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Sugarland Singer Jennifer Nettles Teams With Rick Rubin for Solo Debut | ARTICLE

"It's thrilling to hear her sing!" exclaims Rick Rubin. He's talking about Sugarland vocalist Jennifer Nettles, whose first solo album he's in the midst of producing. Rubin – who has worked closely with Red Hot...
May 17, 2013 10:00 AM ET
Mark Ronson Pushes Back Against 'Retro Guy' Tag | ARTICLE

"For better or worse, I'd started to get a connotation like, 'He's the retro guy who wears suits,' and all this shit," Mark Ronson says of the particular crux where he recently found himself. Today, the DJ,...
April 9, 2013 1:55 PM ET
Chris Brown Previews New Album 'X': 'The Negativity Is in the Past' | ARTICLE

"We made it like the club in the studio!" Chris Brown tells Rolling Stone of the party-hearty process behind recording his upcoming album, X. "We'd have people come in, turn the lights off and play all...
March 26, 2013 12:45 PM ET
Lil Wayne Takes It 'Back to His Roots' on 'I Am Not a Human Being II' | ARTICLE

Despite Lil Wayne's recent medical scare that dominated music news for days, the visionary rapper is on track to release his new album, I Am Not a Human Being II, on Tuesday (despite having leaked...
March 25, 2013 7:00 AM ET
Leonard Cohen Brings Fresh Intensity to 'Old Ideas' Tour | ARTICLE

"I was looking at life expectancy tables, and I could probably do another seven or eight years." So Leonard Cohen claimed as he introduced "The Future" – the second song kicking off the major...
March 3, 2013 11:05 AM ET
Metallica Book Chili Peppers, Bassnectar and More for Second Orion Festival | ARTICLE

"We didn't know what was going to happen, but it was a blast – so we said 'Let's see if we can do that again.'"...
February 25, 2013 8:00 AM ET
Iceage Talk About Their Past and Future on Eve of 'You're Nothing' Release | ARTICLE

It’s not often that a Danish band of arty punk rockers barely into their 20s makes an international impact, but that’s just what happened when Iceage dropped their startling first album on an...
February 18, 2013 8:00 AM ET
MusiCares Honors Bruce Springsteen as Person of the Year | ARTICLE

"This is the Italian wedding Patti [Scialfa] and I never had," Bruce Springsteen joked in a charming, self-deprecating and passionate speech as he accepted the MusiCare’s 2013 Person of the Year honors...
February 9, 2013 9:55 AM ET
John Fogerty and Friends Reclaim Creedence's Catalog | ARTICLE

A pair of lava lamps perch on a massive mixing desk in the Pacific Palisades, California, studio where John Fogerty and mixing engineer Bob Clearmountain are rushing to complete the singer's new album, Wrote a Song...
January 31, 2013 7:00 AM ET
Lost Sirens | ALBUM REVIEW

"I'll stay with you/Till hell freezes over," Bernard Sumner intones on the ninth New Order album. Chances are he's not referring to his bandmates: Allegedly the final release from the massively influential dance-rock group's original lineup (bassist...
January 28, 2013 2:40 PM ET
Diplo Juggles Serious and Silly on Major Lazer's New Album | ARTICLE

"The album feels like a party," Diplo tells Rolling Stone about Major Lazer's second album, Free the Universe. "At the same time, it's a concept album about freeing the universe from mental slavery." The result, set for release...
January 8, 2013 11:00 AM ET
Bruno Mars and Diplo Hit Paris Strip Club for 'Unorthodox' Inspiration | ARTICLE

"It turned into this soulful, experimental, electronic, hard-to-explain thing," Bruno Mars says of the freewheeling sessions that produced his second solo album Unorthodox Jukebox, due out December 11th. "That's the reason behind the album title – before...
November 21, 2012 1:10 PM ET
Bruno Mars Recruits Dream Team of Producers for 'Unorthodox Jukebox' | ARTICLE

Bruno Mars wrote and produced nearly all of his smash 2010 debut with the Smeezingtons, his tightknit studio crew. But when it came time to cut a follow-up, he decided to mix things up. "We took some...
November 13, 2012 8:00 AM ET
Ultraista's Nigel Godrich: 'Pop Doesn't Always Have to Be Crass' | ARTICLE

"It's not my wish to be a performer in life," explains Nigel Godrich, "but this is an interesting challenge." Best known for his work behind the scenes as the innovative producer of many classic Radiohead albums...
November 7, 2012 2:00 PM ET
Faust and Ultraista Offer Panorama of Experimental Rock in L.A. | ARTICLE

For those with a taste for sonic iconoclasm, this past Friday provided an embarrassment of radical riches. On the very same night, it was possible to experience in the same city both the sounds of true pioneers...
October 21, 2012 3:10 PM ET
Death Cab's Ben Gibbard Strikes Out on His Own | ARTICLE

"This record sounds more like my record collection than the band I'm in," explains Ben Gibbard of his first official solo album outside his primary group, Death Cab for Cutie. Indeed, the chiming folkie guitars and...
October 15, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Martin Solveig Braces for Stardom With U.S. Release of 'Smash' | ARTICLE

A year ago, Martin Solveig was just another très cool Parisian club DJ. But after producing tracks for Madonna's recent rave-tastic comeback MDNA and then scoring a global hit of his own – the platinum electro-rock...
August 16, 2012 2:05 PM ET
Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Black Keys to Headline Global Festival in Central Park | ARTICLE

Neil Young, Foo Fighters, the Black Keys, Band of Horses and K'naan will share the stage at the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park on September 29th as part of the Global Festival, a concert...
August 7, 2012 7:00 AM ET
Dirty Projectors Mix Discordance and Pop Showmanship at the Wiltern | ARTICLE

That a band as willfully experimental as Dirty Projectors is now able to pack a venue as large and venerable as Los Angeles’ 1,850-capacity Wiltern Theatre, which they did this past Saturday night, says something both about...
July 29, 2012 9:21 AM ET
Metric's Emily Haines Talks New LP, Collaborating With Lou Reed | ARTICLE

"I'm just as fucked up as they say," Metric's Emily Haines sang at Los Angeles' El Rey Theater on June 20th, hitting the packed crowd with the provocative line that opens the Canadian indie crew's fifth album,...
June 29, 2012 1:20 PM ET