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David Fricke

David Fricke

David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone where he writes predominately about rock music and has spanned over 30 years, including his time as the magazine’s music editor in the 1990s. His interviews with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love for Rolling Stone, prior to Cobain's death, were widely cited.

Stream These Albums: April 2019

Posted in: Music Features

By Brittany Spanos, Rob Sheffield, Will Hermes, David Fricke, Jon Dolan

Here are the best LPs of the last month: Vampire Weekend's brilliant California pop, Beyonce's live homecoming, Weyes Blood's timely American vision and more
Review: Vampire Weekend’s Modern California Pop Masterpiece ‘Father of the Bride’

Posted in: Album Reviews

By David Fricke

The first album in six years from Ezra Koenig and Co. is rich ear candy loaded with helplessness and crisis.
Fricke’s Picks: Fontaines D.C., Pere Ubu and More

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

Also in this edition: unearthed sounds from finger-picking guitarist Kinloch Nelson and rootsy U.K. outfit Big Front Yard
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Review: Cage the Elephant Battle Rock Star Fatigue on ‘Social Cues’

Posted in: Album Reviews

By David Fricke

The eclectic Kentucky band channels its mid-career angst on a great album
Remembering Gary Stewart, Rhino Records’ Rock Archaeologist

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

Late A&R head's reissues of everyone from the Ramones to the Monkees combined a scholar's authority with a fan's zeal
Fricke’s Picks: Long Ryders, Motorpsycho, Ace of Cups

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

In this edition: a veteran L.A. band's 'Psychedelic Country Soul,' Norwegian proggers' new three-song epic and a Sixties-era San Francisco group's joyful return
HYDE’s Big Return

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

The Japanese rocker visits the U.S. this May for a rare solo tour
David Fricke at SXSW 2019: 10 Great Musical Discoveries

Posted in: Live Reviews

By David Fricke

From Sao Paolo's Bixiga 70 to the see-it-to-believe-it EDM of Moritz Simon Geist
Fricke’s Picks: New Reissues From Mott the Hoople, Texas Punk Haven Raul’s

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

'Mental Train' box covers British rockers' pre–"All the Young Dudes" years, while 'Live at Raul's' chronicles Austin's answer to CBGB
Ian Hunter on Glam Rock’s Heyday and Mott the Hoople’s Return

Posted in: Music Features

By David Fricke

Ahead of his band's first U.S. tour since '74, the singer-songwriter talks covering David Bowie, gigging with Mick Ronson and why he'll never stop writing

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