The six-member rock-soul group J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound stopped by Rolling Stone's Rock Room at SXSW and played songs off of the as-yet-unreleased Howl, winning over the festival crowd with their enveloping stage presence and palpable charisma.
Check out the performance above.
The six-member rock-soul group J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound stopped by Rolling Stone's Rock Room at SXSW and played songs off of the as-yet-unreleased Howl, winning over the festival crowd with their enveloping stage presence and palpable charisma.
Check out the performance above.
Jeff Ament, Joseph Arthur, and Richard Stuverud of RNDMLess than a week after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, RNDM played one of their first shows at Brooklyn's 500-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg. "There were no subways running," says bassist Jeff Ament. "You're watching the devastation on TV and thinking 'Should we even be playing a show? Partly because we're a new band and partly because of Sandy, some of those early shows there were super light turnouts. We're a baby band in every aspect, and we've been getting used to certain elements."
After spending the last 20 years filling arenas with Pearl Jam, Ament is starting over with RNDM (pronounced "R-N-D-M"). He formed the group last year with friends – songwriter Joseph Arthur and drummer Richard Stuverud – with the stripped-down sound of groups like Nirvana and the Jimi Hendrix Experience in mind. "I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments. I think there are aspects of those bands working here," says Ament. Adds Arthur, "It's a pure rock & roll band."
Video Premiere: Jeff Ament's RNDM Get Animated With 'Throw You to the Pack'
The musicians have been friendly since Arthur opened for Ament's project Three Fish in 1999. They stayed in touch until Ament called Arthur to sing on his solo track, "When the Fire Comes," off his latest solo LP, While My Heart Beats. "I was like, God, I hope I don't blow our friendship because I'm over-reaching my bounds," says Ament. "But within an hour, he responded and said, 'Man, I love this song.'"
In April, Ament invited the band to his Montana home to sing on some demos. "I started using this Brian Eno trick," says Arthur, "Which was like to just record me while I'm hearing it for the first time, and singing whatever initial ideas I have . . . For me, it's liberating, because I'm so used to being the master of my own ship," adds Arthur. "The art work and a lot of the visual concepts of the band have all come from him, and so it's nice to have someone with that much creative force like being in a band with them and they're bringing all these ideas that are great."
They recorded 20 tracks in four days, including the funky stomp "Williamsburg" and the upbeat rocker "Hollow Girl," which explodes into a pummeling, Crazy Horse-like instrumental collision. "It really does feel like a brand new band," says Ament. "Not a brand new band when you're almost 50, but a brand new band when you're 20 when everybody had tons of energy. It really has that feel."
After a fall tour last year, the band is considering adding more winter dates and recording some new material. "We've been on the road and we don't hate eachother," Arthur says with a laugh. "We're talking about putting out an EP, because we have eight tracks left over from the initial session. And now we've got six more. I don't really know when we'll put it out, but there's talk about some kind of EP or something soon."
RNDM's long-term schedule may depend on Pearl Jam's; the band recently had a meeting with Brendan O'Brien and followed up on sessions a year ago in Stone Gossard's studio and has announced apair of summer dates. "There's a lot of ideas kind of floating around right now," says Ament. "I mean, the cool thing about taking a year away from [Pearl Jam] is, you know, we could almost start from scratch and it wouldn't really be that big of a deal, you know? I hope it comes out this year at some point. But, if it doesn't, we have another RNDM record ready. If RNDM's my band for the next year, I'm stoked."
How does the Pearl Jam bassist feel about turning 50 in March? "I can't say that I'm really freaked out about it, just because I feel like my life's just awesome right now," he says. "I mean, I had a day off yesterday, you know, I went and skated with a bunch of my buddies in L.A. which, you know, included a bunch of old pros. It's hard to be bummed about it. You know?"
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here Jeff Ament, Joseph Arthur, and Richard Stuverud of RNDMLess than a week after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, RNDM played one of their first shows at Brooklyn's 500-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg. "There were no subways running," says bassist Jeff Ament. "You're watching the devastation on TV and thinking 'Should we even be playing a show? Partly because we're a new band and partly because of Sandy, some of those early shows there were super light turnouts. We're a baby band in every aspect, and we've been getting used to certain elements."
