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Lollapalooza Lineup Puzzle Reveals Green Day, Arcade Fire

Photo: Bedder/Getty Lollapalooza organizers have added another letter to their Wheel of Fortune-style lineup puzzle: R. The new clue has helped reveal a new host of potential acts, including Green Day, Arcade Fire, Social Distortion, Grizzly Bear and Wolfmother. As Rolling Stone reported yesterday, the Chicago fest, taking place at Grant Park August 6-8th, officially announces its lineup on April 6th, but until then its organizers are toying with fans by revealing the roster one letter at a time

Published: 2010-04-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Lollapalooza, Rock News

Weekend Rock List: One Album Wonders

When we heard Wolfmother split up after a lone album together, we pondered other bands that released a great debut before calling it a day (Andrew Stockdale says his Aussie band will carry on, however). Whether they were a one-off supergroup or just a bunch of folks who couldn’t get along, tell us your favorite One Album Wonders and we’ll tally the votes. Here are some picks: • Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols • The La’s - The La’s • Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog • The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History • Blind Faith - Blind Faith

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

Hot bands for cold weather: Chart-burners headed our way this week

Arts & EntertainmentSome of the hottest young bands in the country — offering everything from emo punk to hip-hop soul — are performing in the Seattle...

Published: 2006-11-30 Provider: Seattle Times

Readers’ Rock List: One Album Wonders

Last week, saddened by the split of Wolfmother’s original members, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite albums by artists who only released one album. We’ve counted the votes, and Jeff Buckley’s Grace — the artist’s only official studio album — beat out other One Album Wonders like the Modern Lovers, Sex Pistols and Black Star to take the prize. Check out the the readers’ list below. 1. Jeff Buckley - Grace 2. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols 3. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers 4. Mother Love Bone – Apple 5. The La’s - The La’s 6. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 7. Young Marble Giants - Colassal Youth 8. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star 9. Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll 10. David and David - Boomtown

Published: 2008-08-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

• At Lollapalooza, we survived the Rage riots, caught Radiohead, NIN and Kanye, hung out with Perry Farrell and the Black Keys and a whole lot more. Check out all our coverage here. • Iron Man and Tropic Thunder star Robert Downey Jr. took over the cover to talk about how he survived years of addiction to become the new king of the summer box office. Peter Travers also dove into the actor’s acclaimed filmography to spotlight RDJ’s best performances. • We discovered that Bono is a RollingStone.com reader as the U2 frontman tried to post his own recollections about recording Boy in the comments section of David Fricke’s review. He went over word count, but thankfully you can read the full text here. • Wolfmother lost two members and Iggy & the Stooges lost all their gear. [Photo: Grabowski/Retna]

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

Wolfmother Split, Singer to Recruit New Members

After only one album, Wolfmother have announced via their website that they are splitting up. Initially, keyboardist/bassist Chris Ross left the Australian trio, citing irreconcilable personal and musical differences. Not wanting to simply fill the void and continue on in a changed line up, drummer Myles Heskett followed Ross’ exit. That leaves singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who said he would recruit new musicians and continue on as Wolfmother. After touring the world from 2006 to early 2007 on the strength of their self-titled debut, “longstanding frictions within the group” finally came to the forefront, forcing the band to take an extended break to consider its future in late 2007. Earlier this year, the band regrouped to start work on their new album and to “road-test” new material. But after this weekend’s Splendour in the Grass Festival in their native Australia, Ross decided he had had enough. The band said they ask “fans to please understand that in spite of their best efforts over a long period of time, they just could not find a harmonious way to work together and that has lead to the decisions announced today.” In their short history, Wolfmother sold a half-million copies of their self-titled debut album in the U.S., became a Guitar Hero favorite and even won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2007 for “Woman.”

