She is risen. Four years after delivering her debut LPExpectations, Hayley Kiyoko has returned with her sophomore album,Panorama, releasing an intimate video for the album’s orchestral, cinematic title track. “I felt like I was catching up with my authentic self [on my debut album],” she toldRolling Stone earlier this summer. …
Read More »Blackpink Drops 'Ready For Love' Virtual Performance
We’re ready for more Blackpink. On Friday, the K-pop group released the music video of their track “Ready for Love” from their PUBG Mobile virtual performance, featuring virtual avatars of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa exploring fantastical worlds, riding motorcycles and floating through pink cloudscapes. “There’s no need to wait …
Read More »St. Vincent Angles to Play National Anthem for Dallas Cowboys on 'Colbert'
St. Vincent, a.k.a. Annie Clark, made a special appearance on The Late Show in host Stephen Colbert’s house band. The musician took the opportunity to publicly urge the Dallas Cowboys to book her to perform the National Anthem at a future game. “You are a proud daughter of Dallas, is …
Read More »Madonna Says She's Directing Her Own Biopic So 'Misogynistic Men' Can't: It's 'My Story'
Madonna discussed her decision to take her biopic into her own hands and gave an update on the Julia Garner-starring film in a new interview with Variety. It was previously revealed nearly two years ago that the Material Girl herself would co-write (with Diablo Cody) and direct the still-untitled movie. …
Read More »Hear David Lee Roth's Van Halen Tribute Song 'Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Then Anyway'
David Lee Roth has shared a previously-unheard solo recording from 2007, “Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway,” where he looks back nostalgically on his days in Van Halen. “We laughed, we cried, we threw the television off that balcony,” he sings. “That memory means so much to me…Remember …
Read More »Can Folk Music Still Be Radical?
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND — A decade ago, Pete Seeger gave the organizers of the Newport Folk Festival a mission statement. “If you’re going to have the torch, I need to know you’re going to continue to give the people who need a voice the voice,” Jay Sweet, the long-running festival’s …
Read More »Gorillaz and Thundercat Get Their Occult on in New 'Cracker Island' Video
Gorillaz has paired their funky Thundercat-featuring single “Cracker Island” with a new video that finds the animated band in a Hollywood hospital, the final chapter in a so-far-untold story. “Think of it as the final scene in the movie, the bit after the grand finale when the hero (me) is …
Read More »Fifth Harmony — Including Camila Cabello — Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary of Their Formation
Fifth Harmony, one of modern pop’s greatest girl groups, celebrated its 10-year anniversary on July 27 — and its former members, now all pursuing solo careers, commemorated the date of the group’s formation with sweet posts on social media. As the hashtag #10YearsOfFifthHarmony went viral on Twitter and Rolling Stone …
Read More »As Escalating Violence Hits Atlanta's Music Industry, a Shaken Hip-Hop Community Seeks Solutions
By all accounts, Mariel Semonte Orr was a natural-born leader —intelligent and level-headed, with a scene-stealing personality. Orr, also known as the Atlanta rapper Trouble, deserved a shot at rap’s big leagues, and nearly everyone who spoke for this article believed he would have soon received it. In the early …
Read More »Big Joanie Celebrate Queer Romance in 'In My Arms' Video
Big Joanie are teasing their newly announced upcoming album, Back Home, with the video for “In My Arms.” The British post-punk group celebrates queer romance and friendship in the clip. The teaser shows a group of people enjoying a day at the carnival and the beach as the trio, which …
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