singer Adam Lambert before the festival was cancelled – have confirmed that a Freddie Mercury hologram will be making an appearance at a special Queen performance to mark ten years of Queen musical ‘We Will Rock You’. Read more: http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/queen-confirm-a-freddie-mercury-hologram-is-happening-yup-really/
May 15th
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Foo Fighters' 'Million-Dollar Demos' Leak Online
Previously unheard demos of “Have It All” and “Come Back” from the Foo Fighters’ contentious early recording sessions for their album One by One have surfaced, GrungeReport points out. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/foo-fighters-million-dollar-demos-leak-online-20120510
May 12th
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Iggy Pop Self-Releasing French Album
Iggy Pop’s new album of French pop classics has been rejected by his label, Virgin EMI, the Guardian reports. “[The label] didn’t want it,” Pop told reporters at a press conference in Paris earlier this week. “They didn’t think they would make any money, they didn’t think my fans would like it. They would have preferred that I do a rock album with popular...
May 12th
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Jimi Hendrix Estate Doesn't Like That Andre 3000...
Are you experienced with song copyright laws? Let’s hope the makers of the Jimi Hendrix biopic are, or the flick starring Andre 3000 as the greatest guitar player who ever lived may fall apart like a castle made of sand. Read more: http://www.fuse.tv/2012/05/jimi-hendrix-estate-is-not-down-with-andre-3000-biopic
May 11th
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Radiohead - Idioteque (video)
May 11th
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Mick Jagger starts R&B Group (news paper clipping)
May 11th