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  • Fun.'s Nate Ruess on His Favorite Songs, From Weezer to Wilco

    Fun.'s Nate Ruess on His Favorite Songs, From Weezer to Wilco | ARTICLE

    More than a year after releasing their hit single "We Are Young," fun. is only getting bigger; the band is up for six Grammys and just announced a three-month summer tour with opening act Tegan and...

    February 6, 2013 12:55 PM ET
  • Eric Clapton Talks Hendrix, Cream and Guitars at Home: Premiere

    Eric Clapton Talks Hendrix, Cream and Guitars at Home: Premiere | ARTICLE

    Eric Clapton doesn't sit for interviews too often, but he invited a camera crew to his London home to talk about guitars and test some out. The interview was for the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection,...

    February 5, 2013 12:30 PM ET
  • Jeff Ament's RNDM Plot New Material, Live Shows

    Jeff Ament's RNDM Plot New Material, Live Shows | ARTICLE

    Less than a week after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, RNDM played one of their first shows at Brooklyn's 500-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg. "There were no subways running," says bassist Jeff Ament. "You're watching the...

    January 31, 2013 12:30 PM ET
  • Q&A: John Mayer on His New Voice, Summer Tour and Dating Katy Perry

    Q&A: John Mayer on His New Voice, Summer Tour and Dating Katy Perry | ARTICLE

    Last year, doctors told John Mayer it could be years before he sang again. "There was not a lot of hope," says the singer, who'd already been through failed surgery to repair a granuloma in his...

    January 30, 2013 12:50 PM ET
  • Q&A: Jim James on His Dark Period, Going Solo and My Morning Jacket's Next Album

    Q&A: Jim James on His Dark Period, Going Solo and My Morning Jacket's Next Album | ARTICLE

    "I was going down a dark path," My Morning Jacket singer Jim James says of his personal life in 2008, when he fell offstage in the middle of a show in Iowa. "Too much activity and...

    January 29, 2013 8:00 AM ET
  • The Rolling Stones Are Not Playing Coachella

    The Rolling Stones Are Not Playing Coachella | ARTICLE

    Contrary to strong hints and rumors, the Rolling Stones will not perform at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a source close to the band tells Rolling Stone. The evidence was overwhelming: the Indio, California...

    January 18, 2013 9:45 PM ET
  • Q&A: Hayley Williams on Paramore's Next Chapter

    Q&A: Hayley Williams on Paramore's Next Chapter | ARTICLE

    It's been a rocky couple years for Paramore: original members Josh Farro (guitar) and Zac Farro (drums) left in December 2010 with a bitter note online, claiming the band was the "manufactured product of a...

    January 9, 2013 12:15 PM ET
  • Q&A: Eddie Vedder on West Memphis Three, New Pearl Jam Music

    Q&A: Eddie Vedder on West Memphis Three, New Pearl Jam Music | ARTICLE

    "The tour is going great, but it could fall apart any minute," Eddie Vedder said with a laugh, checking in from his bus in Texas in November. But at that moment he had something else on his...

    January 2, 2013 12:25 PM ET
  • Rolling Stones Get Loose With Mick Taylor in First Newark Show

    Rolling Stones Get Loose With Mick Taylor in First Newark Show | ARTICLE

    Seven songs into the Rolling Stones' set at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, last night, a roadie handed Mick Jagger a printout. "We're going to do a request," Jagger said, adding that fans voted...

    December 14, 2012 8:30 AM ET
  • The Black Keys Toast to Their Grammy Nominations

    The Black Keys Toast to Their Grammy Nominations | ARTICLE

    "I'm hungover, honestly," says Dan Auerbach with a laugh, calling from the U.K. He has reason to celebrate: on Wednesday, the Black Keys scored five Grammy nominations – including Album of the Year and Best Rock...

    December 7, 2012 12:05 PM ET
  • Tom Morello: Rage Against the Machine May Not Play Again

    Tom Morello: Rage Against the Machine May Not Play Again | ARTICLE

    "This is the first Rage Against the Machine release of any kind in 12 years," Tom Morello says of XX,  a 20th anniversary box set including their remastered 1992 debut album and original demos. The set...

    December 4, 2012 12:30 PM ET
  • The 5 Biggest Surprises From the Rolling Stones' London Kickoff

    The 5 Biggest Surprises From the Rolling Stones' London Kickoff | ARTICLE

    From the comparatively stripped-down stage to Jeff Beck's cameo on "I'm Going Down," the Rolling Stones' first major show in five years Sunday night at London's O2 arena was full of surprises. We've compiled five...

    November 27, 2012 12:35 PM ET
  • Rolling Stones' Chuck Leavell on Assembling Their Reunion Set List

    Rolling Stones' Chuck Leavell on Assembling Their Reunion Set List | ARTICLE

    If you were at the Rolling Stones' first major gig in five years at London's O2 Arena last night, you might have noticed the band glancing at the keyboards whenever they needed a cue. They were...

    November 26, 2012 2:40 PM ET
  • Rage Against the Machine Play 'Bombtrack'

    Rage Against the Machine Play 'Bombtrack' | VIDEO

    To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Rage Against the Machine will release XX on November 27, a massive box set compiling the band's remastered 1992 debut album, demos and DVDs full of unreleased footage. Live clips range from their...

    November 21, 2012 9:00 AM ET
  • Signs & Signifiers

    Signs & Signifiers | ALBUM REVIEW

    JD McPherson conjures the sound of Fifties-style rock & roll so lovingly that you can practically see Sam Phillips grinning from the control room while McPherson howls away in the studio. When he wasn't busy teaching art...

    November 19, 2012 3:05 PM ET
  • My Morning Jacket's Jim James Wants Solo Debut to 'Feel Useful'

    My Morning Jacket's Jim James Wants Solo Debut to 'Feel Useful' | ARTICLE

    As the frontman for My Morning Jacket over the past 15 years, Jim James has occasionally ventured outside the group, releasing an EP as Yim Yames and participating in the supergroup Monsters of Folk. But on February...

    November 15, 2012 1:50 PM ET
  • Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings

    Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings | ALBUM REVIEW

    Beginning in 1970, Jerry Garcia played low-key weekly gigs with jazz organist Merl Saunders, bassist John Kahn and drummer Bill Vitt when the Grateful Dead weren't touring. What's most remarkable about this four-disc set, which compiles two...

    November 9, 2012 10:00 AM ET
  • Listen: The Rolling Stones Get Rowdy on 'One More Shot'

    Listen: The Rolling Stones Get Rowdy on 'One More Shot' | ARTICLE

    In late August, the Rolling Stones gathered in a Paris studio to record two new songs for GRRR!, a 50th anniversary hits collection to be released November 13th. While "Doom and Gloom," a political rocker...

    November 7, 2012 5:20 PM ET
  • Trent Reznor: Nine Inch Nails Working on New Music, Possible Tour

    Trent Reznor: Nine Inch Nails Working on New Music, Possible Tour | ARTICLE

    In early 2009, Trent Reznor announced that Nine Inch Nails were embarking on a 20th anniversary farewell tour, and the band wrapped the year playing intimate venues like New York's Bowery Ballroom and L.A.'s Wiltern...

    November 7, 2012 1:40 PM ET
  • Charlie Is My Darling: Ireland 1965

    Charlie Is My Darling: Ireland 1965 | MOVIE REVIEW

    In September 1965, weeks after "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" hit the charts, the Rolling Stones landed in Dublin to play four manic gigs...

    November 6, 2012 1:10 PM ET