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12 Shades of White: The Many Guises of Jack White

When we posted our full report from Jack White’s private gig in Nashville last night where he debuted his new band Dead Weather, it got us thinking about the many roles White has played throughout his career — onstage, behind the scenes and onscreen. So we put together some photographs charting the Detroit rocker’s many White Stripes styles (from his simple red-and-white phase to his fringed cowboy outfits), the swashbuckling country gentleman he became while working with Loretta Lynn, plus his big-screen debut in Cold Mountain, that infamous mugshot, the Raconteurs and more. Check it out here: • 12 Shades of White: The Many Guises of Jack White

Publicado: 2009-03-12 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

Sebastian Bach, Jermaine Jackson to Compete for Nashville Fame on “Gone Country 2″

Next week marks a very special occasion for us at Rock Daily: the season premiere of CMT’s Gone Country 2. On the reality series, John McCain fan John Rich of Big & Rich invites a bunch of very non-country B-list celebrities to his Nashville mansion to try and convert them into marketable country stars. Last season ended with Julio Iglesias Jr.’s stunning victory over favorites Bobby Brown and American Idol’s Diana DeGarmo. Leading the charge for this season’s cast is Sebastian Bach, who crossed genres brilliantly on MTV’s Celebrity Rap Superstar and stands as the early favorite. Also ready to rock a cowboy hat are Chris Kirkpatrick of ‘NSYNC (and VH1’s Man Band), Jermaine Jackson and this season’s prerequisite American Idol reject, Mikalah Gordon. Rounding out the cast is actors Lorenzo Lamas (who you’ll recognize from those terrible action movies HBO airs at roughly 3:15 in the morning) and recently rehabbed Sean Young of Blade Runner and Ace Ventura “Finkle is Einhorn” fame. The season two premiere will air next Friday, August 15th, at 8 pm.

Publicado: 2008-08-07 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Rock Reality Show Recaps

News Ticker: Green Day, Regeneration Tour, AC/DC, Big Boi

After months of dodging, Green Day finally admitted that they are the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that the band got its name from “a place we used to sneak booze and chicks into late at night.” Eighties mainstays the Human League, Dead Or Alive, A Flock of Seagulls and Belinda Carlisle will band their ridiculous hairstyles together for the inaugural Regeneration Tour. The country-crossing affair spans from August 1st to the 29th. AC/DC is currently in the studio with producer Brendan O’Brien working on their first album in eight years says, according to Supersuckers (whose own album has been delayed as their own producer engineers for O’Brien and AC/DC). OutKast’s Big Boi is set to debut his new ballet “big” for the first of six performances tonight at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. The rapper reportedly also plans to premiere his new solo single “Sir Lucious Leftfoot Saves the Day” to close out the evening.

Publicado: 2008-04-10 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Dave Matthews Band Announce Huge Summer Tour

Photo: Natkin/WireImage It’s not summer unless the Dave Matthews Band are roving the country, and the Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King band promise to deliver again in 2010 with a massive four-month tour starting Memorial Day weekend in Hartford, Connecticut. The band will also stage a two-night stand at New York’s Citi Field in mid-July, a three-night affair at George, Washington’s the Gorge in early September and pretty much visit every corner of the continental U.S. DMB will be supported by

Publicado: 2010-01-26 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Dave Matthews Band, On Tour, Rock News

Levon Helm, Jefferson Starship, Country Joe to Play Woodstock 40th Anniversary Show

Levon Helm Band, Jefferson Starship and Country Joe McDonald are among the acts that will descend on Bethel, New York, on August 15th to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, Billboard.biz reports. Mountain, Ten Years After, Canned Heat and Big Brother and the Holding Co. will also play the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a venue built on the site of the original Woodstock, which ran from August 15th-17th, 1969. Helm appeared at the 1969 fest with the Band, while Jefferson

Publicado: 2009-05-04 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

After Bruce Springsteen, Who’s Next for the Super Bowl?

