Rauw Alejandro has been teasing Trap Cake Vol. 2 for months, promising to build on the sludgy, trap-soul sounds from his first iteration of the project, which he released back in 2019. The EP finally dropped last night and while it’s a quick, 33-minute ride, it refuses to be limited …
Read More »Jon Pardi Announces Headlining Summer 2022 Tour Dates
Jon Pardi will bring his high-energy, high-volume live show to amphitheaters this summer. The country singer announced dates for his headlining Ain’t Always the Cowboy Tour on Friday, with shows set to begin July 14 in Irving, Texas. Named for a single from Pardi’s album Heartache Medication, the trek will …
Read More »RS Recommends: The Best Gifts for DC Comics Fans
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With the fan-anticipated release of The Batman, (which won’t bestreaming on HBO Max until April),2022 is shaping up to be another big year for the DCEU (DC Extended …
Read More »Avril Lavigne Gets Back to Her Aughts Emo Bubble-Punk Roots on the Absolutely Killer 'Love Sux'
In 2002, Avril Lavigne’s skate-punk aesthetic and emo-but-energized angst quickly made her the queen of the aughts pop-punk revival scene. Since her third album, 2007’s The Best Damn Thing, she’s ebbed and flowed, dipping her toes in bubblegum pop and more self-serious pop rock. Her seventh album, Love Sux, brings …
Read More »Bootsy Collins on the 'Oneness' of Black History Month, His New Video 'Hip Hop Lollipop'
Bootsy Collins presides over a kaleidoscopic funktopia in the video for his new song “Hip Hop Lollipop,” a remake of “Club Funkateers” from his recent album, The Power of the One. The clip features Hamburg artist Fantaazma rapping and dancing around clips of Collins singing the “Funkateers” chorus — “How …
Read More »Hear the Song Billie Eilish and Finneas Wrote for Animated Boy Band 4*TOWN
*NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, One Direction… move over! There’s a new boy band in town. On Friday, Disney and Pixar released “Nobody Like U,” the Billie Eilish and Finneas-penned single for the animated boyband 4*TOWN from the Pixar film Turning Red. “I’ve never met nobody like you/Had friends and I’ve had …
Read More »Conquering the Pioneer Trail of Business
I can tell you with absolute confidence that no one in their right mind sets out to forge a new trail in business and discovers it to be easy. Entrepreneurs knowingly decide they want to take the hard way into a new business venture. The journey may start with a …
Read More »7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
Starting a successful business has been the greatest satisfaction I could have experienced in my professional life. From investment services to esports, I’ve started and been lucky enough to find success in several ventures. Make no mistake — it’s hard, takes a lot of time and requires passionate dedication. But …
Read More »Earthgang Push Southern Rap into the Future on 'Ghetto Gods'
What a difference two years make. On 2019’s Mirrorland, Earthgang conjured a stew of Black music idioms – trap, sampled soul, Southern blues, percussive polyrhythms – with audible joy. Breaking into Billboard’s top 40 albums chart, the album established Olu (a.k.a. Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (a.k.a. Doctur Dot) as one …
Read More »Big Time Rush Goes Full Love Doctor Infomercial in 'Not Giving You Up' Video
The Big Time Rush boys are back. In the video for “Not Giving You Up,” which Rolling Stone is premiering, Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Carlos PenaVega, and James Maslow are giving love advice via their “totally legit business” Big Time Relationship Services. “Everyone agreed that we wanted to make a …
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