Christopher R. R. Weingarten

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Them Crooked Vultures Blast Through Jams at New York Debut | ARTICLE

"It's a lot of new music," said Them Crooked Vultures frontman Josh Homme onstage at the Roseland Ballroom for the New York debut of his supergroup with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones last night. "It's not...
October 16, 2009 9:53 AM ET
Eminem, Public Enemy, Tom Morello Bring All-Star Team-Ups to VH1's Hip Hop Honors | ARTICLE

VH1's Hip Hop Honors don't air until Tuesday, October 13th at 9 p.m. EST/PST, but Rolling Stone was at the big event at Brooklyn's Howard Gilman Opera House last night. At the sixth annual Honors, a cavalcade...
September 24, 2009 2:03 PM ET
Jimi Hendrix: Remembering the Guitar God on the Anniversary of His Death | ARTICLE

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix, who passed away in London after changing the way the world handles six strings. In honor of the greatest guitar player who ever lived, check...
September 18, 2009 2:17 PM ET
Before the Report: Stephen Colbert's Rise From Sketch Shows to America's Hero | ARTICLE

Before Stephen Colbert was a beloved political satirist and Peabody-winning grizzly bear detractor, he was an actor and comedian shuffling his way through various sketch shows and under-the-radar cameos. His stoic deadpan and occasional bouts of...
September 2, 2009 11:00 AM ET
Breaking: Portugal. The Man | ARTICLE

Who: A hard-working, hard-touring indie-soul four-piece whose spotlight-stealing sets at this year's Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals were honed by averaging 250 shows a year. Now stationed in Portland, PTM were the most famous exports of Wasilla, Alaska,...
August 26, 2009 1:11 PM ET
Twittering Woodstock | ARTICLE

The Woodstock Music and Art Festival is already rock music's most legendary moment: the era-defining music, the unrivaled glow of harmony and optimism, the use of mud as formalwear. But one thing that is rarely mentioned...
August 12, 2009 4:20 PM ET
Jay-Z Breaks Out Blizzard of Hits, Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson at All Points West | ARTICLE

Jay-Z's first American festival show at Friday's All Points West festival was a hard-rocking, non-stop blizzard of hits, punctuated by tributes to the Beastie Boys and Michael Jackson, and included some exclusive tastes of his upcoming album...
August 1, 2009 1:04 PM ET
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend Rescue Rainy All Points West With High-Energy Sets | ARTICLE

"I know it's not easy to dance when you're holding an umbrella," said Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, essentially summing up Friday's rainy, muddy, bleak, All Points West Festival in New Jersey's Liberty State Park. After the rain...
August 1, 2009 12:55 PM ET
"Play" 10 Years Later: Moby's Track by Track Guide to 1999's Global Smash | ARTICLE

When Play was released, I kind of thought my career was over," says Moby. He's speaking from the sparse, utilitarian Manhattan studio where he recorded the 1999 smash in the years before the walls were...
July 2, 2009 9:32 AM ET
Jay-Z Talks Ditching Def Jam, New Deals: "I'm an Entrepreneur" | ARTICLE

Jay-Z has confirmed the destinations of his Blueprint 3 and Roc Nation label, telling Billboard that his new album will be released on Atlantic Records while the label he formed after signing a 360 deal...
July 1, 2009 12:52 PM ET
Inside "DJ Hero": Grandmaster Flash on Game's Big Names, Ideas | ARTICLE

"If I'm behind this, this will be the most popular thing to do in gaming on the planet," says legendary DJ Grandmaster Flash about October's upcoming DJ Hero, Activision's long-awaited turntablist twist on their multi-billion-dollar Guitar Hero...
July 1, 2009 11:23 AM ET
The Offspring's Dexter Holland Talks Summer Tour, Hot Sauce | ARTICLE

Punk rock institution the Offspring are currently on their first proper U.S. tour in four years, a two-month arena jaunt under the pull-no-punches banner "Shit Is Fucked Up Tour." Bucking the trend of the Internet-accelerated, blink-and-you-miss-it promotional...
June 3, 2009 4:56 PM ET
Rise Against on the Power and Pitfalls of Political Punk | ARTICLE

After spending the fall breaking into the Billboard Top Three and rejoicing over a governmental sea change, political punks Rise Against won't be resting on their laurels any time soon. The third video from fifth album Appeal...
May 20, 2009 3:22 PM ET
Q&A: The Decemberists' Meloy on Metal, Musicals and Scary Jobs | ARTICLE

Already renowned for their ambitious narratives and literary bent, Portland indie rock band the Decemberists have topped themselves with an hour-long story-album based on the themes of British folk songs. Detailing clover'd beds and crowing corn crakes,...
May 7, 2009 3:44 PM ET
Breaking: Deastro | ARTICLE

Who: Twenty-two-year-old Detroit electronic songsmith Randolph Chabot, who constructs rapturous pop out of rushing rainbows of synths. His otherworldly space-pop is...
May 6, 2009 3:49 PM ET
Chris Cornell Revisits Rock With New "Long Gone" Remix | ARTICLE

Chris Cornell has dipped his toes back into recording guitar-rock with a complete makeover of his single...
May 4, 2009 4:17 PM ET
No Doubt Make Reunion Official With Pumped-Up Bamboozle Gig | ARTICLE

As Gwen Stefani said during the Bamboozle festival's Sunday closer, this was No Doubt's "second show in five fucking yeeeeeeears." And the intrepid band made sure their headlining set picked up exactly where they left off. This...
May 4, 2009 8:42 AM ET
"Journey" Surprise Fall Out Boy Crowd With Bamboozle Set | ARTICLE

On the first day of the Bamboozle, the nine-stage rock festival spread across an East Rutherford, New Jersey parking lot, only...
May 3, 2009 2:28 PM ET
Pete Rock Mines Best of J Dilla on Posthumous "Jay Stay Paid" | ARTICLE

Rolling Stone caught a preview of Jay Stay Paid, the fifth solo album from celebrated hip-hop producer J Dilla and possibly the best posthumous rap record since the final releases of 2Pac and Biggie. The Detroit beatmaker,...
April 28, 2009 1:51 PM ET
Bust a Move 20 Years Later: Young MC Reflects on the Hit That Changed Hip-Hop | ARTICLE

Twenty summers ago, Young MC's "Bust A Move" was inescapable, a G-rated funk-bomb integral to hip-hop's eventual mainstream acceptance. Fueled by a sample-heavy production, Flea's popping bassline, and infectious rhymes written in a University of Southern California...
March 25, 2009 9:44 AM ET