Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who recorded with the likes of Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and was the father of filmmaker Spike Lee, has died at the age of 94. Lee died Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn, Spike confirmed to The New York Times. No cause of death …
Read More »The Dare Brings Back Early-2000s NYC Rock for 12 Joyless Minutes on 'The Sex EP'
To even comment on the Dare, the provoca-pop project of 27-year-old private-school substitute teacher turned downtown NYC enfant celebre Harrison Patrick Smith, is to have lost the game. The Dare, which released its debut EP last week, feels like a musical pseudo-event, existing only for the purpose of feeding its …
Read More »Tina Turner, Queen of Rock & Roll, Dead at 83
Tina Turner, the raspy-voiced fireball who overcame domestic abuse and industry ambivalence to emerge as one of rock and soul’s brassiest, most rousing and most inspirational performers, died Wednesday at age 83. “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock & Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after …
Read More »Big Thief's Buck Meek Heads to the Mountains for New Solo Album
From the Swiss Alps to a submerged volcano in the Cyclades, Big Thief‘s Buck Meek took to the mountains for his new solo album Haunted Mountain, out August 25. Meek also accompanied the announcement with the title track, a serene pedal steel stunner he performs with his band in the …
Read More »Watch Tina Turner Play Her Final 'Proud Mary' at Last Concert in 2009
The devastating news of Tina Turner’s death at age 83 was announced Wednesday. She’d been dealing with serious medical issues for much of the past decade, including intestinal cancer, but she successfully received a kidney transplant from her husband, Erwin Bach, in 2017, and at least in the public eye, …
Read More »Harry Styles Reunites With Granny Who Handed Him Grammy: 'My Cup Is Spilling Over'
Reina Lafantaisie, the self-titled “Leader of the Harries,” had a sweet reunion with Harry Styles at his show in Coventry, England Monday. Styles snapped a picture with Lafantaisie, the sweet grandmother who handed him his album of the year award at the 2023 Grammys, at his show this weekend. “Imagine …
Read More »Watch Tina Turner Flip the Rock Script and Usher in the Seventies With 'Proud Mary' on 'Ed Sullivan'
It was all happening for Tina and Ike Turner in 1970. They’d spent the Sixties building a steady head of steam in the U.S., and especially abroad, with hits like “So Fine,” and their rendition of Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long.” Their biggest smash wouldn’t come until …
Read More »Hayley Kiyoko Doesn't Let Anything Stop Her on 'Greenlight'
Hayley Kiyoko just wants to keep going. On Wednesday, the singer released “Greenlight,” her first single since dropping her album Panorama. The song’s lyrics — co-written with Jesse St. John — detail Kiyoko choosing to pursue whatever she wants and not allowing anyone to stop her from it. She debuted …
Read More »Why Tina Turner Was the Queen of Rock & Roll
Tina Turner died today at age 83, and the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast tells the story of her one-of-a-kind musical journey. Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which delves into HBO’s acclaimed 2021 documentary Tina (which reveals the lasting …
Read More »Trevor Powers Had to Face His Biggest Fears to Bring Back Youth Lagoon
Seven years ago, Trevor Powers cut the cord on Youth Lagoon. In 2011, the Boise native, 22 at the time, had shared his celestial, entrancing dream-pop debut, The Year of Hibernation, with the world, swiftly scoring him Tumblr-era indie reverence. Powers released two more records as Youth Lagoon, the last …
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