After spending the last 20 years filling arenas with Pearl Jam, Ament is starting over with RNDM (pronounced "R-N-D-M"). He formed the group last year with friends – songwriter Joseph Arthur and drummer Richard Stuverud – with the stripped-down sound of groups like Nirvana and the Jimi Hendrix Experience in mind. "I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments. I think there are aspects of those bands working here," says Ament. Adds Arthur, "It's a pure rock & roll band."
Video Premiere: Jeff Ament's RNDM Get Animated With 'Throw You to the Pack'
The musicians have been friendly since Arthur opened for Ament's project Three Fish in 1999. They stayed in touch until Ament called Arthur to sing on his solo track, "When the Fire Comes," off his latest solo LP, While My Heart Beats. "I was like, God, I hope I don't blow our friendship because I'm over-reaching my bounds," says Ament. "But within an hour, he responded and said, 'Man, I love this song.'"
In April, Ament invited the band to his Montana home to sing on some demos. "I started using this Brian Eno trick," says Arthur, "Which was like to just record me while I'm hearing it for the first time, and singing whatever initial ideas I have . . . For me, it's liberating, because I'm so used to being the master of my own ship," adds Arthur. "The art work and a lot of the visual concepts of the band have all come from him, and so it's nice to have someone with that much creative force like being in a band with them and they're bringing all these ideas that are great."
They recorded 20 tracks in four days, including the funky stomp "Williamsburg" and the upbeat rocker "Hollow Girl," which explodes into a pummeling, Crazy Horse-like instrumental collision. "It really does feel like a brand new band," says Ament. "Not a brand new band when you're almost 50, but a brand new band when you're 20 when everybody had tons of energy. It really has that feel."
After a fall tour last year, the band is considering adding more winter dates and recording some new material. "We've been on the road and we don't hate eachother," Arthur says with a laugh. "We're talking about putting out an EP, because we have eight tracks left over from the initial session. And now we've got six more. I don't really know when we'll put it out, but there's talk about some kind of EP or something soon."
RNDM's long-term schedule may depend on Pearl Jam's; the band recently had a meeting with Brendan O'Brien and followed up on sessions a year ago in Stone Gossard's studio and has announced apair of summer dates. "There's a lot of ideas kind of floating around right now," says Ament. "I mean, the cool thing about taking a year away from [Pearl Jam] is, you know, we could almost start from scratch and it wouldn't really be that big of a deal, you know? I hope it comes out this year at some point. But, if it doesn't, we have another RNDM record ready. If RNDM's my band for the next year, I'm stoked."
How does the Pearl Jam bassist feel about turning 50 in March? "I can't say that I'm really freaked out about it, just because I feel like my life's just awesome right now," he says. "I mean, I had a day off yesterday, you know, I went and skated with a bunch of my buddies in L.A. which, you know, included a bunch of old pros. It's hard to be bummed about it. You know?"
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Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones sold out their November 25th and 29th shows at London's O2 Arena in just seven minutes, according to multiple reports. Fans apparently snapped up the arena's least expensive seats, priced around $152, in just three minutes, while the priciest seats at around $601 were gone a few minutes later.
The high traffic caused Ticketmaster to crash before the tickets had sold out. A holding page read, "We're experiencing high demand. You will be automatically directed to the page requested as soon as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience." Resale websites are already listing tickets for as much as $20,050.
Presale for the December 13th and 15th shows at Newark's Prudential Center will start tomorrow at noon EST, with a general on-sale following on October 26th. For more information, visit the Rolling Stones' website.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones sold out their November 25th and 29th shows at London's O2 Arena in just seven minutes, according to multiple reports. Fans apparently snapped up the arena's least expensive seats, priced around $152, in just three minutes, while the priciest seats at around $601 were gone a few minutes later.
The high traffic caused Ticketmaster to crash before the tickets had sold out. A holding page read, "We're experiencing high demand. You will be automatically directed to the page requested as soon as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience." Resale websites are already listing tickets for as much as $20,050.
Presale for the December 13th and 15th shows at Newark's Prudential Center will start tomorrow at noon EST, with a general on-sale following on October 26th. For more information, visit the Rolling Stones' website.
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Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.It's shaping up to be a major fall for the Rolling Stones. In addition to recording new music in Paris last week, the band will play its first shows since 2007 later this year to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Rolling Stone has learned the band is planning two shows at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to happen before the end of the year. "This was accomplished in a Navy SEAL-like operation," a source familiar with the deal tells Rolling Stone. "No one I knew whispered a word of this before yesterday."
