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Interpol Backstage at Madison Square Garden: Rolling Stone checks in with the band hours before their debut gig at New York's historic venue

Mon, Sep 17 2007 03:20 PDT Rolling Stone met up with Interpol just after they arrived at their surprisingly posh dressing room backstage at Madison Square Garden. The band recounted a brief history of their favorite dressing rooms. "There was a dressing room in Houston, Texas — it wasn't stylish, but it had atmosphere because it had been used over and over again. It had a little bit of a punk-rock history to it. Very rough around the edges," drummer Sam Fogarino remembered. Photo">

Published: 2007-09-18 Provider: Rolling Stone

Black Cascade by Wolves In The Throne Room

The third album for the Washington-based metal band was produced by Randall Dunn. [Rock, Metal]

Published: 2009-04-30 Provider: Metacritic

Waylon Jennings’ Final Recordings To Get Released in October

The final recordings of “outlaw legend” Waylon Jennings will get a release on October 21st. Waylon Forever will feature eight songs all backed by his son Shooter Jennings and his band the 357’s. The recordings on this album were taped in an Arizona pool-house/studio and date back 12 years. After Waylon’s death in 2002, Shooter collected the tapes and provided backing tracks for the songs over the course of the following years. Waylon Forever features covers of artists like Neil Young (”Are You Ready for the Country”) and Cream (”White Room”), plus re-recordings of Waylon’s own songs and one new piece entitled “I Found the Body.”

Published: 2008-08-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Conchords, Kimmel, “Idol” Grab Emmy Noms

A pair of Flight of the Conchords songs will compete for an Emmy at this year’s awards ceremony for television excellence. Both “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)” and “Inner City Pressure” from the band’s self-titled HBO series were nominated in the Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics category. The duo will have some serious competition though, as the viral hit “I’m F***ing Matt Damon,” performed by Sarah Silverman and the Bourne Identity star for Jimmy Kimmel Live, was also picked among the five finalists. Another f***ing song was also nominated in the Outstanding Picture Editing of Clip Packages for Talk, Performance, Award or Reality Competition Series. In that category, “I’m F***ing Matt Damon” and Kimmel’s response-song “I’m F***ing Ben Affleck” will curiously compete against the “David Cook Goes Home” segment from this year’s American Idol. AI was the beneficiary of many nods, including Outstanding Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Sound Editing, Outstanding Technical Direction and Outstanding Host for Ryan Seacrest.

Published: 2008-07-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: Counting Crows, Fall Out Boy, Elton John, ABBA

Counting Crows will go on a mini-tour of Apple stores to promote next week’s release of Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings. The tour kicks off March 27th at New York’s SoHo location, continues at to Los Angeles on April 3rd and San Francisco on April 6th before ending in Chicago on April 9th. Fall Out Boy will become the first band ever to perform on all seven continents after their March 25th show at a scientific colony in Antarctica. Elton John will give his first solo concert in eight years at Radio City Music Hall on April 9th. The gig, called “Elton and Hillary: One Night Only” will benefit Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The death of ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert was ruled an accident that occurred when Brunkert fatally cut his neck after smashing his head on a glass door in his dining room. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-03-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

The Flaming Lips Rock in 2010 With “Dark Side of the Moon” Show

There is a reason why the Flaming Lips have become one of the most improbably famous rock bands in the world: they are ridiculous. Seeing band ring in the new year at the Cox Center, their home city’s oldest venue for arena rock — in the same room where a teenage version of frontman Wayne Coyne once saw both the Who and Led Zeppelin give lessons on rock showmanship — it’s hard not to admire the Lips’ goofy charisma and general display of balls (both literal and metaphoric). Before launching into

Published: 2010-01-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live Shows, Rock News

Watch Phoenix Talk Grammy Nod, Inspiration Behind Hit “1901 “

Rolling Stone caught up with Phoenix’s Deck D’Arcy and Laurent Brancowitz just days after the French rockers received their first Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Album category for their fourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The nod is a rare accomplishment for a band from France — so rare, in fact, that the group were clueless about its significance. “We were playing a show in New York when suddenly the head of our label came in the dressing room and looked very serious, so he told u

Published: 2009-12-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Phoenix, Rock News, Videos

E Street Road Manager Sullivan’s Death Ruled Accidental Overdose

Photo: Sullivan/Getty An autopsy has revealed that the death of Lenny Sullivan, Bruce Springsteen’s cousin and the E Street Band’s assistant road manager of 10 years, was caused by an accidental overdose from acute amphetamine and heroin intoxication, Kansas City’s KCTV5 reports. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Springsteen’s concert in Kansas City was canceled in late October after Sullivan was found dead in his hotel room. He was 36. “A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce,

Published: 2009-12-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Bruce Springsteen, Rock News

Bruce Springsteen Cancels Kansas City Concert After Cousin’s Death

Photo: Mazur/WireImage Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceled their scheduled performance last night in Kansas City, Missouri, after the band’s assistant road manager Lenny Sullivan was found dead in his hotel room. Sullivan, who was also Springsteen’s cousin, was only 36. “Due to a death in Bruce’s immediate family, tonight’s show at Sprint Center has been unavoidably canceled. All tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. Bruce and The Band deeply appreciate the understandin

Published: 2009-10-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Bruce Springsteen, On Tour, Rock News

Weekend Rock List: U2 Songs

Photograph by Sam Jones With U2’s giant spaceship of a 360° Tour landing in stadiums across the country and Bono and the Edge on the current cover of Rolling Stone, all the stars have aligned for a Rock List to finally be dedicated to the Irish rockers. Our feature in the new issue finds Bono and the boys attempting to resurrect the obscure song “Your Blue Room,” a track from the band’s Passengers collaboration with Brian Eno. Bono has been fixated on the song lately, but what we want to know is

Published: 2009-10-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists, U2

Creed’s Stapp Talks Breakup, Make-Up and Shaved Head

In his dressing room before Creed’s first gig of a two-month tour, frontman Scott Stapp was so calm, you’d think the hotly anticipated trek was a victory lap. But he knows they have a lot of work to do if they’re going to compete for their share of rock fans from the Nickelback-Daughtry nation that’s sprung up in their absence. “Right now, we have feel like we have a second chance to make a first impression as artists,” said Stapp, who’s weathered addiction and assorted trials since the band spl

Published: 2009-08-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Lollapalooza ‘09: Day-By-Day Guide to the Acts You Can’t Miss

Photo: Winter/GettyLollapalooza is massive and trekking across Chicago’s Grant Park to the fest’s eight stages is a workout, but Rolling Stone has you covered — we’ll be on the ground at Perry’s big party all weekend long bringing you live reports, photos, video, interviews and more. And right now we have your guide to 30 of the three-day event’s hottest sets. Wondering how to cram the Gaslight Anthem’s heart-on-sleeve rock into your schedule? Trying to make room for Band of Horses’ twinkling gu

Published: 2009-08-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Lollapalooza