Music

While it took 16 years for the Cure to release a new album before the arrival of 2024’s Songs of a Lost World, fans likely won’t have to wait nearly that long for Robert Smith and company’s next studio LP. The band’s official website updated its lengthy bio section in …

Two weeks ago, Anthony Hamilton’s phone rang with a call from an old friend. D’Angelo, the visionary soul artist who died Oct. 14, was reaching out for one last conversation with the singer whom he lovingly called Ant-eezy. “By the time I got to the phone and realized it was …

Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival will return to Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, for its 13th edition featuring a very familiar face as one of three headliners: Kenny Chesney will mark his fifth Tortuga show since 2013. Rounding out the headlining roster are Post Malone and Riley Green. In a …

LANY are Soft-launching across the world. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that LANY will embark on a world tour next year, including an arena run in the United States to celebrate their latest album, Soft. “We love making records, we live to tour them, and the reaction to Soft has …

A new Latino organization wants to harness the power of culture to drive political change. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce on Wednesday the launch of Maremoto, an organization dedicated to amplifying Latino stories and turning influence into impact, founded by community organizer Jess Morales Rocketto. “Maremoto was born from a …

In the late 2000s into the 2010s, Alabama-born, Atlanta-bred rapper Gucci Mane was at the height of his popularity. He performed the iconic party song “Wasted” at the BET Awards in the fall of 2009. That winter, his sixth studio album The State vs. Radric Davis topped the charts, and …

Charlie Puth dances with claymation instruments and appears to hint at fatherhood in the new music video for “Changes,” the first offering from the singer-songwriter’s next album, Whatever’s Clever!. “Changes” is a pure hit of super polished Eighties pop delight, filled with prickly guitar lines, glossy keys, gated snares, and …

“In the music business, people think that if you’re different, it’s a marketing problem,” says Don Was, who’s in the sixth decade of a one-of-a-kind career: producer for superstars, bass player, Blue Note Records president, and co-founder of the eclectic band Was (Not Was). “Instead of being a problem, it’s …

While YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s first major headlining ‘Make America Slime Again‘ tour thrilled a packed out crowd in Atlanta on Oct. 16, fans were treated to a surprise performance of “Whim Whamiee” by rising rappers Pluto and YKNiece, right in their hometown. The unexpected performance was doubly surprising as …

It was four days after Father’s Day. Midway through the Drive-By Truckers‘ informal late-night acoustic show in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, their 23-year-old guitarist and budding songwriter named Jason Isbell decided to premiere a song he’d just written as a Father’s Day gift for his dad. That song was …