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Eydie Gorme, 'Blame it on the Bossa Nova' Singer, Dead at 84

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 15:24
Eydie Gorme a television and nightclub star who scored a huge hit in 1963 with the song "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" died on Saturday at the age of 84 The Associated Press reports that she died at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas after a brief illness  Gorme got her...

Box Office Report: 'Elysium' Ekes Out Win in Four-Way Race

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 14:42
WINNERS OF THE WEEK Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis Want to know why Aniston keeps getting to make movies? The estimated $266 million opening weekend for We're the Millers offers a clue It debuted in second place among four new nationwide releases but it's the only one that outperformed expectations As Aniston...

Guitar Center Unionization Effort Spreads to Chicago

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 13:40
Employees at a Guitar Center store in Chicago voted Friday to form the company's second-ever retail union This marks an important win for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) which after successfully unionizing a Manhattan Guitar Center in May suffered setbacks in organizing two other New York stores...

Nine Inch Nails Rock Outside Lands

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 11:55
After an opening day punctuated by Paul McCartney’s serenading of Golden Gate Park Saturday at Outside Lands got straight to the point with incendiary guitar work by Gary Clark Jr who proved his newfound main stage status and got the crowd fist-pumping before the clock even hit 3 pm –...

Katy Perry Drops New Song, 'Roar'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 10:23
Katy Perry's first single from her forthcoming new album Prism has hit the airwaves According to Billboard the song was originally scheduled to premiere on Monday August 12th but it leaked onto the internet on Saturday morning In response the song saw an early release to radio stations including Clear Channel which will...

New York Show Closes Week-Long Tribute Series to Elliott Smith

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 08/11/2013 - 09:27
Elliott Smith opened his own tribute show Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom in New York and proved to be even in his absence an impossible act to follow A short film preceding a lineup of artists to honor the late musician captured Smith’s first attempt at "Angeles" at his home...

Earl Sweatshirt Paints it 'Burgundy' on 'Fallon'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 18:44
Earl Sweatshirt paid a visit to Jimmy Fallon on Friday making his solo network television debut on Late Night Backed by the Roots for the brief appearance the Odd Future rapper performed the song "Burgundy" which surfaced just days before The sense of alienation and discomfort projected in the track...

Kronos Quartet Backs Paul McCartney on 'Yesterday' at Outside Lands

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 17:40
"Live strings" marveled Paul McCartney after introducing the Kronos Quartet with his trademark thumbs-up at Outside Lands last night "Wooh!" It doesn’t take much to get McCartney excited onstage but clearly this was a special event even by the standards of a man who’s sung "Yesterday" hundreds if not thousands...

Man Found Dead at Gathering of Juggalos

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 16:06
A 24-year-old man was found dead at the Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock Illinois on Friday According to St Louis' Riverfront Times the man's body was discovered in a tent where four others were sleeping Sources told the Riverfront Times that the man had approached the owner...

Chris Brown Suffers Seizure

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 12:53
Chris Brown suffered a seizure at a recording studio in Los Angeles early Friday morning According to TMZ the LA City Fire Department responded to a 911 call at the Record Plant shortly after 1 am on August 9th but Brown declined hospitalization and treatment from the paramedics A representative for...

Loretta Lynn on Her Medal of Freedom: 'Isn't That Something?'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 09:20
The list of popular musicians awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom since the prestigious award was established 50 years ago by then-President John F Kennedy is short and glorious Duke Ellington Frank Sinatra BB King and Aretha Franklin are part of this select group; Bob Dylan received a Medal of...

The Most Awesomely Eighties 1980s Music Videos

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 09:00
Remember how like totally awesome MTV was back in the Eighties? Bitchin' music videos with bodacious bods righteous clothes and radical dance moves Since Eighties nostalgia never seems to end we thought we'd list like the most Eighties kinds of 1980s videos Flash back with 15 fresh categories LOW BUDGETIn the...

Outside Lands Kicks Off With Fireworks From Paul McCartney

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 08/10/2013 - 08:59
Opening day of Outside Lands 2013 kicked off on Friday with a main stage (Land’s End) set by Chicago rockers Smith Westerns as fans began to slowly swarm – and eventually pack – Golden Gate Park's Polo Field "This is our first Outside Lands" said frontman Cullen Omori "Thanks for watching and coming out...

Watch: Bret Easton Ellis Guests in Placebo's Eerie 'Too Many Friends'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 17:30
The new video for Placebo's "Too Many Friends" the single off the British rockers' forthcoming album Loud Like Love is a visually stunning interactive mystery NME premiered the clip which couches the song in a six-minute mystery seemingly titled "Unfortunate Events" narrated by American Psycho's Bret Easton Ellis In exactly 312...

Odd Future Set Second Annual Carnival in Los Angeles

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 17:00
The Odd Future crew has organized their second annual OFWGKTA Carnival which is set for November 9th at the Coliseum in Los Angeles According to a press release this year's headliners will be rapper Tyler the Creator and R&B sensation Frank Ocean (both members of the Odd Future collective) In...

Band to Watch: Beast Patrol

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 16:35
It's not every day that you stumble across a world-class rock band playing in a park and using bicycle pedals to power their amplifiers This unusual way to get loud has proven to be the right path as Beast Patrol emerged from the street and onto the stages of packed...

Listen: Earl Sweatshirt's Melancholy New Song 'Burgundy'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:45
Earl Sweatshirt's debut solo album Doris comes out August 20th – and it is shaping up to be a star-studded affair The Odd Future rapper has already unveiled a pair of collaborative new tracks "Hive" (featuring Vince Staples and Casey Veggies) and "Guild" (featuring Mac Miller) Guest spots by Frank Ocean and...

Werner Herzog Tackles Texting and Driving in Devastating Documentary

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:35
It can be ridiculously tempting to text while driving The phone lights up It's right there on the seat next you Maybe a fast glance wouldn't be so bad German filmmaker Werner Herzog's new documentary on the topic will guarantee you never touch that phone while behind the wheel ever again...

Phoenix Hint at Potential R. Kelly Collaboration

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:13
Back in April Phoenix and R Kelly stunned the Coachella crowd with their very unlikely stage collaboration The R&B veteran and French indie-rockers came together for a mash-up of Kelly's slow-jam classic "Ignition" and Phoenix's propulsive "1901"  And in a recent interview with Radiocom Phoenix sheepishly hinted that this collaboration might even result...

Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Clash's Greatest Song?

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:00
The classic lineup of the Clash broke up after just seven years but in that time they released a stunning amount of great music Their 1991 box set Clash on Broadway was just three CDs and it barely scratched the surface On September 10th they're finally getting it right with...

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