It’s not clear when Jimmie Allen, Charley Pride, and Darius Rucker recorded their latest song, “Why Things Happen.” What’s clear is how the song sounded when it came out earlier this month, six weeks after George Floyd’s death sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. “You’ll never know when your last …
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In the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Alanis Morissette discusses her powerful new album, Such Pretty Forks in the Road, 25 years ofJagged Little Pill, and much more, including a moment when she laughingly addresses years of “shaming” over those dubious examples of irony (a black fly in …
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Earlier in June, Rolling Stone posted an in-depth article about how Melissa Reese “broke the Guns N’ Roses glass ceiling” by becoming the first official female member of the band. But by the time she reached that glass ceiling, there were six fairly large cracks in it placed there by …
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The part of TikTok that serves as a launching pad for hit singles often seems like an endless stream of dance challenges — kinetic sequences of moves, heavy on martial arm movements, that can be packed into a 15-second clip shot on a stationary phone camera. Users like the dances …
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Right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stewart Copeland reunited with Oysterhead, his jam band with Primus bassist Les Claypool and Phish’s Trey Anastasio, for a pair of shows in Broomfield, Colorado. The February concerts marked the group’s first time together in 14 years, and they had more shows mapped out, …
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No one is likely answering any booty calls these days, but when everything gets back to normal and hearts commence crushing, Girl in Red has the track for you: “Midnight Love.” The song, out Tuesday, is a contender for the classiest ode to fuck buddies ever written. “I know I …
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Mick Fleetwood should be relaxing. He just wrapped up a 13-month world tour — Fleetwood Mac‘s first since parting ways with Lindsey Buckingham and replacing him with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn — but the 72-year-old drummer is already deep into …
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Diane Paulus, director of the new rock musical based on Alanis Morissette‘s Jagged Little Pill, always knew “You Oughta Know” would be an elephant in the room. The fiery breakup anthem was the biggest hit from Alanis Morissette’s diamond-certified 1995 album. And it’s been embedded in our brains ever since, …
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In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like New Orleans and Nashville and Chicago, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Portland, Maine. The first city we’re spotlighting: Denver, where nearby Red Rocks is only the beginning of …
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Dan Bejar recorded the vocals for his new album at his kitchen table at night — quietly, so as not to disturb his family. The result is like sitting in the dark with the Destroyer mastermind, straining to hear while he whispers cryptic things into your ear. It’s meditative, it’s …
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