My Morning Jacket - Best Breakthrough
Rolling Stone names the band My Morning Jacket as the Best Breakthrough for their new album, Evil Urges. It is a combination between funk-metal grooves, Nashville crooning, classic-rock guitar hero...
America's Top Taper - Best Bootlegger
An hour before Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood take the stage at Madison Square Garden in February, Mike Barnard (not his real name) is examining the security guards outside the arena. Many look car...
Best New Reissues
Listed are the top 5 reissues from past years reported by Rolling Stone. 1. Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings 2. Willie Nelson One Hell of a Ride 3. The Replacemen...
Stubb's Bar-B-Q - Best Rock Club
Adventurous booking (Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Wilco and Arcade Fire have hit the stage), killer barbecue and a massive PA all contribute to the party vibe that makes Stubb's the coolest outdoor c...
Crosley Keepsake - Best Digital Turntable
Can’t bear to live without your vinyl albums, yet can’t seem to find the time to fire up the record player these days? Well, have we got a solution for you – The Crosley Keepsake. You can now simpl...
Best Music Blogs
Rolling Stone reports the Best Music Blogs: 1. Nah Right http://nahright.com/news/ 2. The Take-Away Shows http://www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter-?lang=en 3. Gorilla vs. Bear http://gori...
The Norva
Artists love the Norva, a renovated vaudeville theater that features a backstage basketball court, game room, hot tub and sauna. And with six bars, two smoking lounges and a giant, crystal-clear so...
Beatles Remasters - Best DIY Reissues
The Beatles' albums came out on CD in 1987, but fans have long complained that the early digital technology used to remaster the recordings left them sounding hollow and thin — and that the officia...
Vampire Weekend - Best Rookie of 2008
In a year, these preppy Columbia grads rocketed from playing frats to SNL, thanks to their literate, globe-trotting rock. Their first disc, Vampire Weekend, has already sold more than 150,000 copie...
Best New Rock Books
1. Clapton: The Autobiography, By Eric Clapton 2. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, By Crystal Zevon 3. Twenty Thousand Roads, By David N. Meyer 4. Sway, By Zachary Lazar 5. Can't Buy Me Love, By Jonathan ...
Baltimore - Best Scene
Rolling Stone lists the People and Places That Make Charm City a Hotbed for Rap and Art Rock! Follow the link for more about Baltimore!
Best Band T-Shirts
From Fall Out Boy's LOLcats-inspired design to Sonic Youth's celebration of their album Dirty and Peter, Jborn and John's self-explanatory tee, check out a gallery of merch-table must-haves for the...
Best Fringe Festivals
1. Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig, Germany, May 9th-12th http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english/ 2. Sidi Rock Festival Sidi Kacem, Morocco, February 23rd http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...
The Magic Stick
Pretty much every Detroit band — from the up-and-coming White Stripes to the Detroit Cobras — has played the Magic Stick, a funky, high-energy pool hall above the Garden Bowl bowling alley. Local t...
Best Modern Song Lyrics
Rolling Stone's Top 20 Best Modern Song Lyrics can be found on this link. They are from different bands and genres as well. Visit the Rolling Stones site!
Best Record Stores
The Best Record Stores of 2008 are reported in this article by Rolling Stone. Please follow the link for more information. 1. Amoeba Music - Los Angeles http://www.amoeba.com/ 2. Dusty Groove - ...
Santogold - Best Rookie of 2008
Record-exec-turned-singer Santogold (born Santi White) makes futuristic pop for the skinny-jeans set. She raps like M.I.A. ("Creator") and skanks like Gwen Stefani ("Shove It") on her debut album, ...
Cassette Playa - Best Fashion Designer
The way fashion designer Cassette Playa sees things, ravers are a clan just like the Aztecs or the Amazonians. "The whole basis of a rave culture is about losing yourself and becoming part of a tri...
Best Rock Movies
Rolling Stone reports the Best Rock Movies to look out for this year! Follow the link for more information. 1. U2 3D http://www.u23dmovie.com/ 2. Runnin' Down a Dream http://www.marketwire.com/m...
Jonas/Francois - Best Video Directors
Jonas/Francois are the bridge between Kanye West and his rivals. Last year, the Parisian filmmaking team directed the breakthrough video for Justice's "D.A.N.C.E.," a much-blogged-about clip where ...
MGMT - Best Rookie of 2008
Two unwashed hippie freaks straight out of Wesleyan play deliriously catchy psych-pop with a wicked sense of humor and heavy grooves. On their cool-ass debut, Oracular Spectacular, they come off li...
Best Indie Hip Hop
Rolling Stone names these 5 artists as the Best Indie Hip Hop artists. Check out the links! 1. Brother Ali http://www.brotherali.com/ 2. Cool Kids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Kids 3. W...
Black Tide - Best Rookie of 2008
These scarily talented Miami prodigies — lead singer and guitarist Gabriel Garcia is only fifteen — play a tuneful brand of metal that's been AWOL since the Reagan years. Catch their nuclear-hot tw...
Best Rock Movies
Rolling Stone reports the Best Rock Movies to look out for this year! Follow the link for more information. 1. U2 3D http://www.u23dmovie.com/ 2. Runnin' Down a Dream http://www.marketwire.com/m...
Brian Roettinger - Best Album Cover Designer
For any punk band who's ever played a house party, this is what life looks like: unsteady and up-close and loud as hell. And Brian Roettinger has turned that life into art.
Ultrasone Edition 9 - Best Headphones
If high-fi audio is dead in an era of lousy MP3s and lousier earbuds, someone forgot to tell Ultrasone. With ear pads made of cushy Ethiopian sheep leather, these super-deluxe, super-expensive ($1,...
Indie 103 - Best Radio Station
More like the adventurous rock stations of the Seventies than its current ultracorporate competitors, Los Angeles' Indie 103.1 has challenged the city's alt-rock powerhouse, KROQ, with broader play...
Led Zeppelin - Best Reunion
"They went onstage not only like they were Led Zeppelin, but Led Zeppelin with something to prove," says drummer Jason Bonham, an obsessive fan since boyhood who had the best seat in the house — be...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Best Live Band
When Springsteen and the E Street Band formally opened their 2007-08 tour in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 2nd, Springsteen, 58, was at a new peak in his performing life, combining the politica...
Radiohead - Best Festival Band
The best live band in rock played its greatest concert ever on June 17th, 2006, at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Flosstradamus - Best DJ
Flosstradamus is the stage name of Chicago-based DJs J2K (Josh Young) and Autobot (Curt Cameruci). They have performed at events such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Pitchfork Musi...
Taylor Swift - Best Country Lolita
As it turns out, Swift is a rare blend of goofy teenager and polished saleswoman, which has let her tap into a huge market of country-loving teens. For the full article and extras, visit: http://...
Zappa Plays Zappa - Best Tribue Band
Zappa Plays Zappa is total truth in advertising: a fantastic band led by guitarist Dweezil Zappa, dedicated to performing the music of his late father with exacting precision. Please visit http:/...
Stargate - Best Hitmakers
Since 2006, Eriksen and his partner, Tor Erik Hermansen, have produced and co-written ten Top Ten hits, including Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," Rihanna's "Unfaithful" and "Don't Stop the Music," and N...
Lil Wayne - Best MC
Wayne's rhymes are as varied as his moods, ranging from quick-tongued braggadocio about girls, cash and guns to gut-wrenching expressions of personal pain. To learn more about Lil Wayne, visit htt...
Chris Brown - Best New Michael Jackson
Chris Brown was pegged early as the next Michael — or at least the next Usher — after his first single, the supersyncopated "Run It!" hit Number One in 2005. For the full article, follow the link...
Levon Helm - Best Jam Session
A gracious host, Levon invites you to his home studio in Woodstock, N.Y. The first thing you’ll notice, if you get there early enough, is the natural beauty of your surroundings. His property is se...
Crystal Taliefero - Best Secret Weapon
If you've been to big classic-rock shows over the past twenty-three years, you've seen Crystal Taliefero: She has sung and played guitar, sax and percussion with John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, Bob Se...
Danger Mouse - Best Producer
Though he's become one of the most famous producers in the world, Burton, 30, doesn't churn out hits for superstars — the high-profile Beck gig is an anomaly. He turns down most big-name offers, re...
Mastodon - Best Metal Band
Masters of virtuosic, twisted riff attacks, Mastodon are the kings of the current metal scene — drawing everyone from stoner dudes to urban hipsters at their unhinged live shows. This link is the h...
Mavado - Best New Reggae
Jamaica's latest star, Mavado, combines hip-hop-influenced beats with ominous minor-key vocals about street life and salvation. Read more from the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coversto...
The Sword- Best Metal Alloys
The Sword is a heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. The band was formed in 2003 in Austin, Texas by J.D. Cronise. Cronise, a guitarist and vocalist who had played with the Those Peabodys, searched ...
The Orange Peel - Best Rock Club
In the Seventies, the Orange Peel was a premier funk-and-soul club. Since it reopened five years ago, Bob Dylan and Smashing Pumpkins (who picked the spot for their nine-show reunion run last year)...
Bonnaroo - Best Festival
Coachella might have Cameron Diaz in the VIP tent, and Lollapalooza might draw more fans, but Bonnaroo — where 80,000 congregate each summer in the wilds of Manchester, Tennessee — is the ultimate ...
The Mars Volta - Best Prog-Rock Band
The Mars Volta specialize in explosive soundscapes and wild, anarchic live shows. Their songs can be two-minute punk bursts or twenty-minute excursions into Latin jazz, funk, metal and atonal noise...
Tinariwen - Best African Band
It took Ibrahim more than a decade to get a proper acoustic guitar in his poverty-stricken part of Africa. When he did, he formed Tinariwen, who have become famous for a fluid, riff-heavy style of ...
The Word - Best Jam Band
Robert Randolph was a star in a small world — a virtuoso of sacred-steel guitar, a wild style of Pentecostal-church music — when he was invited to play on the 2001 album The Word with organist John...
Bill the ISPs, Make File-Sharing Legal - Best Plan to Save the Record Biz
With sales down more than $5 billion since 2000, the record business desperately needs to generate some cash. One of the most radical ideas is picking up steam: Why not have Internet service provid...
DragonForce - Best Guitar Hero Band
With more than seven minutes of insanely fast guitar shredding, DragonForce's 2006 song "Through the Fire and Flames" is hardly hit-single material — but it has nevertheless been on iTunes music st...
Sunn O))) - Best Metal Alloys
Sunn O))) is an American drone metal band in its broadest sense; however, it incorporates elements of the dark ambient, black metal and noise genres as well. More on the article: http://www.rollin...
Against Me! - Best Punk Band
The full article for the Best Punk Band can be found on http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/28
Dillinger Escape Plan - Best Metal Alloys
The band's sound has evolved from jaw-dropping instrumental complexity to more experimental and melodic ground. More: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/25
Bowery Ballroom - Best Rock Club
Perfect sound, clear sightlines and zero attitude make the Bowery the best place to see a show in Manhattan. The indie-heavy club, which opened ten years ago in a former discount shoe store, has ho...
Conor Oberst - Best Songwriter
Finishing a song is still my singular favorite feeling in the world," Conor Oberst says, "more than records or shows. The creation of a song is what drives me." Links: http://www.rollingstone.com/...
Meshuggah - Best Metal Alloys
Meshuggah is a Swedish five-piece experimental metal band from Umeå, known for their use of extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs...
Dallas Schoo - Best Guitar Tech
Over the past twenty years, he has been by The Edge's side at every single concert and recording session, making sure his fleet of fifty-plus rare guitars are in perfect working order. Article con...
Jason Bonham - Best Drummer
Jason is an English drummer and son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. To read the full article from Rolling Stone magazine, visit: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/27
