Multi-Grammy award winning superstar Sheryl Crow stopped by Rolling Stone’s Twitch channel this past week to talk about her new documentary Sheryl and three new songs on it’s accompanying soundtrack. Sheryl has been in the works for a while, but Sheryl herself indicated in this interview that she was very …
Read More »Black Dahlia Murder Vocalist Trevor Strnad Dead at 41
Trevor Strnad, founding lead vocalist of the melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder, has died at the age of 41. Strnad’s bandmates confirmed his death Wednesday on social media. No cause of death was provided, but the surviving members shared the contact information for the National Suicide Prevention …
Read More »Rapper Casanova Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy, Drug Charges
In November 2019, Casanova’s star was on the rise. The rapper, whose real name is Caswell Senior, played a Tidal-sponsored festival at Barclays Center and energized the venue, as Rolling Stone noted, “in a way only a hometown Brooklyn hero can.” Senior also seemed ready to tackle his demons head-on. …
Read More »Bono Finds His Calling in First Excerpt From Upcoming Memoir 'Surrender'
When Bono turned 18, he found himself in the purgatory of being good but not great, or at least not as great as the people around him. As he recalls in the first excerpt shared from his newly-announced memoir Surrender, out Nov. 1, he had a self-awareness that it wasn’t …
Read More »Florence + the Machine's 'Dance Fever' is an Ecstatic Prayer for Post-Pandemic Redemption
When Florence + the Machine made their debut a little more than a decade ago, the U.K. music scene was awash in the retro-soul typified by Amy Winehouse and Adele. Florence Welch looked backward, too. But her influences were at once more ancient and more modern, marrying a goth melodrama …
Read More »BTS Pack Three-CD Album 'Proof' With Fan Favorites and Unreleased Demos
In case there was need for moreProof that BTS is the biggest K-pop group in the world, on Tuesday the group — comprising Jungkook, V, Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, and Jin — announced the tracklist of a three-part anthology album, Proof. It’s filled with new songs, unreleased demos, and some …
Read More »Wilco Strive for Understanding and Empathy on New Song 'Tired of Taking It Out on You'
Wilco have released new song “Tired of Taking It Out on You” and announced a North American tour in support of their next album, Cruel Country. “Tired of Taking It Out on You” is a breezy bit of introspective country-folk with Jeff Tweedy crooning over a steady guitar strum and …
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Release Tracklist Agonizingly Slowly on Twitter
5 Seconds of Summerslowly unveiled new details about their upcoming fifth studio album. Days after announcing their second single, titled “Me, Myself, and I” (out May 11) the band members — Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin — teased the rest of the record’s tracklist in a …
Read More »Paramore, Lil Nas X, SZA, Red Hot Chili Peppers Tapped for 2022 Austin City Limits Festival
Paramore, Lil Nas X, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, and Flume have been named headliners for this year’s Austin City Limits festival, scheduled to return on the weekends of Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 at Zilker Park in Texas. Also leading the stacked lineup are Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, and the …
Read More »'Bright Energy, Rather Than Sadness': South Korea's Best Indie Band, Say Sue Me, Opens Up
Sumi Choi’s origin story starts quietly. “I could barely speak when I was four years old,” she says. “But I did sing, and I would sing this very sad song. I was a sad kid.” There’s a pleasant candor that permeates a conversation with Choi, 34, and the rest of …
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