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Muse Pack Arena-Size Anthems Into Surprise SXSW Show March 20, 2010

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Muse are a band that like things on a massive scale, igniting big sounds on the biggest stages, with the kind of big visual effects known only to the likes of Pink Floyd and Daft Punk. That’s the Muse comfort zone, but the British trio’s special appearance Friday on a much smaller stage at a […]

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Hole Cover the Rolling Stones, And Courtney Love Isn?t Satisfied at SXSW

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“Make a hole!” yelled one of the bouncers at Dirty Dog, where Courtney Love was about to continue her return to music with a reconstituted version of her band Hole on the third night of the SXSW Music Festival. It was creeping up on 1:15 am. The crowd was packed so tightly together stage left […]

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SXSW 2010 Day Three Twitter Marathon: 24 Reports, From Liars to Local Natives

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The big story on SXSW’s third day was the surprise Muse performance at Stubb’s, which was announced during the broadcast of the Fox show Human Target earlier in the week (yes, really) — though Rolling Stone’s own showcase featuring Band of Skulls, Jimmie Dale and Colin Gilmore, Court Yard Hounds, John Doe, Rye Rye and […]

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Flashback: Big Star Classics By Beck, Wilco, Elliott Smith and More March 19, 2010

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This week the rock world lost Alex Chilton, so we’re devoting our Flashback to covers of Big Star songs by artists ranging from Beck to Wilco to the Bangles, who perform the classic “September Gurls” in the video above. As Rob Sheffield wrote in his remembrance of Chilton, the singer was “the ultimate indie cult […]

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Weekend Rock List: Rock Biopics

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This weekend, The Runaways biopic starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie hits movie theaters — Rolling Stone brought you a peek inside the year’s most anticipated rock film, now tell us your favorite rock biopics (and no, Purple Rain doesn’t count). We’ll tally up the votes on Monday; check […]

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Lady Gaga Sued For $30 Million By Producer/Ex-Boyfriend Rob Fusari

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Photo: Jack/FilmMagicYou know you’ve reached The Fame when someone slaps you with a massive lawsuit. Lady Gaga is being sued for $30 million by producer and ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari, the co-writer of Gaga’s hit “Paparazzi,” who claims he discovered the singer in 2006 and created the moniker “Lady Gaga.” In the suit, Fusari seeks a […]

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Stone Temple Pilots Debut Songs, Rock With Robby Krieger at SXSW

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Stone Temple Pilots are not a band many could have expected to survive two full decades. Even acts without the internal wounds of serious addiction and ongoing conflict rarely make it this long, but when STP emerged onstage at the Austin Music Hall for a special performance at South By Southwest on Thursday, they delivered […]

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Tour Tracker: Scorpions, Psychedelic Furs and Orbital

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The Scorpions begin to unveil plans for their farewell U.S. tour, the Psychedelic Furs announce a 25-date trek and after disbanding six years ago, Orbital reunite for three gigs, including sets at the Ultra Festival and Coachella. The full details for all three artists, after the jump. ScorpionsJune 18 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank […]

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Universal To Cut Prices Of Its CD’s

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The Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company, said yesterday that it would cut prices on compact discs.

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LCD Soundsystem?s James Murphy on Scoring His First Soundtrack for ?Greenberg?

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Photo: Wilson/Webb (Greenberg), Horowitz/WireImage(Murphy)In Noah Baumbach’s new film Greenberg, Ben Stiller plays a curmudgeon who’s more likely to push people away than attract them. And that’s precisely why LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, who wrote the soundtrack, likes the character so much. “I’m Greenberg-esque,” Murphy says proudly.In fact, Murphy’s music was a chief inspiration for the […]

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