White-beat pirates can come home from Jamaica with riddim realness, or sand in their shorts. Producers Diplo and Switch, a.k.a. Major Lazer, definitely do JA right. Recorded at Kingston's legendary Tuff Gong studios, this EP twists dancehall and dubstep into kinky new directions. M.I.A. gets militant on "Sound of Siren," ...
Photo: Araya Diaz/WireImage.com; FilmMagicFor the past two weeks, we’ve been looking back at the decade in music — the top albums and songs as sweated over by the Rolling Stone editors. Before you dive into our Best Albums and Songs of the 2000s, check out the final two years of our flashback: 2007 and 2008. [ ... ] ...
"I was good at surviving just because of my lifestyle and my life's story"Look back at the decade in our new issue, on stands now: the 100 Best Albums and Songs, Top 10 Movies and much more.The Rolling Stone editors picked eight stars — from Bruce and Beyoncé to Radiohead and U2 — who not only made the best music but also led the way as Artists of the Decade in our ...
Photo: Dyson/WireImage(Vedder), McDonald/Getty(Matthews) Right now San Francisco is rockin’ at the Outside Lands festival — Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Tenacious D, M.I.A., Mastodon, the Mars Volta and dozens more bands will take the stage in historic Golden Gate park for the second annual event, and Rolling Stone is on the ground, ready to bring [ ... ] ...