Walk the Moon, the Ohio pop-rock group behind the 2014 hit “Shut Up and Dance,” announced their “hibernation,” with singer Nicholas Petricca saying, “The time has come for us to take a good long break from touring and making records together.” In a video shared on YouTube, Petricca suggested it …
Read More »Demi Lovato Will 'Reenvision' Their Pop Hits as Rock Bangers on Upcoming Album 'Revamped'
When Demi Lovato went on tour for their punk-rock-leaning album Holy Fvck last year, they wanted to find a way to seamlessly incorporate their pop hits into the setlist in a way that felt natural: “How am I going to play ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ next to ‘Skin of My Teeth’?” …
Read More »Spencer Sutherland, Meghan Trainor Aren't Taking Life Seriously in 'Chicken Little'
Spencer Sutherland and Meghan Trainor are here to remind you to chill out, because we’re all ending up at the same destination, anyway. Playing off the fable of the flustered little bird, Sutherland premieres the video for his new single “Chicken Little” withRolling StoneFriday. Set in a laundromat transformed into …
Read More »Hear Sara Bareilles and Composer Rob Moose Find a Place in the Ether on 'Extract'
Rob Moose, a violinist and composer who has arranged music for everyone from Miley Cyrus to Anohni and the Johnsons, collaborated with some of his famous friends on his upcoming first solo release, the EP Inflorescence. The latest single, “Extract,” finds him teaming with Sara Bareilles. The full EP comes …
Read More »The People Who Shaped Anohni's World
F or more than two decades, Anohni has captivated listeners with her fluttering, ascendant voice, singing elegantly about fractured love, gender dysmorphia, and equal rights, among other urgent subjects. Listening to her music is a singular experience. She named her band, Anohni and the Johnsons, in deference to Marsha P. …
Read More »Inside the Brooklyn Public Library's 'Book of Hov' Exhibit Honoring Jay-Z
Today is the grand opening of The Book of HOV, a 40,000-square-foot exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library crafted in collaboration with Roc Nation. The free exhibit makes full use of the library’s expansive Grand Army Plaza branch, with the front of the institution wrapped with his lyrics, a Jazz …
Read More »Coco Jones Takes R&B Victory Lap With Justin Timberlake on 'ICU' Remix
A crying emoji and a drawing of a river. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. A collage of nineties boy bands. These were the clues Coco Jones provided her fans with when teasing the remix of “ICU,” her breakthrough single released last October. They didn’t point towards the artists many fans thought …
Read More »Palehound's 'Eye On the Bat' Is An Intense Journey. You'll Want to Ride Along
The latest release from Palehound is one hell of a ride. The album was inspired by the “apocalypse road trip” across the U.S. that the indie Boston band took mid-tour to get safely back home as the pandemic hit in early 2020. The stress and tension of that moment informs …
Read More »Paul Rudd Is Down on His Luck Again in Claud's Funny 'A Good Thing' Video
Paul Rudd plays a flustered mailman who is incapable of delivering letters because he is worried about his ailing ferret in the video for Claud‘s “A Good Thing.” The track appears on the artist’s Supermodels album, out today. (The album, incidentally, contains a song titled “Paul Rudd.”) Finding Claud’s mail …
Read More »Imagine Dragons Get Loud and Laugh a Little With 'Believer' Performance From 'Live in Vegas'
To celebrate the arrival of their new documentary today, July 14, Imagine Dragons have shared a clip of their booming rendition of “Believer” from Live in Vegas. The performance of the 2017 smash — which is also being released as a single — is accentuated with thundering drums, a roaring …
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