Depeche Mode: Cosmic...

For 30 years, Depeche Mode has pioneered electronic music with the use of synthesizers, influencing newer acts like Coldplay and The Killers. The band’s latest record, Sounds of the Universe, combines past and future, tapping enduring themes such as lust and religion, while creating...

Dirty Projectors: Bo...

The avant-garde collective Dirty Projectors has been making waves with its new release, Bitte Orca. The album finds the band continuing its trademark experimentation, mixing traditional string arrangements with exploding drums, spidery guitars and boisterous keyboards. » E-Mail...

Dec31

Rolling Stone’s Top ...

• U2’s 360° Tour Is 2009’s Top Trek • Ke$ha Makes Digital Sales History • Death Cab, Wentz’s Favorite ‘09 LPs • Weekend Rock List: Party Songs • 2007/08 Flashback: The Years’ Best Music • News Ticker: Drake, Roland...

Dec31

Rock Daily By the Nu...

Photo: McCormack/WireImage.com; SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images;Kravitz/FilmMagic; Kempin/WireImage.com As we say farewell to 2009 and welcome a new decade, Rolling Stone looks back at the biggest stories, funniest headlines and “all the news that fit” in 2009. It was the year we lost the...

Dec31

Weekend Rock List: P...

Photo: Time Life Pictures/Getty Images It’s the end of the year and the end of the decade, and as our New Year’s Eve guide demonstrates, everyone in the rock universe from Lady Gaga to Phish will be doing one thing tonight: partying. So for those about to party, we salute you. Tell...