Rolling Stone Australia March 2016

“I’m shocked and appalled that a reputable magazine would only give Scott Weiland a one-page tribute.” Beacon of Hope IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME to see Troye Sivan on the cover of your latest issue. The manner in which he’s so open about his sexuality makes him a brilliant role model. That his music is so beautiful is the icing on the cake. In this age of questionable celebrity motives I’m so proud that one of our own is a beacon of hope for millions around the world. Keep up the good work. Jason Gray, Blair Athol, SA Tribute Fail SHAME ON YOU. SCOTT WEI- land was arguably one of the greatest vocalists to come out of the Nineties era. I’m shocked and appalled that a reputable music magazine…

WRAP-UP OSCARS 2016 THE COMPLETE WINNERS LIST Our live coverage of the film industry’s biggest night. CULTURE AMONG THE LOVE BOTS FEATURE Meet the lovelorn marks falling prey to one of today’s biggest online scams: artificially intelligent dating-service accounts used to seduce people. LISTS 2016’S BIG MOVIES THE RS LIST From superhero movies, biopics and serious dramas to a new Star Wars movie, we countdown the year’s must-sees. WATCH MY SOUNDTRACK MILK! RECORDS Jen Cloher, Courtney Barnett and Fraser A. Gorman stopped by the Rolling Stone Australia office to tell us which songs influenced their lives. HEAR THE BEST LOCAL STUFF EXCLUSIVES From our weekly ‘Five for Friday’ feature to daily video and track premieres, we uncover the best and brightest Australian acts. MUSIC NEWS, AROUND THE CLOCK Get breaking…

2016’s Festival Fools There are no better party-starters than Mac DeMarco and Weird Al Yankovic, and both proved to be inspired choices to ring in the new year at Falls. DeMarco even proved to be a fan of Australia’s sun-smart headware. BEST NEW YEAR’S EVER! Gang Of Youths frontman Dave Le’aupepe rides the crowd at the Byron Bay leg of the Falls Festival. FELINE FINE Not content to purr her way through judging talent shows, Delta Goodrem has kicked off her stint in the Aussie version of Cats. THE PRODUCERS Mick Jagger and executive producer Terence Winter attend the New York premiere of Vinyl. PATTI READS Performing her classic Horses at a recent show, we can only assume Patti Smith needed to jog her memory of the lyrics. Flaming Lips…

“IF I GET EMOTIONAL, I APOLOGISE,” says Eagles of Death Metal front-man Jesse Hughes one recent afternoon. “It’s not in a bad way.” Hughes is still dealing with the aftermath of November 13th, when an Eagles concert in Paris became the site of one [Cont. on 14] of the worst terrorist attacks in recent history. Now, the veteran garage-rock band is facing the big question: What’s next? At least part of the answer has become clear: Get back on the road. Starting this month, Eagles of Death Metal, who had postponed all remaining concerts on their autumn tour after the Paris attacks, will hit Europe for 24 dates – what they’ve dubbed the Nos Amis Tour (French for “our friends”) in a nod to the group’s affection for France. The…

“I’m serious about this. I’m not fucking around.” GIDEON BENSEN MIGHT BE BEST known as 20 per cent of the Preatures, but this year the guitarist and singer is out to prove he’s capable of steering a musical ship on his own. “I’m serious about this,” he says on the eve of the release of his debut EP, Cold Cold Heart. “I’m not fucking around.” Bensen called on some of Australian music’s best-regarded young talent, including vocalists Megan Washington and Montaigne and fellow Preatures guitarist Jack Moffitt, to help him record the strange, funky material that comprises his first solo release. In late 2015, he sent the rowdy, horn-led “All New Low” to radio as an indication of just how far removed the EP’s songs are from those he writes…

Twenty-nine years since their formation, De La Soul are going independent. The New York-based hip-hop trio will self-release their eighth studio album, And the Anonymous Nobody – their first in over a decade – on April 29th. It follows a successful Kickstarter campaign they launched in early-2015, which saw them surpass their modest $110,000 target in just nine hours, eventually raising over $600,000. “To see the money pot grow and grow, it was really humbling – and shocking!” says founding member Kelvin Mercer, better known as Posdnuos, who insists that despite the increased budget they “definitely stuck to what we were doing”. What they were doing was far removed from the soul sample-based format of their early work. Instead they called on tour buddies, the Rhythm All Stars, instructing the…