Photo: Mazur/WireImage After decades of sugar-coated pop debacles, the NFL has served up a parade of legends during halftime of the big game. In recent years, the Super Bowl has delivered Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, U2, Tom Petty, Aerosmith and now Bruce Springsteen. But where does the NFL go from here? It’s a tall order to fill: applicants must be legendary but still active, rocking but not raucous, and as big as the game itself. So who’s left? Oddsmakers are already lining up favorites for next year’s Lombardi Trophy (The Patriots? Really? No love for your new champs, the Pittsburgh Steelers? Your loss, Vegas.), so we thought we’d set the odds for next year’s halftime show. The NFL could go country (Tim McGraw? Taylor Swift?) or pop (Kelly Clarkson will soon return to us), but you have to presume they’ll stick with what works — big rock from big names. We have, of course, completely pulled these names and numbers out of thin air, plus gambling’s illegal just about everywhere, so keep your money in your wallet. The Who Pros: Legendary band with a sound louder than the game itself. Cons: None. They’re the Who. Odds: 3/2 Bon Jovi Pros: A catalog full of arena rock sing-along jams and status as one of the biggest bands in the world make them a solid choice. Cons: Bon Jovi coming on the heels of Springsteen might cause a full on Jersey meltdown. Odds: 2/1 AC/DC Pros: These kings of arena rock are mainstays over stadium PA systems across the NFL. Cons: Brian Johnson’s howl might scare your kids. Odds: 3/1 John Mellencamp Pros: Heartland rock would play great on the most American stage of them all. Cons: He’s done the World Series… Would the NFL double dip? Odds: 4/1 Metallica Pros: The biggest hard rock band of the last 20 years. Cons: Are they too metal for the mainstream? Odds: 5/1 Van Halen Pros: Reunited hard rock legends with a busload of stadium-ready anthems. Cons: If you thought Springsteen’s crotch-first slide was a bit much, wait until Diamond Dave ge

Publicado: 2009-02-04 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Jonas Brothers To Perform At Grammys

Photo:Fox/WireImage (Coldplay), Meritt/FilmMagic (Wayne), Miller/Getty(Jonas) Coldplay, Lil Wayne, the Jonas Brothers and Kenny Chesney will perform at this year’s Grammy Awards, set to air live from Los Angeles on CBS February 8th. Weezy’s appearance at the Grammys should come as no surprise: He’s up for a ceremony-leading eight awards, plus he’s played pretty much every other awards show, from the Country Music Awards to the VMAs. The Coldplay performance was also foreshadowed by the band’s seven nods and already-scheduled gig playing the MusiCares benefit concert in Los Angeles in the days leading up to the ceremony. Wayne and Coldplay will compete against each other — as well as Radiohead, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Ne-Yo — for the prestigious Album of the Year. The Jonas Brothers, who are up for Best New Artist, will also perform as the Grammys attempt to pull in a younger television audience. In fact, the Grammys used their own Twitter page to reveal who would perform at this year’s event before sending out a press release. The Grammys even set up LastFM and Facebook pages. Keeping with the youth theme, the show’s My Grammy Moment will feature Katy Perry, nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “I Kissed A Girl” but snubbed for “Best New Artist.” Chesney, who’s up for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Shiftwork,” was added to the performance lineup this morning. According to the press release, additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. Stick with Rolling Stone for all your Grammy needs in the weeks leading up to the music industry’s biggest event — we’ll have rock-star predictions, photos galore and our finest reporters on the ground on the big day. Related Stories: • Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson Set to Honor Neil Diamond at MusiCares Gala • Grammy Nominations: The Odd and The Snubbed • Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Nominations for 51st Annual Grammy Awards

Publicado: 2009-01-14 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

On the Charts: Sugarland Beats Out Miley For Top Spot

The Big News: A week after running-up to Miley Cyrus, country band Sugarland overtook the teen sensation to claim the number one spot as their Love on the Inside pushed 171,000 in its second week. Cyrus’ Breakout settled for second, selling another 162,000 copies. The top five was rounded out by the usual suspects, with the Mamma Mia soundtrack, Kid Rock’s Rock N Roll Jesus and Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III claiming the remaining places. Weezy’s TC3 also pushed past the two million sales after eight weeks on the charts. Debuts: Praise rockers Third Day led a relatively weak crop of debuts, selling 74,000 to lock up sixth place. The fourteenth installment of the venerable Kidz Bop series grabbed eight. System of a Down side project Scars on Broadway took 17 with their self-titled debut, Rick Springfield managed to claim 28 with his new album Venus in Overdrive and Alice Cooper’s Along Came a Spider crept in at 53. Last Week’s Heroes: Same last week’s heroes as last week, except they sold a lot less copies this time around. The top five all stayed in the top five with some reshuffling. Despite a 45% drop in sales from the previous week, Sugarland still somehow claimed the top spot, likely because Miley Cyrus dropped 56% in sales. Only Kid Rock managed to stave off any percentile decrease with sales up 3% and a firm hold on the four slot in its astonishing 43rd week on the chart. [Photo: Miller/Getty]

