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Rock List: Songs By the Numbers
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Daniel Kreps on February 18, 2008
Last week, we asked you to name the best songs that feature numbers in their titles. Since the seemingly-infinite number of picks were all over the spectrum, we decided to break down down this Rock List “March Madness”-style. To see your picks for the “Best Songs With Numbers,” hit the jump. Division OneU2 – “One”Metallica – “One”Harry Nilsson – “One”Nas – “One...
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In the Studio: The Hold Steady
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Christian Hoard on March 05, 2008
From October 2006 to November 2007, the Hold Steady played nearly 250 shows behind their third album, Boys and Girls in America. Along the way, the quintet saw their crowds mushroom in size, heard their music featured on a Super Bowl telecast and got to jam with Bruce Springsteen at a Carnegie Hall benefit concert. “Bruce said, ‘Does anyone know the lyrics to ‘Rosalita’?” frontman Craig...
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Roger Waters’ Pig On the Run: A Rolling Stone Investigation
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Rolling Stone on April 29, 2008
The quest for Roger Waters’ lost pig continues, but Rock Daily has reached out to its worldwide correspondents and compiled photographic evidence of the pig’s travels. Click here for a look at where Pink Floyd’s giant inflatable porker has been.• The Flight of the Pig: A Photo Investigation
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Nine Inch Nails Release New Album “The Slip” for Free
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Daniel Kreps on May 04, 2008
A mere two months after surprising fans with the web-released Ghosts I-IV and two weeks after surprising radio stations with new single “Discipline,” Trent Reznor and his prolific Nine Inch Nails announced this morning that their hinted-at new album The Slip was available as a free and immediate download. According to Reznor, the album is being given away for free as a “thank you to our...
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Foo Fighters’ Tour Rider: Funnier Than “What Happens in Vegas”
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Daniel Kreps on May 13, 2008
Whenever the Smoking Gun unearths an artist’s tour rider, we relish the opportunity to poke fun at the requests for tapioca pudding, Connect Four and, in the case of Amy Winehouse, a stocked selection of liquor. The Foo Fighters, well aware of the absurdity of demands like a bowl full of only green M&Ms and non-leather couches, have intentionally raised the bar on the hilarity of the tour...
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Artists Fight for New Hi-Fi Formats
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Brian Hiatt on May 19, 2008
High-fidelity audio may be endangered in the age of MP3, but a growing number of artists are refusing to see it die without a fight: Neil Young, Trent Reznor, John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett have all joined the battle recently, embracing sound formats that are superior to both MP3s and CDs. “We’ve been fighting the limitations of digital audio since it first came out,” says Burnett, the...
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Photo Gallery: A Field Guide To Jam Faces
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Rolling Stone on June 04, 2008
One of the best things about being a guitarist is being able to contort yourself while in the middle of your killer solo or scorching riff. But not all jam faces are the same — in fact, there are distinct variations. Luckily, Rock Daily has provided a field guide to the various faces you might come across on the rock landscape. Click below for the full gallery, featuring John Mayer, Slash, Neil...
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Now It’s Serious: Bob Dylan Endorses Barack Obama
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Rolling Stone on June 06, 2008
Bob Dylan has come out in favor of Barack Obama. In an interview with the London Times, Dylan described the Democratic presidential nominee in Kennedyesque terms when asked by an interviewer for his take on the US election. “Right now America is in a state of upheaval,” Dylan said. “Poverty is demoralising. You can’t expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But...
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Beck, Black Crowes to Headline San Diego’s Street Scene
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Daniel Kreps on June 17, 2008
Beck and the Black Crowes will headline the twenty-fourth annual San Diego Street Scene, to be held on September 19-20. Also among the thirty bands that will rock four stages throughout San Diego’s East Village neighborhood are TV On the Radio, Tegan and Sara, Justice, Spoon and Cat Power. Tickets for the festival are on sale now. Check after the jump for the complete Street Scene lineup.The...
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