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New Music Report: Van Morrison, Dan Auerbach, Plus Top Stories

This week’s news and reviews report has a very special guest: Metal kings Mastodon stopped by the Rolling Stone office last week to offer up their Grammy predictions, insisting that Robert Plant & Alison Krauss should win the Record of the Year award for “Please Read the Letter” if only because the Led Zeppelin frontman has “loose leaf papers flying around his home, desperately in need of a paper weight.” The band also talked about their notorious walk down the Grammy red carpet two years ago, when Brooke Hogan gave Mastodon the distinction of being the “Worst Dressed.” Check out footage of Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor’s interview, above. RollingStone.com deputy editor Caryn Ganz also breaks down the Grammys, where Mastodon’s prognosticating came true as Robert Plant & Alison Krauss cleaned house by winning a best-in-show five awards, including the prestigious Album of the Year for their Raising Sand. Lil Wayne took home four awards, including Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III, while Chris Martin and the rest of Coldplay secured three trophies of their own, including Best Rock Album for Viva La Vida. All three artists also performed at the ceremony, along with Radiohead, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers and many more. We also talk shop about some of this week’s biggest releases: Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl, the iconic 1968 LP that Rolling Stone says takes on a more bluesy identity when it was performed in its entirety in 2008. Plus, a look at Dan Auerbach’s Keep It Hid, the first solo album from the Black Keys’ frontman. >>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.]

Published: 2009-02-11
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Videos, New Music Report

Metallica Reveal “Guitar Hero” Track List

Metallica have revealed the track list for their upcoming Guitar Hero game, out on March 29th. The 28-song list combines the band’s greatest hits like “Enter Sandman” and “One” with fan favorites like “Battery” and “Dyers Eve.” Additionally, gamers can play the band’s new Death Magnetic in the full-game mode if they downloaded that album. Plus, GH: Metallica will also feature songs by artists like Bob Seger, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters and new metal all-stars like Mastodon and the Sword. As reported in Rolling Stone’s preview of Guitar Hero: Metallica, the game features a storyline concocted by James Hetfield, with players starting the game as the band’s opening act before eventually becoming Metallica. The game also contains artwork from the band’s longtime collaborator Pushead and bonus features like live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. To see the entire Guitar Hero: Metallica track list, keep reading. Metallica songs: “All Nightmare Long” “Battery” “Creeping Death” “Disposable Heroes” “Dyers Eve” “Enter Sandman” “Fade To Black” “Fight Fire With Fire” “For Whom The Bell Tolls” “Frantic” “Fuel” “Hit The Lights” “King Nothing” “Master of Puppets” “Mercyful Fate (Medley)” “No Leaf Clover” “Nothing Else Matters” “One” “Orion” “Sad But True” “Seek And Destroy” “The Memory Remains” “The Shortest Straw” “The Thing That Should Not Be” “The Unforgiven” “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” “Wherever I May Roam” “Whiplash” Other artists: Alice In Chains – “No Excuses” Bob Seger – “Turn The Page” Corrosion of Conformity – “Albatross” Diamond Head – “Am I Evil?” Foo Fighters – “Stacked Actors” Judas Priest – “Hell Bent For Leather” Kyuss – “Demon Cleaner” Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Tuesdays Gone” Machine Head – “Beautiful Mourning” Mastodon – “Blood And Thunder” Mercyful Fate – “Evil” Michael Schenker Group – “Armed and Ready” Motorhead – “Ace of Spades” Queen – “Stone Cold Crazy” Samhain – “Mother of Mercy” Slayer – “War Ensemble” Social Distortion – “Mommy’s Little Monster” Sui

Published: 2009-01-26
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News