It’s time to get sleazy! On Friday, Kesha released her new single “Attention!” featuring Rose Gray and Slayyyter in what appears to be a teaser for the high energy expected on the Tits Out Tour where both rising stars will open for Kesha. “Love it, hate it, leave it, take …
Read More »Ethel Cain, Sophie Thatcher, Beach Fossils Join Campaign to 'Abolish ICE'
Ethel Cain, Beach Fossils, Sophie Thatcher, STRFKR, and Osees are among the 100 artists who have joined forces with a campaign calling to abolish ICE. Launched by Los Angeles creative studio Ride or Cry and endorsed by 115 artists — including Samia, Acid Dad, Of Montreal, Ruth Radelet, Wisp, and …
Read More »How Sly Stone and Brian Wilson Changed Music
There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. “Both of them poets of summer,” Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Both chroniclers of the American dream in California. Both from pretty much …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen's 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' Is an Epic Chronicle of His Missing Years
It’s not every day that Bruce Springsteen releases seven albums at the same time — 83 songs in all, going back over 40 years. But there’s never been an archival project with the same crazed ambition of his new box, Tracks II: The Lost Albums. His 1998 Tracks was a …
Read More »Machine Gun Kelly Jokes He Got Bob Dylan to Do His Album Trailer Through 'Pure Desperation'
Machine Gun Kelly has officially confirmed the obvious — that it was Bob Dylan narrating his recent album announcement trailer. But in Dylan-esque fashion, MGK declined to give a straight answer as to how the collaboration came about. When asked point blank about Dylan’s cameo on Today, MGK quipped, “A …
Read More »Lenny Pearce, 'Toddler Techno' DJ Behind 'Baby Raves,' Expands Tour
On a recent Saturday at New York’s Gramercy Theatre, an EDM DJ plays thumping, loud remixes to ubiquitous songs. Glow sticks are thrown. Psychedelic imagery adorns the stage. The DJ skulks around the stage like a messianic cult leader commanding his flock. Except it’s 1 p.m., not 1 a.m., the …
Read More »One Year Later, These L.A. Artists are Still Grateful for The Pop Out
A year ago today, Kendrick Lamar’s one-night-only The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert shut down LA (and the rap world) on Juneteenth. And while so much of the attention centered on Kendrick performing the Drake diss “Not Like Us” a whopping five times, the Compton rhymer was also lauded …
Read More »Pixies Perform 'Night The Zombies Came' Single 'Motorroller' on Kimmel
The Pixies performed “Motorroller,” a single from their 2024 album The Night The Zombies Came, on Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The venerated band appeared on a hazy set illuminated in greens and blues as singer Charles Thompson a.k.a. Black Francis and Emma Richardson — who joined the band …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus and Beyoncé Perform 'II Most Wanted' for the First Time
Miley Cyrus joined Beyoncé onstage at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday night for the live premiere of “II Most Wanted.” The two friends, both dressed in shimmering gold outfits, held hands as they belted the duet to throngs of screaming fans. Though this marks the first guest …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Confirms the Electric 'Nebraska' Tapes Are Real
Bruce Springsteen confirmed the long-rumored existence of an electric, full-band version of his celebrated acoustic record Nebraska — after insisting it didn’t exist during a new interview with Rolling Stone. The electric Nebraska has become a mythical object for Springsteen fans over the years, and there’s been a lot of …
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