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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on 'Legendary Child' - Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'Legendary Child' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to...
October 24, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on 'Out Go the Lights' - Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'Out Go The Lights' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to the...
October 23, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton on 'Tell Me' – Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'Tell Me' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to...
October 22, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on 'Beautiful' - Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'Beautiful' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up...
October 19, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on 'Oh Yeah': Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'Oh Yeah' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading...
October 18, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton on 'LUV XXX': Track-by-Track Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'LUV XXX' RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks...
October 17, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Smashing Pumpkins in a Good Mood in L.A. | ARTICLE

Billy Corgan isn't mad at you anymore. At last night's two-hour Smashing Pumpkins concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, he was a man filled with love and longing to accompany his rage. There wasn't...
October 15, 2012 1:25 PM ET
AWOLNATION Rage Hard at Los Angeles Hometown Gig | ARTICLE

AWOLNATION singer Aaron Bruno had a challenge for fans as he prowled the stage Thursday night at the band's Los Angeles hometown show at Club Nokia. "Who's going to be the first to crowd-surf tonight?" he said,...
October 13, 2012 10:16 AM ET
Q&A: Kiss' Paul Stanley on New Album 'Monster' and Defining Rock & Roll | ARTICLE

Nearly four decades on, Kiss remain an ongoing and unlikely rock & roll success story, standing high on platform heels and painted in kabuki black-and-white, unloading fireballs and grinding hard-rock hooks around the world. Led by...
October 9, 2012 11:20 AM ET
Tom Morello, Crosby, Stills and Nash Fired Up for California Unions | ARTICLE

"What's past is past, but the future is unwritten," Tom Morello declared last night at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, opening a benefit concert to help defeat Proposition 32, a California ballot measure that opponents say...
October 4, 2012 10:50 AM ET
Q&A: James Taylor on His Next (Last?) Album and Performing at the DNC | ARTICLE

James Taylor was back in North Carolina last week, performing a 16-minute set for a crowd of delegates and other politicos on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. The singer opened (of course) with...
September 10, 2012 12:35 PM ET
Q&A: Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla on the Obama Campaign, New Solo Album | ARTICLE

Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla first got involved in politics as a teenager trying to repeal Seattle's Teen Dance Ordinance in the early Nineties, and he has remained active ever since. At this week’s...
September 9, 2012 3:11 PM ET
Mary J. Blige Sings for President Obama | ARTICLE

Mary J. Blige stood onstage last night at the Democratic National Convention and took a moment to reflect on a week of speeches in support of President Barack Obama. "I am so thankful that the message...
September 7, 2012 1:50 PM ET
Jeff Bridges Performing, Advocating at Democratic National Convention | ARTICLE

The Dude was seen walking the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday as thousands of political activists, delegates, journalists and others gathered for this week's Democratic National Convention. Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges was in town to promote...
September 4, 2012 12:40 PM ET
Kiss Unveil $4,000 Photo Book, New Songs in California | ARTICLE

Kiss is a band that appreciates dramatics – but even for them, things can get out of hand. Minutes before unveiling their massive new 45-pound photography book, Monster, onstage yesterday at the Viper Room in West...
August 22, 2012 2:55 PM ET
Henry Rollins, Pete Yorn, Priscilla Presley Pay Tribute to Johnny Ramone in L.A. | ARTICLE

Johnny Ramone was remembered Sunday by a crowd of friends and punk rock contemporaries that X guitarist Billy Zoom called "a class reunion" at the annual tribute to the Ramones guitarist at Hollywood Forever...
August 20, 2012 3:15 PM ET
'Fresh Beginning' for Raphael Saadiq on New Album Sessions | ARTICLE

Raphael Saadiq has more than one sound ringing in his head these days. As he begins work on a new album in his Los Angeles studio, he's already moving beyond the classic soul flavor of 2011's critically...
August 16, 2012 1:00 PM ET
Neil Diamond Gets to the Greek for Another 'Hot August Night' | ARTICLE

Four decades after his career-defining live album Hot August Night, Neil Diamond returned to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday to begin another series of sold-out concerts. "It's hard to believe that it's been...
August 13, 2012 11:40 AM ET
Raphael Saadiq, Band of Skulls Power 'Who Shot Rock' Exhibit | ARTICLE

"This one is by Bob Dylan, y'all!" shouted Raphael Saadiq in Los Angeles Saturday night, as he led a band of young soul-stirrers through a steamy, forceful reading of "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" in the plaza outside the...
August 6, 2012 12:20 PM ET
David Lynch Presents New Muse Chrysta Bell in L.A. | ARTICLE

Though David Lynch last released a feature film in 2006, the acclaimed director of Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr. hasn't exactly been quiet. He's embarked on a long season of musical experimentation, from his own Crazy Clown...
August 3, 2012 4:10 PM ET