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Big Star’s SXSW Show Turns Into Powerful Tribute to Alex ChiltonPhoto: Mullen/WireImage Just as everyone at the SXSW Music Festival was finding their groove Wednesday, news of the death of Alex Chilton hit. “Austin’s in shock about Alex,” read one of the countless social media memes. On Saturday, heartsick Big Star fans got to hear Chilton songs performed by a cast of guest musicians sitting in on the regularly scheduled Big Star showcase, held down by the remaining members of the band’s current incarnation, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow and Jody Stephens. But
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Published: 2010-03-21
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, SXSW
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Rob Sheffield Remembers Ultimate Indie Cult Hero Alex ChiltonPhoto: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Classic Alex Chilton live moment: 1987, long after midnight, a sleazy rock bar in Roanoke, Virginia. When the man strikes up his best-loved song, the Big Star classic “September Gurls,” some drunk idiot celebrates by throwing a bottle that hits the guitar. Chilton cuts the song dead right at the syllable “Sep—” and snarls, “If I catch the motherfucker who threw that bottle, I’m gonna kill him.” Then, to the band: “OK, on D. One. Two.” They pick it up without m
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Published: 2010-03-18
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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New Music Report: Bruce Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand, Plus Top StoriesRolling Stone’s Caryn Ganz breaks down the latest news and reviews in this week’s action-packed New Music Report, including Bruce Springsteen’s rich, expansive Working on a Dream, the subject of the magazine’s latest five-star review and Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the third album of competent disco-rock from the Scottish quartet. • Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream • Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Plus, another look at our special Grammy Faceoff, where top artists — many of whom are up for Grammys, themselves — pick their favorites in all the major categories, and a recap of the big night’s newly announced performances, which will include Radiohead’s first televised U.S. gig since 2000 (the band is up for five awards). Also, a preview of Metallica’s Guitar Hero and its song list, inside President Barack Obama’s new secret music library and more. >>Watch every episode of our weekly New Music Report video podcast by subscribing via iTunes (when prompted, click “Launch application”). Every Tuesday, a new episode will be delivered to your iTunes. [If you don’t have iTunes, download it here.]
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Published: 2009-01-28
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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This Week’s New Reviews, Starring The Jonas BrothersThis week’s batch of new Rolling Stone reviews is online, and it is headlined by the high-profile release of RS cover boys the Jonas Brothers‘ A Little Bit Longer. Of the teen dreams’ new album, Jody Rosen writes, “The boys’ fantastic third album is steeped in the fuzzed-up guitars, three-part harmonies and cotton-candy choruses of Big Star and Cheap Trick. Power-pop die-hards awaiting the genre’s commercial saviors must reckon with the fact that the messiahs have arrived…and they’re a Disney boy band.” Click below for the full review, plus check out reviews for new records from Loudon Wainwright III and Irma Thomas. • Review: The Jonas Brothers’ A Little Bit Longer (4 stars) • Review: Loudon Wainwright III’s Recovery (3.5 stars) • Review: Irma Thomas’ Simply Grand (3.5 stars)
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Published: 2008-08-12
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Album Review
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News Ticker: Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Guns N’ Roses, Bill Cosby Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Dylan will follow up his critically acclaimed autobiography Chronicles with a children’s book entitled Forever Young. The forty page picture book is due to hit shelves October 6th. Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C has forced the Allman Brothers Band to cancel their performance at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival. Bonnaroo organizers will fill the vacancy with a “big announcement” this Thursday. Contrary to previous reports, Axl Rose will not star in a reality TV show documenting the release of Chinese Democracy. Details about Bill Cosby’s hip-hop album Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency have emerged. The comedian executive-produced and co-wrote the album, but will not spit rhymes, instead leaving rapping duties to a trio of newcomers. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-15
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Bob Dylan, Afternoon News Roundup
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News Ticker: Joy Division, Beyonce, Lionel Richie, Steve Miller, Juice Crew A new “best of” compilation of Joy Division songs will be released on March 25th, the same day the Anton Corbijn-directed Ian Curtis biopic Control comes out on DVD. The collection will feature fourteen of the band’s greatest hits, plus a second disc of Peel Sessions recordings and interviews with Curtis. Beyonce has signed on to star in the film Obsessed. Knowles will play the wife of an asset manager who is stalked by one of his temp workers, played by Heroes’ Ali Larter. Lionel Richie and Steve Miller will receive lifetime achievement awards at this year’s ASCAP awards ceremony. Past recipients of the Golden Note include Tom Petty, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder. Famed rap group the Juice Crew will reunite at this year’s A3C Festival in Atlanta. Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante, MC Shan and Craig G are all confirmed for the event. [Photo: Slattery/Retna]
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Published: 2008-03-06
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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The Who Rock Super Bowl XLIV With Explosive Medley of Big HitsPhoto: Kravitz/FilmMagic For the past few years, the Super Bowl has stuck with all-star rock talent for its halftime shows: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and now the Who, who brought a giant display of rock & roll might and pyrotechnics to the big game in Miami this evening. Check out photos of music’s big names rocking football’s big game. Pete Townshend got things started by furiously strumming an acoustic
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Published: 2010-02-08
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Super Bowl, The Who
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Big Rock Hall Team-Ups: “Lou Reed Wants to Hear More of Me!”Watching Mick Jagger face off with Bono and Bruce Springsteen backing up Billy Joel may have given fans at the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts a thrill, but the musicians onstage got a jolt from their all-star team-ups, too. Case in point: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, who gushed to Rolling Stone backstage in the On 3 gifting suite that his band’s performance with Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Davies and Lou Reed was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “We really like how things are soun
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Published: 2009-10-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Weekend Rock List: SupergroupsIt was a big week for supergroups: Monsters of Folk debuted three songs off their upcoming album, the 7 Worlds Collide project featuring Wilco, Neil Finn and members of Radiohead plotted their next release and we caught up with the Van Halen-and-Red Hot Chili Peppers-powered Chickenfoot in London. So this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to those bands that unite people from other bands to form an entirely new all-star band. Tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll count the votes and reveal
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Published: 2009-07-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock Lists
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Rock & Roll Rules at E3: Lowdown on Expo’s Big Music GamesPhoto: McNew/Getty The Beatles: Rock Band and DJ Hero made their debuts at the E3 expo — the gaming industry’s main event — last week with a lot of noise (the appearance of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr; an all-star party featuring Eminem and Jay-Z trading verses on the mic). But attendees also got a glimpse at the new generation of a host of karaoke and dance titles, along with Guitar Hero: Van Halen. Get the rundown on the next year’s most promising games that rock here: • Rock & Roll Rules
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Published: 2009-06-08
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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New Reviews: Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young and Jeff BuckleyThe Dave Matthews Band return today with Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which earned a four-star review in our new issue. Rolling Stone’s David Fricke calls the LP the band’s “most electrifying album yet.” The record serves as a tribute to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, the “GrooGrux King” of the album title who passed away in August 2008 following an ATV accident. DMB huddled in a New Orleans studio with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo for a set of songs that boast big electric guitars and a class
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Published: 2009-06-02
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Breaking: Tinted WindowsWho: Tinted Windows, a power-pop supergroup featuring the unexpected union of Taylor Hanson (of Hanson), former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos. “I was like, ‘That’s the best idea ever,’ ” Iha said of Schlesinger’s brainstorm to start the band. Sounds Like: “The whole album is a love letter to power pop — everything from Weezer to the Knack to Big Star — and to simple, guitar-driven songs,” Hanson says of the band
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Published: 2009-04-15
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Breaking
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