Publicado: 2008-08-06 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Chart Roundup

Smoking Section: The Walkmen, Steve Miller, Billy Joel

“The Rat,” released by the Walkmen in 2004, is one of the greatest songs of this century. So the S.S. was stoked to get an early listen to their killer upcoming disc, You & Me, which has an equally awesome banger, “In the New Year.” The Walkmen recorded You & Me over two years at home in New York, and also in New Jersey, Philly and Mississippi. “It’s always exciting to come up with a big rocker that just works,” singer Hamilton Leithauser says about “New Year,” “because we don’t even like playing rock that much. That could be the problem: We spend so many hours playing slow waltzes.” Other You & Me cuts (”Canadian Girl,” “Red Moon”) will sound amazing live when the band storms through the U.S. in August and September. “It took everything we had to finish the record,” the singer says. “But we’re really happy with it.” We asked Leithauser for the skinny behind “The Rat.” “We were just screwin’ around,” he says. Drummer Matt Barrick kicked off a breakneck groove, and the boys joined in. “We threw some chords on it, I wrote the words in five minutes, and then we all started slammin’!” ***** We finally hit up one of Les Paul’s Monday-night gigs at the Manhattan jazz club Iridium. At age 93, Paul is still shredding. It was a special night — he welcomed his godson, Steve Miller, who sat in for “Fly Like an Eagle.” We hung with Miller during the gig (interrupted by a waiter saying, “Abracadabra!” while delivering a burger) and rolled back to his hotel, smoking stogies into the wee hours. Miller, 64, is rockin’ the USA once again, selling out sheds across the country. “The band gets hotter and hotter,” he says. “The shows have been a lot of fun.” Though he hasn’t released a fresh album since 1993’s Wide River, Miller told us of his desire to put out a new disc. After a trio of shows in March at the Fillmore in S.F., Miller was in the studio cutting 41 old blues gems. “Nothing but great tunes,” he says. “Like ‘Pretty Thing,’ by Bo Diddley; ‘No More Doggin’,’ by Rosco Gordon

Publicado: 2008-07-28 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Smoking Section

Kings of Leon Craft Epic Fourth Album

Today marks the release of the new Kings of Leon album Only By the Night, the latest epic in the always-evolving band’s career. Though the Tennessee band has always had more success overseas (they’ve sold twice as many albums in the U.K. as in the U.S.), frontman Caleb Followill hopes that this album will be the one that cements them in their home country. “I’m sick of being big everywhere else,” he says. “For America to kind of turn its back on us is heartbreaking.” Click below for more on Kings of Leon, including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their killer new video “Sex on Fire.” • Kings of Leon Craft Epic Fourth Album Related Stories: • Album Review: Kings of Leon, Only By the Night (3 stars) • New Kings of Leon Video “Sex on Fire” • Kings of Leon Debut “Sex on Fire” at All Points West

Publicado: 2008-09-23 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

Single Minded: Duffy, R.E.M., Big L and More

Duffy, “Cry to Me” [Solomon Burke Cover] New British soul star tackles old American one with effective results. In 20 years at the Grammys, their holograms can duet. R.E.M., “Ignoreland” [Live] Stipe and Co. finally (!) dust off this 16-year-old rocker for their current tour. Unwelcome surprise: the song’s message is still depressingly relevant. Big L, “Put it On” (J Dilla RMX) [Remix] Legendary VJ Ralph McDaniels syncs this Big L classic to J Dilla’s remix of the same. Essentially, these are three geniuses, operating at the peak of their powers. Like that time Charles Dickens and Amanda Lorber wrote that one episode of Twin Peaks. Calico Horse, “Idioteque” [Radiohead Cover] It took a California alt-country band to make a song about fear, anxiety and paranoia sound sweet and lilting. For their next challenge, they’ll be writing a series of lullabies based on the works of Einsturzende Neubauten. Various Artists, “Come Together” [Beatles Cover] And who brings people together like the Beatles? We want to point out that the last version on this page is performed by Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin — presumably during the downtime from a certain music video? Isn’t this song called “Come Together,” not “Drive Away?”

