Charlie Puth dances with claymation instruments and appears to hint at fatherhood in the new music video for “Changes,” the first offering from the singer-songwriter’s next album, Whatever’s Clever!. “Changes” is a pure hit of super polished Eighties pop delight, filled with prickly guitar lines, glossy keys, gated snares, and …

In the late 2000s into the 2010s, Alabama-born, Atlanta-bred rapper Gucci Mane was at the height of his popularity. He performed the iconic party song “Wasted” at the BET Awards in the fall of 2009. That winter, his sixth studio album The State vs. Radric Davis topped the charts, and …

A new Latino organization wants to harness the power of culture to drive political change. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce on Wednesday the launch of Maremoto, an organization dedicated to amplifying Latino stories and turning influence into impact, founded by community organizer Jess Morales Rocketto. “Maremoto was born from a …

LANY are Soft-launching across the world. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that LANY will embark on a world tour next year, including an arena run in the United States to celebrate their latest album, Soft. “We love making records, we live to tour them, and the reaction to Soft has …

Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival will return to Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, for its 13th edition featuring a very familiar face as one of three headliners: Kenny Chesney will mark his fifth Tortuga show since 2013. Rounding out the headlining roster are Post Malone and Riley Green. In a …

Two weeks ago, Anthony Hamilton’s phone rang with a call from an old friend. D’Angelo, the visionary soul artist who died Oct. 14, was reaching out for one last conversation with the singer whom he lovingly called Ant-eezy. “By the time I got to the phone and realized it was …

One of the first things you’ll see upon entering the ornate terminal at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station are gaggles of National Guard troops loitering about, clad in full tactical camo. Most look bored, a hand slung casually over the rifle they’re now authorized to carry, a suspicious eye on the …

While it took 16 years for the Cure to release a new album before the arrival of 2024’s Songs of a Lost World, fans likely won’t have to wait nearly that long for Robert Smith and company’s next studio LP. The band’s official website updated its lengthy bio section in …

The premise is simple enough: A man finds his family trip interrupted when his car breaks down. A mechanic thinks this stranger in town was the same person who tortured him for years in prison. He abducts the traveler, takes him to the desert, and digs a grave. Then a …

O n Oct. 14, the iconic singer D’Angelo died of pancreatic cancer at 51. Tributes and recollections of the Brown Sugar, Voodoo, and Black Messiah artist poured in from all over the world, including from legendary photographer Eric Johnson, who posted never-before-seen pictures he took of the soulman in the …