Hours before he plays two intimate shows at Rockefeller Center in New York City, Father John Misty has released a new video for “Kiss Me (I Loved You).” The track is off Josh Tillman’s new album Chloë and the Next 20th Century, released last week. Directed by David Raboy, the …
Read More »Kenny G Offers to Help Reunite Kim and Kanye
Though Kenny G is known primarily as a legendary sax player whose work has transcended into the pop-culture firmament, he is a man of many talents. He is a plus-0.6 handicap golfer, a licensed pilot, and by all accounts a seriously skilled baker. He was also one of the 10 …
Read More »Sonic Youth Unearth 1989 Kyiv Concert to Raise Money for Ukraine Aid
Exactly 33 years ago Thursday, on April 14, 1989, Sonic Youth staged a concert in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the last Western acts to play in the then-Soviet city prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Amid the current Russian invasion, the pioneering …
Read More »Lizzo Wants Us to Twerk Our Asses This Summer and It's 'About Damn Time'
Get your swimsuits out, Lizzo has officially declared her new song “About Damn Time” the “song of the summer.” On Thursday, the singer released her feel-good groovingsingle alongside the video. Her first track of 2022 will appear on her highly anticipated album,Special,which arrives July 15 via Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic. …
Read More »Stop Calling Yourselves 'Americans,' Rapper Residente Says
“The whole project for ‘This Is Not America’ is to change the world,” says Residente. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, the Puerto Rican rap star – who’s won more Latin Grammys than any other artist – tells Julyssa Lopez about the concept behind his incendiary new …
Read More »'A New Nata': How Corridos Tumbados Wunderkind Natanael Cano Fought to Make Music on His Own Terms
Natanael Cano was barely 18 when he became one of the most prominent figures in the corridos tumbados movement. His style of prickly, guitar-driven Mexican balladry mixed elements of rap and trap, and when Cano shot out of the gate in 2019, he was known as a wunderkind who inspired …
Read More »Attorney for Astroworld Victims Slams 'Tattle-Tale' Letter from Live Nation Over Upcoming Doc
Lawyers for Live Nation raised concerns about an upcoming documentary about last year’s deadly Astroworld tragedy in a new filing last week. According to a letter dated April 8 obtained by Rolling Stone, Live Nation said it was concerned that Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy could “taint” the …
Read More »Jam Master Jay's Alleged Killer Wants Charges Dismissed or Solo Trial Due to 'Playboy' Article
Jam Master Jay’s alleged shooter, now charged with the Run-DMC DJ’s 2002 slaying, wants his murder indictment dropped or a separate trial that’s severed from a co-defendant who previously spoke about the killing in Playboy magazine. In a new motion filed Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court, lawyers for Karl Jordan …
Read More »Charlie Puth Turns On the Charm With 'Light Switch' Performance on 'Ellen'
Charlie Puth appeared on The Ellen Show to perform his recent single, “Light Switch” — and the viral sensation also shared how criticism from Elton John impacted his music. Puth told host Ellen DeGeneres that he learned over time that it’s important to “tell the truth” when writing a song. …
Read More »Queen, Journey, Wu-Tang Clan Among 2022 National Registry List
To anyone who doubts that every vote matters, we offer the following proof: Journey are in the Library of Congress. Today, the Library of Congress announces its list of 25 recordings chosen for the National Recording Registry.The genres represented by albums include girl group pop (the Shirelles’ Tonight’s the Night), …
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