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It’s been a whirlwind fall for Lauren Jauregui. On Aug. 31, she reunited with her Fifth Harmony sisters for the first time in seven years, and the following day she landed a last-minute spot on Dancing With the Stars, twirled through three episodes before her elimination — and now, she’s …

O ne day in 2013, Jack Antonoff was sitting in a car in Los Angeles with his friend Hayley Williams when he decided to play her a new song. Back then, Antonoff was best known as a member of the band Fun., and he hoped to release the track, “I …

Despite being raised in Nashville, Shooter Jennings is a Los Angeles guy through and through. He started his first rock band, Stargunn, there, embedded himself in the city’s underground arts scene as he evolved as both a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, and now produces albums at Sunset Sound Recorders, …

Start with the laundry. Of the many times Bob Mould‘s band Sugar unexpectedly found itself at the center of pop culture in the Nineties, one in particular springs to mind for him: a 1992 festival in Belgium where Sugar were on the same bill as Metallica, Neil Young and Crazy …

A little over 10 years ago, Micah Nelson‘s career took a very unexpected diversion when Neil Young asked him, his brother Lukas, and Lukas’ band Promise of the Real to back him on a series of albums, tours, and even a film that kept everyone busy until the pandemic hit. …

Paul Hunter can still vividly remember the conversation he had with D’Angelo and the singer’s then-manager Dominique Trenier when planning his breakthrough video for “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” off his 2000 second album Voodoo. “We talked about how great the song was and how much of a great place …

T he Palace Theater in Los Angeles was an odd place for a punk show. Its stage once featured worldwide stars like Harry Houdini. For many years it was an ornate movie theater. On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former …

Some bands drop 12 records in nine years — “and then choke on their own vomit,” as Xavier de Rosnay puts it, deadpan. Justice? Four albums in 20. No filler, no fatigue. Just precision. Their silence is not absence. It’s architecture. Now, after setting Europe ablaze with their new Hyperdrama …

Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This year’s Best Rap Album race should come down to Kendrick or Clipse, even if the …

The music world is reeling from the devastating news early Tuesday afternoon that soul legend D’Angelo died at age 51 following a battle with cancer. “We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music …