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Lyle Lovett Meets Ghostface Killah: How Rock-Biopic-Spoof "Walk Hard" Got Its Theme Song | ARTICLE

This week, Lyle Lovett released his thirteenth album, It's Not Big It's Large. The title is indeed a joke, but probably not the first one that comes to mind. "We had done these arrangements with horn parts,...
August 30, 2007 6:19 PM ET
From the RS Vaults: A First Look at the Ramones and Patti Smith Live at CBGBs | ARTICLE

As a final sendoff to CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, who passed away on Tuesday, we wanted to post a couple of Rolling Stone dispatches from the first bloom of New York punk: Charles M. Young's...
August 30, 2007 5:14 PM ET
Common On Butting Heads With Kanye West, Being Called a Conscious Rapper: Audio | ARTICLE

Rolling Stone's Evan Serpick recently sat down with Common — who scored his first-ever chart-topping debut with Finding Forever earlier this month -- to talk about the ups and downs of working with Kanye West,...
August 30, 2007 4:21 PM ET
The Doors' Lasting Legacy: A Photo Gallery | ARTICLE

It's been a year of fortieth anniversaries here at Rolling Stone, as we've looked back at the Summer of Love and the beginnings of the magazine in 1967. That year also marked the debut album from Jim...
August 30, 2007 1:05 PM ET
Linkin Park Explain What Goes Into a Projekt Revolution Tour: Audio | ARTICLE

While backstage at this summer's eclectic Projekt Revolution tour, Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard spoke with My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, as well as Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington. Here's a...
August 29, 2007 5:15 PM ET
CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dies After Battle With Cancer | ARTICLE

After a lengthy battle with lung cancer, Hilly Kristal, the founder of legendary New York City punk club CBGB, has died at age seventy-five. Kristal, who founded and ran the East Village venue for thirty-three years, bitterly...
August 29, 2007 11:18 AM ET
Breaking Artist: 1990s | ARTICLE

Who: Three rowdy Scotsmen who are veterans of both Glasgow's rich rock & roll tradition and its raucous party scene. The trio was discovered at a Franz Ferdinand afterparty and offered a record deal on the spot. Sounds...
August 29, 2007 10:21 AM ET
Kanye West Unveils "Graduation," Badmouths All-Star Hip-Hop Jams | ARTICLE

Last night Kanye West officially previewed his new album, the excellent Graduation, to a lively, packed house at a midtown Manhattan movie theater across the street from his record label's offices. As usual, Kanye came close to...
August 29, 2007 2:02 AM ET
Feist On "Letterman" With an Indie-Rock All-Star Choir: The Backstage Report and Photos From Rehearsals | ARTICLE

Last night Canadian singer-songwriter Feist and a choir of indie-rock all-stars hit a Winnebago in midtown Manhattan to rehearse for their performance of "1 2 3 4" on Late Show With David Letterman. For photos of the...
August 28, 2007 5:20 PM ET
Bo Diddley in Stable Condition After Heart Attack | ARTICLE

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bo Diddley is in stable condition today after spending three days in Gainesville's North Florida Regional Medical Center's intensive care unit. Diddley suffered a heart attack during a check-up on Friday,...
August 28, 2007 1:42 PM ET
Maroon 5's Adam Levine Recalls the Band's Early Days, How They Incorporated R&B: Exclusive Audio | ARTICLE

As you may have realized by glancing at our Web site, Maroon 5 is on the cover of the current issue of Rolling Stone. Contributing editor Gavin Edwards sat down with the quintet to discuss...
August 24, 2007 10:45 AM ET
Badly Beaten Amy Winehouse and Bruised Beau: Shocking Photos and Winehouse's Denial | ARTICLE

Amy Winehouse has admitted she's prone to beating on her boyfriends, but after seeing the astonishing photos that surfaced last night, she's vehemently denying that her husband beats back. According to reports, the singer and...
August 24, 2007 10:24 AM ET
M.I.A. Found Hip-Hop Via Thieves, Thinks U.S. Music Is Too Digital: Exclusive Audio | ARTICLE

Sri Lankan rapper and singer M.I.A. recently sat down with Rolling Stone associate editor Brian Hiatt to discuss her new album, Kala. The globe-trotting MC chatted about everything from her childhood crackhead neighbors to her obsession with...
August 23, 2007 6:06 PM ET
The Cribs Let You Inside Their Mobile Crib | ARTICLE

August 17, 2007 7:50 PM ET
Last Call: Ask Tim Dickinson Your Campaign-Related Questions | BLOG ENTRY

Warning! You have only a few precious hours left to submit your campaign-related questions for Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Tim Dickinson. You can email your questions to askdickinson@rollingstone.com, then check back next Friday, August 24th, for Tim's...
August 17, 2007 3:54 PM ET
"Superbad": The Peter Travers Video Review | BLOG ENTRY

Judd Apatow's Superbad...
August 17, 2007 1:43 PM ET
Cat Power Readies Two More Covers Albums, Fall Tour | ARTICLE

Cat Power has been in Brooklyn, Miami and Dallas studios recording two new albums of cover songs with Stuart Sikes (and a band consisting of drummer Jim White, keyboardist Greg Foreman, guitarist Judah Bauer and bassist Greg...
August 16, 2007 6:02 PM ET
Interpol's Paul Banks Talks Kurt Cobain and Jackass Guitarists: Exclusive Audio | ARTICLE

When Interpol first formed, the band's melancholy, cavernous goth pop aligned them with an emerging breed of New York bands that were attempting to differentiate themselves from the Nu Metal masses. Nearly ten years later, Interpol have...
August 16, 2007 4:09 PM ET
Elvis Presley Remembered: A Look at How Rolling Stone Covered the King on the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Death | ARTICLE

In honor of the thirtieth anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, fans worldwide are holding candlelight vigils, screening his movies and being entertained by hordes of Elvis impersonators. Here at Rock Daily, we're celebrating the King by looking...
August 15, 2007 6:39 PM ET
Bob Dylan Look-Alikes, Hippies Turn Out for Mark Ronson Video Shoot | ARTICLE

Yesterday, the video for Mark Ronson's remix of Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" was filmed at Williamsburg, Brooklyn's Art and Historical Center. Casting agents had
August 15, 2007 1:12 PM ET