Publicado: 2008-05-30 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Single Minded

McKagan Talks “Chinese Democracy,” China Tosses Up a Ban

Photo: Miller/Getty With Chinese Democracy fever sweeping across the country, Axl Rose’s old Guns N’ Roses band mate Duff McKagan has commented on the album’s self-titled single. “I just heard the single, ‘Chinese Democracy’, and I heard it at the gym when I was working out. It wasn’t like I sat down in a quiet room and listened to it and analyzed it. And I probably wouldn’t. I think [Axl’s] a really talented guy and I shared a big part of my life with him, but that was a long time ago for me,” McKagan said. “I’ve been asked more about this record, starting about 8-9 years ago, and I probably know the least about the record.” Also not swept up in the whole Chinese Democracy fervor: China. According to reports, G’N'R fans in China have blocked from the album’s official website and can’t use their search engines to find “Chinese Democracy.” Whether this countrywide firewall of the terms “Chinese Democracy” predates the album is unclear, but the band’s MySpace page with its full album stream is still accessible. “This is the first time we’ve heard about it,” a Ministry of Culture spokeswoman said regarding a possible ban. “I don’t know if they’re banned or not. It might be a rumor.” Related Stories: • Chinese Democracy Hits Best Buys in New York With a Yawn • Guns N’ Roses Streaming On MySpace • Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin Weigh in on Chinese Democracy

Publicado: 2008-11-24 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Guns N' Roses

Fricke’s Picks: A Better Bang

The first American full-length album by the Norwegian trio BigBang, From Acid to Zen (Oglio/Grand Sport), is a mixed bag of then and now: seven tracks pulled from the group’s most recent Norwegian releases, 2005’s Poetic Terrorism and 2007’s Too Much Yang, both Number One albums there, plus recut versions of two older numbers and two new songs. It’s a shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Øystein Greni has the right history in his genes — his dad sang in a Norwegian band that opened for Led Zeppelin in 1968 — and he grounds songs like “Early December,” “Hurricane Boy” and the brilliantly titled “From Acid to Zen” in the eternal power-chord charge and fish-hook riffs of the Stones and the Who. But Greni also has a knack for wringing fresh excitement from the familiar: the country-angel harmonies and ice-Byrds guitar in the new version of “Wild Bird,” the improbable dream of Badfinger and Hüsker Dü in “The One.” For Greni, who co-produced the new tracks with Phil Nicolo, From Acid to Zen is a big step in a bigger gamble. After more than a decade of Pearl Jam-like success in Norway, Greni recently moved to Los Angeles, determined to break America the hard way. He, original drummer Olaf Olsen and new bassist Øyvind Storli Hoel now play clubs here with a set list that still rules Scandinavian festivals and is basically this album in your face: proven hits with forward thrust. Related Stories: • Fricke’s Picks: A Family Affair • Fricke’s Picks: Rebel Yellers • Fricke’s Picks: Mercury Rev

Publicado: 2008-10-27 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Fricke's Picks

The Roots, Gym Class Heroes Fire Up Big Jams, Political Messages at Baltimore Tour Kick-Off

Photo: Dreyvitser/WireImage On Friday, the Roots opened their co-headlining tour with Gym Class Heroes at Baltimore’s Ram’s Head Live, testing their rep as the best live act in hip-hop with a jam-laced set short on hits and heavy on mind-numbing instrumentals and off-the-wall covers. As the 24-date tour works its way around the country, the band will learn whether or not its loyal fans — some of who were spotted in Baltimore wearing “?uestlove for Prez” T-shirts — will follow as they shift from their trademark hip-hop-soul to something closer to a darker Phish with only slightly more rapping. U.K. soul star Estelle opened with a short set bookended by her hits “Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)” and “American Boy.” Between songs, she quipped endearingly about the state of global affairs and offered some advice: “Life is short. The end is near. Have Sex.” Hip-hop’s emo-hippies Gym Class Heroes, up next, offered a high-energy set with some goofy stage patter — at one point lecturing on the power of love and asking everyone to hug their concert neighbors — and a couple of surprisingly deep musical interludes. They opened with the radio hit “Clothes Off!” on which guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kosongo (or, as frontman Travis McCoy called him, “Chocolate Genius”) lit into his first of a couple deft solos on the night. By way of charming the locals, McCoy then turned to his bandmates and asked, “Is Omar coming?” Met with quizzical looks, he shook his head. “Damn,” he said. “Am I the only one that watches The Wire?” McCoy crooned a section of Sam Cooke’s “Cupid” before the band launched into their other mega-hit, “Cupid’s Chokehold” mid-set. Playfully ruling the room, McCoy referenced girlfriend Katy Perry, who he said makes him want “jump up and down on a couch on Oprah” and encouraged everyone to vote and support Obama, asking “Am I the only one who thinks McCain is too old for this fucking job?” After dedicating “Live a Little” to DJ AM and Travis Barker and reprising Estelle f

