Various Artists The Great Gatsby Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Interscope) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Motion picture soundtracks seem to either be attention-grabbers of the highest order, or, even if they’re decent, fail to land any sort of punch. Adding to the soundtrack’s enigmatic nature is the manner in which many great soundtracks are [...]

“I think it’s subconscious, because the times I’ve talked to rappers, I don’t know how much they know about that era. It’s not just them, either. A lot of modern rock & roll musicians don’t know a lot about that era, either. I talked to Pee Wee Herman one time and he said, ‘I wasn’t [...]

Our Writer of the Week Paloma Faith chats with us about her dream collaboration, her songwriting and her current album. More Happy 63rd Birthday to rock music icon Tom Waits. More Delve into our T0p 50 Albums of 2012. More We also count down the Top 50 songs of 2012. See if your favorites made [...]

Jack White has released a statement clarifiying comments he made, or didn’t make, about controversial pop star Lady Gaga in the British publication NME. The solo artist and Raconteur/Dead Weather member also took ire with today’s journalistic mores. “I’d like to address the recent tabloidesque drama baiting by the press in regards to Lady Gaga,” [...]

How did you first strike up a friendship with Bob Dylan? That was just by accident. I went and saw him play in Detroit and he said to me, “We’ve been playing one of your songs lately at sound checks.” I thought, Wow. I was afraid to ask which one. I didn’t even ask. It [...]

(Janis Martin) Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis. These names come quickly to mind when thinking of the original rockabilly greats. Besides these pioneering kings, however, there were several women who were rocking it with the boys back in the day. Coincidentally, this autumn sees new releases from the two preeminent rockabilly queens: Wanda [...]

Our latest Lyric Of The Week essay shines a spotlight on  Bruce Springsteen’s  somber Tunnel of Love era hit “Brilliant Disguise.” More We e-mailed with Ian Hunter, legendary frontman for Mott The Hoople, for our Writer of the Week interview. More To bide the time until Mumford & Sons’ new album comes out, check out [...]

The 26th annual Bridge School Benefit will take place on October 20 and 21st with an impressive and typically eclectic lineup. Benefiting the Bridge School, a charity created by Neil Young and his wife Pegi, the concert occurs every year at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Joining Young is Jack White, Guns N’ [...]

If you can’t attend this year’s massive Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago’s Grant Park, don’t worry. Like Bonnaroo and The Newport Folk Festival, YouTube is offering up a live stream from the festival grounds all weekend long. The proceedings got started at 1:30 CST with performances from Yellow Ostrich and Michael Kiwanuka. Headliners Jack White, Red [...]

  Bon Iver, Civil Wars, Jack White and more play 2012′s Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington.

As previously reported, Beck has teamed up with Jack White’s Third Man Records and released a single on 7″ vinyl. Below is the stream for the A-Side “I Just Started Hating Some People Today,” which features White on backing vocals, and sees Beck experimenting with country, punk and funk. Fans of Beck will immediately recognize [...]

The coolest record label in the world just got a little bit cooler. On May 28, Third Man Records, the Nashville-based label run by Jack White, will release Beck’s latest single, “I Just Started Hating Some People Today,” backed with the B-Side “Blue Randy.” A press release states that Beck recorded the single last year [...]