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“An artist who defied classification and who raised the watermark to an extremely high level deserves high praise.” Not Enough Prince . . . I WISH ROLLING STONE HAD provided so many words on Prince when he was alive rather than merely covering him in detail in death. An artist who defied classification and who raised the watermark to an extremely high level deserves high praise, and your piece, whilst generally good (despite your picture on Pg. 65 being incorrectly attributed to the Purple Rain tour – it was Lovesexy in 1988), should have gone much further. I await the standalone issue with in-depth coverage of the albums (with original reviews), the many tours, films and influences. An artist of this calibre deserves no less. Vincent Alvaro, Casula, NSW .…
WRAP-UP SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS FROM THE FRONTLINE Our feature report from Byron Bay’s big weekend of live music. INTERVIEW THE DESCENDENTS ROCK AGAIN The pioneering pop-punkers tell the story behind their first album in 12 years, out later this month. VIDEO HANDS LIKE HOUSES LIVE The Canberra post-hardcore band stop by our Sydney offi ce to perform a stripped-back acoustic set. GALLERY TIRED LION TALES FROM THE ROAD Armed with a disposable camera, the rising Perth alt-rockers document their first ever overseas tour. FEATURE MODERN DAY BONNIE & CLYDE How Blake Fitzgerald and Brittany Harper’s violent crime spree across the U.S. gained a cult following. MUSIC NEWS, AROUND THE CLOCK Get breaking music news from ROLLING STONE’s award-winning staff of writers and reporters 24 hours a day, 365 days…
Who’s Vedder, Who’s Best? Eddie Vedder joined the Who on “The Real Me” at a backyard gig in California, which raised $3 million for cancer research and treatment. “I love Eddie,” says Roger Daltrey. “He doesn’t copy. He does the Eddie Vedder version.” Björk’s New Virtual Reality Björk attended Bjork Digital Media Preview at Carriageworks in Sydney. Bjork Digital was the premiere of the musician’s new virtual reality project, and formed part of Vivid, the annual festival that features light sculptures and installations throughout the city. Leon Plays On Severe winds forced Leon Bridges to cancel his main-stage set at Washington State’s Sasquatch! Festival – so he took his guitar to the lawn for an unplugged set. “My word is bond!” he said. Gaga’s Fast Car Racing legend Mario Andretti…
EARLY LAST YEAR, THE FUTURE looked bright for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. After a year of writing, the band had come up with a batch of new songs that it was proud of. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who joined the Chili Peppers in 2010, was taking on a bigger role in the songwriting and had developed an easy chemistry with his bandmates. Then frontman Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea took a snowboarding trip to Montana. “We were jetting down the mountain, going, like, 50 miles an hour, when I just wiped out,” says Flea. “It was like, bam. My arm started swelling up right away. I broke my arm in five places. Big pieces of bone were shorn off.” Flea managed to snowboard down the mountain, where he was met…
In January, Mumford & Sons fulfilled a longtime dream when they travelled to South Africa to play three shows. While there, they decided to create their own souvenir: “We thought it would be amazing to go into a studio and take a sonic photograph,” says bassist Ted Dwane. “None of us are experts in African music. We didn’t know if it would work or not.” The band spent two days in a Johannesburg studio (“The gear was kind of fucked, to be honest,” says Dwane), working with Afro-electronic collaborators the Very Best and Senegalese pop star Baaba Maal. The result is Johannesburg, a five-song EP that blends the band’s signature rousing choruses with Afrobeat guitars and rhythms. Like the Mumfords’ electrified, divisive 2015 album Wilder Mind, Johannesburg marks another step…
PHOTOGRAPHER DANIEL KRAM- er had barely heard of Bob Dylan when he was booked to shoot the singer at a studio in Woodstock one day in 1964. “I was only supposed to have an hour with him, but I ended up shooting for five,” Kramer remembers. “A few weeks later, I brought the prints to his management office. Bob walked around the table where I laid the prints out, then looked at me and said, ‘I’m going to Philadelphia this week. Would you like to come?’” Dylan loved Kramer’s work enough that, between August 1964 and August 1965, the photographer shot the young folk singer about 30 different times, playing a big role in shaping our image of the budding superstar. Kramer’s most famous shots appear on the covers of…
