“We’ve never had so much attention,” says Willie Nelson. He’s sitting on his bus, the Honeysuckle Rose, parked outside the Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Nelson, animated and full of laughs, is killing time hitting a weed pen and sipping coffee before performing“Summer Wind” from My Way, his moving new …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah Make Doo-Wop From Scratch on 'Fallon'
Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon joined with the Roots and an iPad app to cut an off-the-cuff version of the doo-wop single “Earth Angel,” originally recorded by thePenguins in 1954. After figuring out how to use the app correctly — “You’re such a dad right now,” Clarkson quipped …
Read More »Ministry Plot North American Tour
Industrial metal stalwarts Ministry will embark on a North American tour this fall in support of their new album, AmeriKKKant. The trek kicks off November 21st at the Warfield in San Francisco, California and includes stops in Denver, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York City, Dallas, Phoenix and more. The …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dilly Dally, 'Doom'
When Dilly Dally’s Katie Monks and Liz Ball met, they were just two ninth graders living in the suburbs of Toronto. But in their minds, they were already a badass rock duo like Axl and Slash, Steven and Joe, Mick and Keith. To them, rock and roll glory was so …
Read More »Ariana Grande Remembers 'Dearest Friend' Mac Miller
After remaining silent about ex-boyfriend Mac Miller‘s death a week ago from a suspected drug overdose, Ariana Grande wrote a wrenching tribute to her “dearest friend” on Instagram. “I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen, and I always will,” Grande wrote. “I can’t believe …
Read More »Mike Patton, DJ QBert Detail 'Lynch-Heavy' Set for Director's Festival
Pyrotechnic Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton and turntable athlete DJ QBert will play their second show ever at Los Angeles’ Festival of Disruption, the pan-disciplinary festival curated by director David Lynch and benefiting the David Lynch Foundation. Patton tells Rolling Stone their performance for Disruption will be a “Lynch-heavy” …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dua Lipa and Silk City, “Electricity”
It’s been over a year since British pop star Dua Lipa dominated radio waves with “New Rules,” and became the most streamed female artist in the UK. But there’s no stopping the 23-year-old hit-maker. In the past, Lipa has collaborated with the likes of Calvin Harris (“One Kiss”) and Miguel …
Read More »'Watch The Throne 2' is on the Way, According to One Half of the Throne
After a summer of blockbuster albums (often to diminishing returns), Kanye West and Jay-Z are supposedly adding to the release schedule. On Saturday, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce:“throne2 coming soon.”However,it is unclear if both halves of the duo got the memo. https://thisforall.net/kanyewest/status/1038573949880164352 The succinct and mysterious announcement didn’t …
Read More »How Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Theme Bars Are Remaking Nashville's Broadway
Our night in downtown Nashville begins in a bank-turned-tattoo-parlor-turned-Luke Bryan-themed restaurant with a pickup truck dangling over the stage where a band is covering Maren Morris’s “My Church.” The space has six levels, eight bars, numerous light-up “Luke Bryan” signs and more flat screens than a Best Buy. But we …
Read More »Review: Clutch Serve Up More Raucous Good-Time Rock on 'Book of Bad Decisions'
Producing Clutch is an “ain’t broke, don’t fix it “proposition. Over the past quarter century, these Maryland road dogs have gradually honed a sturdy, compact sound that’s immune to drastic change: bluesy, riff-centric hard rock with hints of psychedelia and punk, topped off by the gravelly roar of wildly charismatic …
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