It’s 2024, and America is madly in love with Milli Vanilli. How did this happen? The Eighties Euro-glitz pop duo are enjoying the year’s weirdest revival, thanks to Ryan Murphy. His Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story tells the true-crime story of the rich Beverly Hills brothers who gunned …
Read More »Killing Us Softly With Their Drama: 30 Years of Fugees Controversies
During an interview to promote Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993, one of its stars, 18-year-old Lauryn Hill, talked about the positivity she wanted to convey with her still-emerging group, the Fugees. “There are serious social ills in the community,” she said. “And I’d like to address …
Read More »Charli XCX Brought Her 'Brat' Remix Album to an Outdoor Art Museum. It Fit Right In
More than 100 sculptures are scattered across the 500-acre grounds of Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley: There’s Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Sarcophagi in Glass Houses, a piece from 1989 that draws parallels between turbine engines and the human body; Alice Aycock’s Three-Fold Manifestation II stands at 29 feet, …
Read More »Watch Stephen Marley, Gilberto Gill Perform 'No Woman, No Cry' With Artists From Around the World
Stephen Marley has teamed up with Playing For Change to re-record father Bob’s 1974 reggae anthem “No Woman, No Cry” with Brazilian icon Gilberto Gill and other musicians from around the world in honor of the song’s 50th anniversary. It’s the latest chapter of Playing For Change’s Song Around The …
Read More »Charli XCX, Jelly Roll, Halsey, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Charli XCX enlists Ariana Grande to unpack pop stardom, Halsey cuts deep with a Kate-Bush inspired single, and Jelly Roll struggles with getting clean. Plus, new music from …
Read More »Is Kanye Pursuing a Redemption Arc in Asia?
Last month, footage of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and his four children dancing together at his ¥$ Vultures Listening Experience in South Korea went viral. The clip, along with another of him dancing to Yeezus’ “On Sight,” were rare moments of positive attention for Ye. His no-filter ethos …
Read More »Pete Townshend Remembers the 'Great Adventure' of Who Offshoot Band Thunderclap Newman
Thunderclap Newman have largely gone down in rock history as a one hit wonder band thanks to their psychedelic masterpiece “Something In The Air,” which went to number one on the UK charts in 1969 and has been covered by everyone from Tom Petty to Labelle, Eurythmics, and Elbow. But …
Read More »Judeline Is the Rising Spanish Artist Who Will Enchant You With Her Haunting Voice
T he singer Judeline — whose real name is Lara Fernández Castrelo — has always let her imagination guide her. Growing up, she was a dreamy kid in a tiny, 200-person seaside town called Los Caños de Meca. There, she’d put on elaborate shows for her family, pretending to be …
Read More »Look for Feid and Bad Bunny in the Grammys' Best Música Urbana Album Race
Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. Latin music keeps reaching new heights: This year, it’s already the fastest-growing genre on streaming, and …
Read More »How the Marley Brothers Keep Their Father's Legacy Alive
You could feel it from a mile away, the beam of positive energy emanating from Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on this particular Sunday evening in September. Inside the 13,000-capacity tennis stadium, five of reggae legend Bob Marley‘s sons — Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian — are channeling their …
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