Fifty years after it was left off Holland, the Beach Boys have finally released “Carry Me Home,” a longtime fan favorite written and sung by Dennis Wilson. The late Beach Boy, who died in 1983, shares vocals with Blondie Chaplin over serene pedal steel and piano. The poignant track tells …
Read More »Rihanna, Jin, Rauw Alejandro and All The Songs You Need To Know This Week
We’ve reinvented our Songs You Need to Know franchise as a weekly playlist of the best new music — featuring the week’s biggest new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week we’ve got the feverishly awaited return of Rihanna, as well as must-hear new songs from …
Read More »How Hermanos Gutierrez and Dan Auerbach Made a Chill-Out Album for the Ages
The first time that brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez sat down to play guitar together, something just clicked. The two had been living in different places when Alejandro invited Estevan to visit him in Zurich. “We were just hanging out in my apartment and we just played together,” Alejandro says, …
Read More »Iggy Pop Works Himself Into a Punk 'Frenzy' on New Single
Iggy Pop works himself into a “Frenzy” and reignites some of his proto-punk fire on the singer’s new single. Assisting Pop on the rock salvo is a pair of rock legends — Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith — as well as …
Read More »Harry Styles Transforms Into a Brawny Merman — Complete With a Tail! — in 'Music for a Sushi Restuarant' Visual
Little Mermaid, who? Harry Styles has shared the visual for his Harry’s House opener “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” and if you’ve ever wondered if the singer could pull off a full beard and a merman’s tail, the answer is yes. Styles transforms into a brawny merman who has washed …
Read More »Watch Jin Rehearse His New Single 'The Astronaut' With Coldplay Ahead of Argentina Show
With Coldplay, Jin is a sky full of stars. Ahead of the band’s live stream of their show in Argentina, Rolling Stone can exclusively premiere footage of Chris Martin and Jin rehearsing the BTS star’s new single, “The Astronaut.” The clip captures a smiley Jin high-fiving the Coldplay frontman and …
Read More »Chappell Roan Is the Independent 'Thrift Store Pop Star' Ready to Take Over the World
When rising pop star Chappell Roan left Missouri for Los Angeles, she thought she hit the jackpot. Born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz in the town of Willard, Missouri, she’d grown up feeling stifled by her small, conservatively Christian upbringing. “I felt so out of place in my hometown,” the now-24-year-old recalls. …
Read More »Brockhampton Reveal Their Final Album 'The Family'
Six months after announcing their “final album,” the group has detailed their last LP, The Family. As revealed in an album teaser posted Thursday on Brockhampton’s YouTube, The Family will arrive on Nov. 17. The Family preorder page offers a few more details, with the limited edition box noting that …
Read More »Motley Crue Guitarist Mick Mars Retires From Touring
Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who cofounded the band in 1981, has decided to retire from touring while his band continues its world tour. For years, Mars, who is 71, has pressed forward despite a diagnosis of the debilitating disease ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis that affects the spine. …
Read More »Taylor Swift Forced to Minimize Her Disordered Eating Experience Because People Complained
Taylor Swift had to water down her artistic expression and how she chose to portray her lived experience with disordered eating because people found the use of the word “FAT” in her “Anti-Hero” video offensive. During one scene of her “Anti-Hero” visual, Swift originally looked down at a scale, and …
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