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Foo Fighters Team With Butch Vig for “Heaviest Album Yet”

Photo: Merritt/Getty (Grohl), Mayer/WireImage(Vig) Forget all that talk of a hiatus. The Foo Fighters are getting ready to head back into the studio, Dave Grohl revealed at the Independent Spirit Awards on Friday night. Swigging from a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey, the Foos frontman and Them Crooked Vultures drummer, who had just introduced a performance by Best Documentary subjects Anvil, said his band will work with Butch Vig on their seventh album, in part to mark the 20th anniversary of N

Published: 2010-03-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Cold War Kids Get Darker on “Loyalty to Loyalty”

With a stirring debut and a name inspired by Stalin, Cold War Kids quickly became a sharp-dressed band to watch. Now, on the eve of their second record, they talk about their dark sound, their humble days and the joys of an eBay guitar. Find out more about their Ayn Rand and Josiah Royce-influenced new album Loyalty to Loyalty below. • Cold New World [Photo: Ben Watts]

Published: 2008-08-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Metallica Getting “Mandatory” XM Station

Metallica will soon have their very own station on XM satellite radio station. “Mandatory Metallica” will hit satellite receivers starting August 16th and feature the band’s entire catalog as well as rare live recordings from the group’s personal archives. All four members of the band will serve as hosts during the station’s six-week run, which will last past the release of their new album Death Magnetic on September 12th. The station will also air interviews with members of Linkin Park, Slipknot, Guns n’ Roses and pretty much every other metal band ever as they talk about the impact Metallica has had on their music. [Photo: Getty]

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

MISERABLE MR. JONES

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I started telling people about my upcoming interview with Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz. They all had pretty much the same thing to say: "Really? He's still around? Talk about a washed-up has-been."Even the Crows' fans, myself...

Published: 2008-04-20 Provider: New York Post Keywords: album, life, Duritz, even, record, Saturday, Sunday, band, friends, make, meant, move, songs, think, music

The Roots Jam and Talk “Rising Down” in Exclusive Video

One of this season’s most hotly anticipated albums is the Roots‘ latest opus Rising Down. RollingStone.com caught up with Black Thought, Questlove and the rest of the band for a discussion about the new record and a behind-the-scenes peak into a jam session. For the complete video, click here. For more expanded content from the Rolling Stone Spring Music Preview (including exclusive videos, songs and interviews), click here.

Published: 2008-04-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos

Say Anything on Pranks, Smashing Pumpkins Covers and “Daddy”

When Say Anything swung through New York for a sold-out show at the Nokia Theater in Times Square last weekend, RollingStone.com caught up with the sextet to talk about April Fool’s jokes and life on the road. For the complete interview, click here, and for photos of the band’s tattoos and most prized possessions (and one of their more famous fans, Ashley Olsen), click here. [Photo: Jason Bergman for RollingStone.com]

Published: 2008-04-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Paramore Put Rumors to Rest at South By Southwest

We caught up with Paramore before their big show at La Zona Rosa at South By Southwest, and the band took the opportunity to talk about the rumors behind their recent canceled tour dates. Check it out, plus get a look at all of our ongoing SXSW coverage — photos, video, interviews and live reports — here. [Video: Jennifer Hsu]

Published: 2008-03-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos, SXSW Video

Boy band mogul Pearlman pleads guilty

For years, Lou Pearlman wowed banks and investors with slick talk and a lavish lifestyle. But when the one-time architect of ...

Published: 2008-03-07 Provider: USA Today

The Killers - Sawdust

Artist: The Killers Review: This b-sides-and-rarities comp is split between glammy synth-pop like "Sweet Talk" and straighter, heavier rock like "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf." The cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" should have stayed in the vaults, but it's hard to deny Brandon Flowers' melodic gifts, which fuel catchy uptempos like "Under the Gun" and "Where the White Boys Dance," an eerie thing that sounds like it could have come from some great lost post-punk band. Rating: 3 Stars

Published: 2007-11-20 Provider: Rolling Stone

Feist Performs on "Letterman" With a Choir of Indie-Rock All-Stars: Members of Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, the New Pornographers, the National and More

Tue, Aug 28 2007 07:46 PDT Late Show with David Letterman on August 27, 2007 in New York City. The recruited singers include members of Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, the New Pornographers, Mates of State, the National and Nicole Atkins and the Sea. Photo"> Letterman's tiny dressing areas, a Winnebago was brought to the studio to provide rehearsal space. Photo"> Letterman band leader Paul Shaffer and Feist talk shop during rehearsal. Photo"> Late Show With David Letterman. Photo">

Published: 2007-08-29 Provider: Rolling Stone

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic We caught soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Metallica’s surprise SXSW performance, then hung out with James Hetfield to talk Guitar Hero. Plus, the heavy metal gods announced more tour dates, released a “Broken, Beat and Scarred” video and invited Jason Newsted to join them at the Rock Hall ceremony (”The Black Album will be back,” Newsted told RS.) And that cop who urinated on fans at a Metallica show in Boston is no longer a police officer. Kanye West, Jane’s Addiction, Devo, OutKast’s Big Boi, the Hold Steady, Circle Jerks, Juliette and the New Romantiques, Silversun Pickups, Airborne Toxic Event and Little Boots are just a fraction of the big-name artists and emerging acts Rock Daily caught down in Austin, Texas last weekend. Check out our SXSW coverage for the full scoop. We learned that Billy Corgan is to Smashing Pumpkins what Axl Rose is to Guns n’ Roses after drummer Jimmy Chamberlin left the band. Chamberlin explained he couldn’t “cash the check” anymore. Prince finally launched his colorful Lotusflow3r Website, giving fans an early taste of his three new albums and allowing them to watch all that footage the Web Sheriff banned from YouTube for the price of $77. Lotusflow3r, MPLSound and Elixir all hit Target Sunday.

Published: 2009-03-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

The Killers Inside: Rolling in Vegas With Brandon Flowers

Photograph by Max Vadukul Brandon Flowers is having trouble explaining himself. Maybe it’s because nothing about him adds up: a couture-wearing synth-pop fanatic who wants to be Bruce Springsteen; a devout Mormon who sings in a decadent Las Vegas rock band. Maybe it’s because when Flowers talks, he tends to get in trouble — like when he bragged that Sam’s Town, the previous album from his band, the Killers, was “one of the best albums in the last 20 years” before anyone heard it. Or maybe it’s because, as the Killers prepare to release their third album, Day & Age, he’s still not sure what kind of band they are. “Every day, I change,” says Flowers. “One day I want to be dead serious, and the next I just want to write great pop songs and have fun. I don’t have any kind of clear direction. I don’t know if I’d want to.” He sighs. “I don’t even know why people want to talk to me.” Read the rest of Brian Hiatt’s feature from the current issue of Rolling Stone here: • The Killers Inside: Rolling in Vegas With Brandon Flowers, the Biggest, Most Insecure Mormon Rock Star Ever

Published: 2008-12-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News