It’s time to get sleazy! On Friday, Kesha released her new single “Attention!” featuring Rose Gray and Slayyyter in what appears to be a teaser for the high energy expected on the Tits Out Tour where both rising stars will open for Kesha. “Love it, hate it, leave it, take …
Read More »Ethel Cain, Sophie Thatcher, Beach Fossils Join Campaign to 'Abolish ICE'
Ethel Cain, Beach Fossils, Sophie Thatcher, STRFKR, and Osees are among the 100 artists who have joined forces with a campaign calling to abolish ICE. Launched by Los Angeles creative studio Ride or Cry and endorsed by 115 artists — including Samia, Acid Dad, Of Montreal, Ruth Radelet, Wisp, and …
Read More »How Sly Stone and Brian Wilson Changed Music
There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. “Both of them poets of summer,” Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Both chroniclers of the American dream in California. Both from pretty much …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen: 'Time Is Finite, and Your Performing Time Is Finite'
W hen the pandemic brought the live-music industry to a complete stop in 2020, Bruce Springsteen found himself at home with a lot of free time on his hands. He decided to make good use of it by poring over his massive vault of unreleased music, pulling out seven complete …
Read More »Lenny Pearce, 'Toddler Techno' DJ Behind 'Baby Raves,' Expands Tour
On a recent Saturday at New York’s Gramercy Theatre, an EDM DJ plays thumping, loud remixes to ubiquitous songs. Glow sticks are thrown. Psychedelic imagery adorns the stage. The DJ skulks around the stage like a messianic cult leader commanding his flock. Except it’s 1 p.m., not 1 a.m., the …
Read More »One Year Later, These L.A. Artists are Still Grateful for The Pop Out
A year ago today, Kendrick Lamar’s one-night-only The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert shut down LA (and the rap world) on Juneteenth. And while so much of the attention centered on Kendrick performing the Drake diss “Not Like Us” a whopping five times, the Compton rhymer was also lauded …
Read More »Pixies Perform 'Night The Zombies Came' Single 'Motorroller' on Kimmel
The Pixies performed “Motorroller,” a single from their 2024 album The Night The Zombies Came, on Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The venerated band appeared on a hazy set illuminated in greens and blues as singer Charles Thompson a.k.a. Black Francis and Emma Richardson — who joined the band …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus and Beyoncé Perform 'II Most Wanted' for the First Time
Miley Cyrus joined Beyoncé onstage at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday night for the live premiere of “II Most Wanted.” The two friends, both dressed in shimmering gold outfits, held hands as they belted the duet to throngs of screaming fans. Though this marks the first guest …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Confirms the Electric 'Nebraska' Tapes Are Real
Bruce Springsteen confirmed the long-rumored existence of an electric, full-band version of his celebrated acoustic record Nebraska — after insisting it didn’t exist during a new interview with Rolling Stone. The electric Nebraska has become a mythical object for Springsteen fans over the years, and there’s been a lot of …
Read More »ISOxo, Kun, and Rich Brian to Headline New York's Head in the Clouds
A new edition of Head in the Clouds is coming to Under the K Bridge. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal the lineup for the 88rising-curated festival, set for Sept. 20 in Brooklyn, with headliners Indonesian-Filipino DJ ISOxo, rapper Rich Brian, and Chinese singer-songwriter Kun. “New York City is one of …
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