Publicado: 2008-10-06 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News

On the Charts: Metallica Dominate, Jessica Simpson Debuts Strong

Photo: Getty The Big News: Metallica only needed four days to storm to the top of the charts, as the current cover boys sold 490,000 copies since its Friday release. While the shortened week prevented the band from setting a personal one-week sales record, they did manage to sell 400,000 more copies than the number two record, Young Jeezy’s The Recession. Kid Rock’s Rock N’ Roll Jesus stayed embedded at three, while Jessica Simpson’s country music crossover Do You Know scored fourth with 65,000 copies sold. Slipknot’s All Hope Is Gone rounded out our top five. Debuts: LL Cool J’s Exit 13 led the second wave of debuts, coming in at nine with 44,000 copies, or a third of the copies LL’s Todd Smith sold in its first week in 2006. Supertramp-samplers Gym Class Heroes only managed to muster the 14 spot with their new album The Quilt. Comedian Mitch Hedburg’s posthumous Do You Believe In Gosh? charted at 18, Kardinal Offishall’s Not 4 Sale claimed 40 and Okkervil River’s The Stand-Ins placed at 42. Last Week’s Heroes: Outside of the debuts, this week’s top ten shared a striking resemblance with last week’s with one notable exception: Lil Wayne cashed in on his VMA and SNL performances as Tha Carter III bumped up from 10 to eight thanks to a 2% sales increase. The biggest loser had to be the New Kids on the Block, as their The Block spiraled from two down to 16 thanks to a 72% sales decrease. Related Stories: • New Reviews: Metallica, Ne-Yo, Nelly • Metallica Stir Up Mosh Pit At BBC Radio Death Magnetic Show • Metallica’s New Single: The First Review

Publicado: 2008-09-17 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Chart Roundup

Album Preview: Derek Trucks Band Build a Funky Mix of Slide Guitar and R&B on “Already Free”

Photo: Getty “The great thing about having a studio right at home,” guitarist Derek Trucks says with a grin, taking a break from mixing the new Derek Trucks Band album at Electric Lady Studios in New York, “is that if you need somebody to play or sing something on a track, you can just call ‘em” — he mimes talking on a cell phone — and say, ‘Get your ass over here.’ ” It has been a busy commute. The record, titled Already Free and set for release by Columbia’s Legacy Recordings in January 2009, was made at Trucks’ new studio, behind his home in Jacksonville, Florida, and features songs Trucks wrote there with fellow Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, Trucks’ bandmate in Eric Clapton’s touring group over the last two years. Bramhall also sings and plays on the album. The Trucks-Haynes acoustic hymn “Back Where I Started” is a geniuine family affair: Trucks’ wife, singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, is the featured vocalist, Trucks plays the Indian sarod in a striking Delta-blues bottleneck style and Trucks’ brother Duane plays cardboard-box percussion. At Electric Lady, Trucks previews several songs from the album, which bonds his greased-lightning slide guitar and encyclopedic loves of blues, R&B and Indian music in funky, cohesive songwriting. With its loping beat and rubbery clavinet, “Maybe This Time,” sung by Bramhall, would have sounded right at home on Little Feat’s 1973 album Dixie Chicken. “These Days Is Almost Gone,” written by Trucks with his organist Kofi Burbridge and sung by DTB vocalist Mike Mattison, is a Sixties-vintage soul-stew ballad, with Trucks busting out on slide guitar at the end the way Duane Allman used to solo on R&B sessions for Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Mattison sings on a crunchy cover of Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes song “Down in the Flood.” And there is a version of Big Maybelle’s “I Know” which opens with buzzing tamboura and slide guitar, then opens into a 6/8 country-jazz stride that sou

Publicado: 2008-09-12 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News