Jeff Giles
Watch a Clip from Paul Simon’s New ‘Graceland’ Documentary
It’s technically arriving a year late, but Paul Simon‘s landmark 1986 album ‘Graceland’ is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer with a deluxe box set reissue and a new retrospective documentary, ‘Under African Skies.’ In a new clip from the film, Simon discusses the creative process behind the album.
Eddie Van Halen Reveals His Biggest Lie
Eddie Van Halen doesn’t do a lot of interviews. In fact, during much of the last decade, he developed a reputation for being something of a recluse. But now that Van Halen is back on the road promoting its first new album in years, he’s feeling a little chattier — as evidenced by the way he opened up for a recent in-depth profile with Esquire.
Paul McCartney Looks Back at ‘Ram’ in New Video
We’ve got just over a month until Paul McCartney treats us to the expanded deluxe reissue of ‘Ram,’ but while you’re counting down the days until your copy of the box set arrives on your doorstep, you can watch a new promotional video in which Sir Paul reflects on the recording of the album.
Talking Heads’ ‘Fear of Music’ Revisited by 33 1/3 Book Series
Writing about music, they say, is like dancing about architecture. But the 33 1/3 book series does it more gracefully than most, looking at some of the most important albums of the rock era with a collection of short tomes that can offer everything from an oral history of the records to highly personal reflections on the music’s meaning. This week, the 1979 Talking Heads album ‘Fear of Music’ gets
Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan Hopes for ‘Grace in Acceptance’ at Rock Hall Induction
So now we know Axl Rose won’t be in attendance when Guns N’ Roses are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend, thus scuttling our dreams of a one-night-only reunion of the band’s classic lineup. All that’s left now is to wait for the ceremony — oh, and read a couple of Duff McKagan editorials about the whole thing.
Mel Gibson Rumored to Say of John Lennon: ‘I’m Glad He’s Dead’
Just when we thought Mel Gibson might have exited the “rage-o-holic crazybags rumors” phase of his career, yesterday came word that his latest film project, a biopic about the Old Testament warrior hero Judah Maccabee, had fallen apart — and out of that mess came a letter from the movie’s would-be screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas, that paints a picture of Gibson as a guy who’s angry at… well, pretty mu
Meat Loaf Talks ‘Mad, Mad World’ Tour
We told you Meat Loaf has a new record out, and we told you he was hitting the road this summer. Now it’s time to let the man himself tell his side of the story, via an in-depth Q&A with Raise the Question that offers a peek behind the curtain of the ‘Mad, Mad World’ Tour.
Hear Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’ Covered by the Head & the Heart
It’s already been covered by everyone from Boy George to Carrie Underwood, but what’s one more version of ‘Go Your Own Way’ between friends, right? The Head & the Heart stopped by the AV Club this week to take part in the site’s long-running Undercover series, and decided to add their own spin to the Fleetwood Mac classic first released on 1977′s ‘Rumours.’
Meat Loaf Announces 2012 Tour Dates
Polish off those dashboard lights, boys and girls — Meat Loaf is ready to hit the road behind his new album ‘Hell in a Handbasket,’ bringing you the live Loaf you crave. It all kicks off June 22 in Austin, Texas.
David Byrne Is a Piece of S—
It isn’t every day someone names a movie after one of your songs — much less a movie starring Sean Penn in drag. So when former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne got the call to do soundtrack work for ‘This Must Be the Place,’ there was really only one answer he could give.
Drunk, Arrested ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Guy Posts Traveling Wilburys Cover
Like it or not, worldwide fame (or infamy) is now only a viral video away from any one of us — and once you’ve attained that fame, it can be hard to let it go and return to your ordinary life. Case in point: Robert Wilkinson, the man whose marvelously drunken rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ delivered in the back of a Canadian cop car, made him a social media superstar last week.
Neil Young’s ‘Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)’ Covered by Chromatics
Let’s say you’re an indie band re-emerging from a five-year hiatus and you want to make sure people are paying attention when you release your all-important fourth album. What’s your plan? If you answered “Cover a Neil Young classic,” you’ve just read Adam Miller’s mind, because the Chromatics frontman did just that for his band’s new record, ‘Kill for Love.’