Billboard reported yesterday about the Brooklyn shows and added the band will also play two shows at London's O2 Arena in November with Virgin founder Richard Branson and Australian promoter Paul Dainty promoting the gigs. A spokesperson for the Stones declined to say the London and New York shows were confirmed.
The band gathered to record two new songs for an upcoming box set last week at Guillaume Tell Studios near Paris, where they also recorded new tracks for 2002's 40 Licks set a decade ago. "Had fun in the Paris studio this week!" Mick Jagger tweeted with a photo surrounded by Telecasters, Stratocasters and harmonicas. "I'd love to get some tracks down and see what songs we've got," Keith Richards told Rolling Stone before the recording sessions. "And that goes along with part of getting the band back together and getting things moving. So I'd love to cut some tracks, yeah." Asked if he saw himself writing one-on-one with Jagger again, Richards said, "I have no doubt."
The Stones also rehearsed songs from their entire catalog in the New York area in April. "That was a great time," Richards said. "I thought I'd be quite rusty, after all we hadn't done it for a while, in five years or something. And amazing to hear it sounded as fresh as you could hope for. It was a great week."
The final day of those rehearsals were filmed for Crossfire Hurricane, a film spanning the band's entire career to premiere November 15th, directed by Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture). "Nobody has put the story together as a narrative," Morgen told Rolling Stone earlier this year. "We've been looking under every rock going through their archives. It will be music never heard before, and I've conducted 50-plus hours of interviews so far. By the time we're done, they will be the most extensive group interviews they've ever done." At the time, Richards told Rolling Stone, "He told me 80 percent of the footage has never been seen before, which amazes me. I didn't know there was that much around."
Additional reporting by Steve Knopper
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereAfter canceling the Australian leg of her MDNA tour, Madonna has posted an audio message to fans on YouTube apologizing for the nixed shows. "I am really and truly sorry to have disappointed you and that's something that I don't feel very good about," she begins. Though she had thought about writing a letter, Madonna says, she thought the audio clip would be a more direct way to reach fans.
"My children are my first priority," Madonna explains, describing the difficulty of balancing her jobs as a singer and mother. Because her children are older, Madonna notes, she cannot take them on the road with her constantly, and says she would feel like an "irresponsible parent" if she didn't take time at the end of the year to be with them.
"I don't take your love and your support for me for granted," she says as she wraps up her statement. "Please forgive me and know that when I do come to Australia, I will have made the wait worth your while and I will put on the greatest show on Earth. I haven't forgotten about you."
Madonna's Australian leg would've been her first shows in the country in 20 years.
After canceling the Australian leg of her MDNA tour, Madonna has posted an audio message to fans on YouTube apologizing for the nixed shows. "I am really and truly sorry to have disappointed you and that's something that I don't feel very good about," she begins. Though she had thought about writing a letter, Madonna says, she thought the audio clip would be a more direct way to reach fans.
"My children are my first priority," Madonna explains, describing the difficulty of balancing her jobs as a singer and mother. Because her children are older, Madonna notes, she cannot take them on the road with her constantly, and says she would feel like an "irresponsible parent" if she didn't take time at the end of the year to be with them.
"I don't take your love and your support for me for granted," she says as she wraps up her statement. "Please forgive me and know that when I do come to Australia, I will have made the wait worth your while and I will put on the greatest show on Earth. I haven't forgotten about you."
Madonna's Australian leg would've been her first shows in the country in 20 years.
Dan Pifer, Lo Faber and Aaron Maxwell perform at Irving Plaza in New York City. Following a decade of dormancy, God Street Wine are reuniting for the second time in three years for a run of shows in New York City this August, with additional possibilities being discussed.
Much ado was made about God Street Wine's 2010 reunion when they sold out New York's Gramercy Theatre in record time. But the victory was short-lived: following those two shows, the band performed just two more, aboard Jam Cruise in January 2011 (where they were joined by several notable guests, including the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir) before going back on "indefinite hiatus." With band members now scattered across the globe and dedicated to new careers, that came as no big surprise.
But now, just over a year later, God Street Wine are back again, this time for a three-night stand at the Gramercy. This round might even be a sign of things to come: additional tour dates may be on the horizon and, at the very least, occasional get-togethers seem likely.
