Rolling stones

Rolling Stone’s Jason Fine narrates the episode, which includes archival interviews with Brian Wilson, members of Wrecking Crew and more, as well as new interviews with several Beach Boys, plus members of Brian Wilson’s touring band, who brought the music of Pet Sounds to life on stage for the first time in 2000. Fine also speaks to Linda Perry and Cameron Crowe; the director placed Pet Sounds at Number One when he voted in our 500 Albums poll. … [Read more...] about 500 Greatest Albums Podcast: How Brian Wilson Made Rock & Roll Grow Up With ‘Pet Sounds’

Kumail and I wind up discussing this whole process within the episode. TV revivals are all the rage these days, which means few shows ever truly stay dead, and thus I’ll have to confront this decision again down the road. And I’m not sure I’d make the same choice the next time. If a guest chooses Twin Peaks, should I freak them the hell out by showing them the ABC pilot and then the last episode of Twin Peaks: The Return? Would a Deadwood podcast conclude with the last regular episode, or the reunion movie? Do I punish a guest who picks Arrested Development or Gilmore Girls with their Netflix revivals? It seems like a question where I won’t be able to come up with a hard-and-fast-rule, but will have to feel it out as we go. … [Read more...] about ‘Too Long; Didn’t Watch’: Kumail Nanjiani Catches Up on ‘Veronica Mars’

Jazmine Sullivan’s Heaux Tales also makes a big debut, entering the chart at Number Four with 41,000 album-equivalent units, behind Taylor Swift’s evermore and Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. Lil Durk’s The Voice rounds out the Top Five. Barry Gibb’s Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1 enters at Number 15, while Passenger’s Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted enters at Number 196. … [Read more...] about RS Charts: Morgan Wallen Makes Record-Breaking Debut Atop RS 200

Although Motown head Berry Gordy had concerns about releasing the song, worrying that protest songs would quickly be dated, “What’s Going On” hit No. 1 on the R&B charts (and No. 2 on the pop charts). It soon became the title track of Gaye’s acclaimed album, which topped the RS 500 Greatest Albums Albums of All Time list last fall. … [Read more...] about Governor Whitmer Declares January 20th ‘What’s Going on Day’ in Michigan

The other four New York Dolls usually looked like they’d been sentenced to be in the world’s weirdest band, but Sylvain Sylvain always seemed as if he were there by choice. He might have been you or me, if we could imagine ourselves wearing high heels. Sylvain was what we used to call a regular guy, and as a result, his contribution to one of the half-dozen most influential groups of the Seventies remains terribly underestimated. … [Read more...] about ‘Sylvain Sylvain’ Album Review