ElGrandeToto wasn’t meant to be a rapper. He always knew he’d be famous, he says, but figured he’d be a dancer, maybe an actor. “If I wanted to be in the fucking NBA, I could have been in the NBA,” he says with certainty. “I’m too ambitious. I love dreaming, …
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G. Love & Special Sauce’s self-titled debut album was an out-of-left-field record upon its release in May 1994. An innovative concoction of rock, hip-hop, blues, and jazz music, its lead single “Cold Beverages” quickly overtook radio stations coast-to-coast that summer, but the band was none the wiser of its unusual, …
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At the turn of the century, right around the time Almost Famous made her an instant superstar, word got around that Kate Hudson could sing, for real. Inevitably, the pop machine, which happened to be running at maximum efficiency in that particular historical moment, tried to catch her in its …
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From “Fortnight” to “The Manuscript,” the latest episodes of Rolling Stone Music Now dive into every single track of Taylor Swift‘s longest album ever, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Along the way, we debate larger issues, including whether Swift intends all 31 tracks to be seen as the album …
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This is a great moment to be the Pet Shop Boys. The ultimate Eighties synth-pop duo are having a renaissance right now, just in time for the 40th anniversary of their classic hit “West End Girls.” They have a brilliant new album, Nonetheless, their zippiest of this century and one …
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BOY BAND BOOTCAMP whipped Nicholas Galitzine into shape to become Hayes Campbell, frontman of the fictional band August Moon in The Idea of You. The group serves as a launching pad for his whirlwind romance with Anne Hathaway’s Solène in Michael Showalter’s film, now streaming on Prime Video. The group’s …
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B ands already spend an inordinate amount of time touring, so when I ask the Chicago indie-rock trio Dehd why they decided to turn the writing sessions for their new album into a road trip, guitarist-singer Jason Balla admits, “It’s a bit masochistic.” Nights spent shivering under piles of blankets …
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In the weeks leading up to her latest project Bug, Kacy Hill is dealing with the usual pre-album jitters. The Arizona-born singer is used to these. She’s been in the industry for over a decade now, having gotten her start as a back-up dancer on Ye’s Yeezus Tour and eventually …
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Daniel Kramer, a rock photographer who captured some of the most iconic Bob Dylan images of the Sixties, including the covers of Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, died April 29, Rolling Stone confirmed. He was 91. Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform …
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Welcome to our weeklyrundown ofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Kendrick Lamar keeps the diss-industrial-complex rolling with a scathing shot at Drake, Dua Lipa sends well wishes to an ex, and Danny Ocean serves up a delicious …
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