Frontman Lo Faber says the 2010 reunion was as thrilling for the band as it was for their fans. "At the same time, and I'll only speak for myself here," Faber tells Rolling Stone, "I had a teeny bit of frustration by being bound by what GSW was doing 12 to 15 years ago. The thrill of doing what we used to do wore off a bit, and I started to wonder if we could actually do something new."
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God Street Wine initially formed in 1988 and officially disbanded in 1999. During their heyday, they toured as part of the H.O.R.D.E. festival and performed on bills anchored by the Allman Brothers and Black Crowes. In their time, the Dave Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow and Hootie and the Blowfish all opened for them.
When the band announced they were going on "indefinite hiatus" again following the 2011 Jam Cruise, Faber and guitarist Aaron Maxwell used their rekindled friendship and musical partnership as grounds to perform a series of intimate acoustic shows around New York.
"Both of us had a musical itch to scratch, triggered by the GSW reunion shows, that wouldn't go away," says Faber. "And the acoustic shows . . . were actually new and fresh, musically, in exactly the way I was looking for. They showed us that there are still a lot more musical possibilities for GSW still yet to be explored. We still have things to say up on that stage."
They'll get their chance when they return to the Gramercy for three consecutive nights beginning on August 16th.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here Dan Pifer, Lo Faber and Aaron Maxwell perform at Irving Plaza in New York City. Following a decade of dormancy, God Street Wine are reuniting for the second time in three years for a run of shows in New York City this August, with additional possibilities being discussed.
Much ado was made about God Street Wine's 2010 reunion when they sold out New York's Gramercy Theatre in record time. But the victory was short-lived: following those two shows, the band performed just two more, aboard Jam Cruise in January 2011 (where they were joined by several notable guests, including the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir) before going back on "indefinite hiatus." With band members now scattered across the globe and dedicated to new careers, that came as no big surprise.
But now, just over a year later, God Street Wine are back again, this time for a three-night stand at the Gramercy. This round might even be a sign of things to come: additional tour dates may be on the horizon and, at the very least, occasional get-togethers seem likely.
Frontman Lo Faber says the 2010 reunion was as thrilling for the band as it was for their fans. "At the same time, and I'll only speak for myself here," Faber tells Rolling Stone, "I had a teeny bit of frustration by being bound by what GSW was doing 12 to 15 years ago. The thrill of doing what we used to do wore off a bit, and I started to wonder if we could actually do something new."
Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures
God Street Wine initially formed in 1988 and officially disbanded in 1999. During their heyday, they toured as part of the H.O.R.D.E. festival and performed on bills anchored by the Allman Brothers and Black Crowes. In their time, the Dave Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow and Hootie and the Blowfish all opened for them.
When the band announced they were going on "indefinite hiatus" again following the 2011 Jam Cruise, Faber and guitarist Aaron Maxwell used their rekindled friendship and musical partnership as grounds to perform a series of intimate acoustic shows around New York.
"Both of us had a musical itch to scratch, triggered by the GSW reunion shows, that wouldn't go away," says Faber. "And the acoustic shows . . . were actually new and fresh, musically, in exactly the way I was looking for. They showed us that there are still a lot more musical possibilities for GSW still yet to be explored. We still have things to say up on that stage."
They'll get their chance when they return to the Gramercy for three consecutive nights beginning on August 16th.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here Pete Doherty exhibition 'On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist' at the Cob Gallery in LondonLibertines and Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty is attempting to launch a new career as a visual artist with a new gallery exhibition in London showcasing paintings he made using his own blood, among other media. On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist features artwork the musician created for his 2009 solo album Grace/Wastelands, along with several other works created since then.
Doherty, best known in the U.S. for his many drug-related arrests and his relationship with model Kate Moss, says he developed his "arterial splatter" technique by squirting his blood with a syringe onto a canvas. The paintings also include elements of collage, plus written lyrics and poetry penned by the rocker.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here Pete Doherty exhibition 'On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist' at the Cob Gallery in LondonLibertines and Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty is attempting to launch a new career as a visual artist with a new gallery exhibition in London showcasing paintings he made using his own blood, among other media. On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist features artwork the musician created for his 2009 solo album Grace/Wastelands, along with several other works created since then.
Doherty, best known in the U.S. for his many drug-related arrests and his relationship with model Kate Moss, says he developed his "arterial splatter" technique by squirting his blood with a syringe onto a canvas. The paintings also include elements of collage, plus written lyrics and poetry penned by the rocker.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here
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