Published: 2008-08-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

International Report: Live Earth Sydney

We asked Rolling Stone’s international editions to report on the Live Earth concerts nearest them. Here’s the report from Dan Lander of Rolling Stone Australia on Live Earth Sydney: WHO PLAYED: Wolfmother, Jack Johnson, Crowded House, Blue King Brown, Toni Collette, Sneaky Sound System, Ghostwriters, Paul Kelly, Eskimo Joe, Missy Higgins, John Butler Trio HIGHLIGHTS: • Crowded House joined by everybody on the bill for a sing-along version of “Weather With You”, a song which took on a new meaning under the circumstances. • An intense-as-hell drum solo from the John Butler Trio’s Michael Barker, the perfect foil to Butler’s equally intense demand to Australia’s leaders not to introduce nuclear energy as an answer to global warming (we have much better options). The JBT set was a standout overall – there is no one on the planet who sounds better at an outside gig than these guys. • Paul Kelly joined by Kev Carmody, Missy Higgins and John Butler for “From Little Things Big Things Grow”. The whole crowd sung along – all eleven verses. MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENT: Academy-Award nominated actress Toni Collette and her band the Finish closing their set with a very fitting cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution”, proving not every actor who tries their hand at music need be as bad as Russell Crowe.

Published: 2007-07-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Earth, Live Earth International Report

No Doubt, Chris Martin Booked for Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit

Photo: Jennings/WireImage Neil Young, No Doubt, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Fleet Foxes, Wolfmother, Sheryl Crow, Gavin Rossdale and the Monsters of Folk will perform at both nights of the annual Bridge School Benefit at Mountain View, California’s Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 24th and 25th, the Bridge School Website announced yesterday. Jimmy Buffett will also perform at the Saturday night show, and actor Adam Sandler — who got to rock out in Funny People — will take the stage Sunday. Young a

Published: 2009-09-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Single Minded: The Killers Team With Wolfmother, Beatles Covers

Photo: Gershoff/WireImage The Killers & Wolfmother, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” [Animals Cover] If there are two bands working today that can pour more deep, personal meaning into “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” more than the Killers and Wolfmother, we’d love to know who they are. Fiach, “Golden Slumbers” [Beatles Covers] So, some CDs came out on Wednesday. Maybe you heard something about them? Irish artist Fiach certainly did and, canny marketer that he is, is giving away this gorgeous cove

Published: 2009-09-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Single Minded

Wolfmother Break Out “Cosmic Egg” at Secret New York Show

Photo: Danny ClinchA boozy night out was all it took to convince Wolfmother to give up their only night off this week. The Aussie stoner-rock heroes are currently in the midst of an East Coast jaunt opening for the Killers, but last night they also made a surprise appearance at the tiny Bowery Electric club in New York. The band admitted on stage that the idea for the gig emerged during a drinking session the night before and only confirmed the show at around 3 p.m. in the afternoon. In the end

Published: 2009-09-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

Wolfmother’s Stockdale Rocks Pair of “Cosmic Egg” Tracks Acoustic

Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale recently stopped by the Rolling Stone studios to perform acoustic renditions of a pair of songs that’ll appear on the band’s second album Cosmic Egg, and stripped of their prog-metal backgrounds, Stockdale’s songwriting and melodies shine through. In our studio, Stockdale busted out “In the Castle” — which he improvised on acoustic guitar on the spot in the video above — and the multi-suite “In the Morning.” Watch the performance and check out Stockdale telli

Published: 2009-08-20 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos

News Ticker: Wolfmother, Hank Williams, C-Murder, Brooks & Dunn

Photo:Dawson/Getty Aussie hard rockers Wolfmother have confirmed their second album will be released on October 13th. Cosmic Egg’s track list is posted on their official Website, and debut single “New Moon Rising” hits radio August 14th. Andrew Stockdale and his two new bandmates will hit the road with the Killers for a handful of U.S. dates this month. A new biopic about Hank Williams is in the works, according to Variety. Marc Abraham, who produced Children of Men, is writing the script, and

Published: 2009-08-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup