Category Archives: Rock Lists

Last week, inspired by Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace’s performance of The Eraser in New York, we asked for a rundown of your favorite solo albums by artists known for their work in bands. After nearly 100 votes, many from Pearl Jam fans, Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild soundtrack beat out Yorke and solo [...] Continue reading →

After catching Thom Yorke’s Atoms of Peace concert in New York earlier this week, we began to wonder where the Radiohead singer’s 2006 album The Eraser ranks in the canon of great solo albums. Now, we’re bringing this question to you: Tell us your pick for the best solo album by an artist more well [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Wilmer/Redferns Last week, before the Clash of the Titans remake shattered Easter weekend box office records — much to the chagrin of Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers — we asked for your favorite songs by a far superior Clash. The votes ranged from The Clash classics to Combat Rock, but “London Calling” captured the reader [...] Continue reading →

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The big popcorn movie hitting theaters this weekend is the bombastic remake of Clash of the Titans, which Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers gave a scathing one-star review. Instead of spending $12 seeing Clash, we recommend taking those two hours and sitting down listening to Sandinista! by a much superior Clash, the Rock and Roll [...] Continue reading →

Last week, inspired by the new film The Runaways (go behind the film here!), we asked our readers to tell us their favorite music biopics. After eliminating the mockumentaries (This Is Spinal Tap), the documentaries (Anvil! The Story of Anvil) and the just plain fictional (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), director Todd Haynes’ creative [...] Continue reading →

This weekend, The Runaways biopic starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie hits movie theaters — Rolling Stone brought you a peek inside the year’s most anticipated rock film, now tell us your favorite rock biopics (and no, Purple Rain doesn’t count). We’ll tally up the votes on Monday; check [...] Continue reading →

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Last week, while daydreaming about the sleep we’d be losing thanks to the swap to Daylight Savings Time, we asked you for your favorite tunes about sleep. When we tallied up the votes, the Beatles scored the most reader picks with “I’m Only Sleeping,” beating out tracks by Metallica, Aerosmith and yes, [...] Continue reading →

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The worst day of the year is upon us: Daylight Savings. This Sunday we’ll lose an hour and feel like crap all week thanks to our sleep deficit. But instead of dwelling on those lost 60 minutes (we hardly knew ya!), we’re going to focus our energy on coming up with the [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Jennings/WireImageOn Friday, Rock Daily was pondering Lil Wayne’s impending trip to prison — and T.I.’s last days of incarceration — and asked our readers to muse on the concept of “Freedom” for our Weekend Rock List. The results are in, and they are pretty literal: seven of the Top 10 tracks include the word [...] Continue reading →

Barring any more root canal surgeries or courthouse fires, this weekend will be Lil Wayne’s last as a free man before he’s officially sentenced to a year in jail on Monday. The day Weezy goes behind bars, T.I. will unveil his first post-penitentiary single, a celebration of his own freedom called “I’m Back.” As a [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Haun/Michael Ochs Archive/GettyLast week, in memory of Newcleus’ Chilly B and their hit “Jam On It,” we asked our readers to tell us their favorite 1980s hip-hop tracks. Public Enemy, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys rightfully dominated the list, but it was Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s [...] Continue reading →

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Newcleus’ Robert “Chilly B” Crafton — who features in the electro classic “Jam On It,” above — passed away this Tuesday, February 23rd following a stroke, Newcleus’ MySpace page solemnly writes (via Pitchfork). He was 47. As “Jam On It” is one of our favorite jams, this week’s Rock List [...] Continue reading →

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In memory of Bon Scott, the AC/DC frontman who passed away 30 years ago on February 19th, last week we asked our readers to tell us their favorite AC/DC songs spanning the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band’s catalog. The results were split pretty evenly between songs featuring Scott and singer Brian Johnson, [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/GettyToday marks the 30th anniversary of the death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott, who passed away in 1980 following a night of hard, hard drinking. To pay tribute to the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap singer’s legacy — and all the music history his resilient Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bandmates [...] Continue reading →

Last week with Valentine’s Day looming, we asked our readers what song they’d contribute to the perfect Valentine’s mixtape. After tallying the votes, the Beatles’ Abbey Road classic “Something” was the runaway victor and the must for any V-Day mixtape, beating lovelorn songs by Derek and the Dominoes, Buddy Holly and Marvin Gaye. Check out [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/GettyLove it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. What do you do when the boxes of chocolate are all sold out, the price of roses is astronomical and all the good restaurants are booked? You make a mixtape, of course. For this long weekend’s Rock List, we’re calling [...] Continue reading →

Photo:Clary/AFP/Getty To celebrate our day of independence and the much-needed three-day weekend, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite “American” songs. It was a hard-fought battle for the song most worthy of the stars and stripes, but in the end Tom Petty’s “American Girl” beat out tracks by Springsteen, Green Day and an [...] Continue reading →