Sundance 2015: Intimate 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' Doc Stuns at Premiere (Rolling Stone)

"It's now my duty to completely drain you." You expected to hear Nirvana songs playing over the MARC Theater's P.A. system before the world premiere of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. But when that line from Nevermind's "Drain You" came on a few minutes before the lights dimmed, you wouldn't have guessed just how prophetic the sentiment was.

Read more of David Fear's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/sundance-2015-kurt-cobain-montage-of-heck-20150125#ixzz3PwKLcDWb

New KISS Song? (Ultimate Classic Rock)

The second track from Kiss‘ two-song collaboration with the Japanese pop group Momoiro Clover Z has apparently — but not officially — surfaced online. You can listen to it via the above stream. 

‘Samurai Son,’ co-written by Paul Stanley, follows the recent release ‘Yumeno Ukiyoni Saitemina.’


Read more of Nick DeRiso's article @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Is This Kiss' Second Song With Momoiro Clover Z? 

Sam Smith forced to pay Tom Petty royalties for song 'Stay With Me' (NME)

Sam Smith is paying Tom Petty songwriting royalties for his single 'Stay With Me' after listeners noted a similarity between the song and Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' 1989 classic 'I Won't Back Down'. 


Read more of Nadia Khomami's article @ NME 

Rush Announce 2015 Tour Dates (Ultimate Classic Rock)

Rush have been going back and forth on the subject of a 2015 tour for more than a month now. But it looks like they finally made up their minds: They’ll hit the road in May for a three-month tour.

The band will celebrate its 40th anniversary with the R40 Live Tour, which will play 34 North American cities starting on May 8 in Tulsa and winding down on Aug. 1 in Los Angeles. 


Read more of Michael Gallucci's article @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Rush Announce 2015 Tour Dates 

Widespread Panic Go Cover-Heavy on Opening Night at Panic En La Playa (jambands.com)

Widespread Panic kicked off Panic En La Playa at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, Domincan Republic last night. While the show wouldn't feature any sit-ins, the band did rely on several covers throughout the show along with a slew of their own originals. 

Read full article @ jambands.com

Widespread Panic

Panic en la Playa Cuatro Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Set I: Playa Jam > Surprise Valley > JAM > Bear’s Gone Fishin” > Good People > Surprise Valley > Fixin’ To Die, Vampire Blues, Conrad

Set II: Papa Legba > Hope In A Hopeless World, For What It’s Worth* > Sell, Sell, Sell > Stop-Go > Blue Indian > Ride Me High > Drumz > Maggot Brain > St Ex
Enc: Waitin For The Bus > Jesus Just Left Chicago > Love Tractor

Source: panicstream.com

D'Angelo to Play "Saturday Night Live" and the Apollo Theater (Pitchfork)

Photo by Greg Harris


D'Angelo will be the musical guest for the January 31 episode of "Saturday Night Live", which will be hosted by J.K. Simmons. This will mark his first public performance since the release of Black Messiah.

Read the rest of Corban Goble's article @ Pitchfork

On the turntable this Sunday...Seeds

Seeds is the fifth studio album by American art rock band TV on the Radio, released on November 18, 2014 through Harvest Records. It is the band's first album since the 2011 death of their bassist, Gerard Smith.   

The album's first single, "Happy Idiot", was released on September 2, 2014.

Seeds was recorded in Los Angeles, at guitarist Dave Sitek's Federal Prism home studio.  Sitek also produced the record. Lead singer Tunde Adebimpe explained, "It was nice to be somewhere where you're not exactly on the clock and worried about how much everything is costing you. It was pretty much the same situation as when we started making music."

The band announced the album on July 29, 2014. Adebimpe stated in a press release:

We've been through a lot of stuff in the past few years that could have stopped the band cold, but I'm glad we got it together and took stock of the unique connection we have between each other because the record is, 1,000 percent, without a doubt, the best thing we've ever done.

Seeds was positively received by most critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".  Many reviewers commented on the album's shift in aesthetic from the band's past work, attributing it to the passing of long-time band member Gerard Smith. Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "Seeds has a palpable sense of moving on for TV on the Radio [...] with the band confronting loss directly on the album's first half and accepting it on the second." She found the album to be "a fine tribute to Smith and the sound of enduring unimaginable loss." Mark Beaumont of NME observed that "grief and anger are channeled into a propulsive energy, driving the quartet's synthetic pop explorations with added garage-rock urgency" and ultimately concluding that the band "have returned from an uncertain period sounding remarkably fresh." Ian Gormely of Exclaim! awarded the album 9 of 10 stars and described it as a "sublime catharsis after the group's tragic loss and a perfect distillation of what the band do best".