St. Vincent rediscovers the magic of miracles on her latest song “DOA,” a featured selection from the soundtrack to A24‘s Death of a Unicorn. The record has the pacing of a high-intensity action sequence, but its lyrics communicate a hazy sense of euphoria. “Right as I had stopped believing in …
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The Who played their first show of 2025 Thursday night at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust benefit concert series. It was their live performance of any sort since they played the same event a year ago, and the rollout of Roger Daltrey and …
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My Bloody Valentine is back. This fall, the shoegaze legends will tour for the first time in seven years. The brief U.K. trek kicks off on Nov. 22 in Dublin, initially a one-off show the band announced late last year. They’ll then head to England, with evenings in Manchester (Nov. …
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, we get a bright highlight from the deluxe edition of Ariana Grande‘s Eternal Sunshine, indie troubadour Lucy Dacus taps Hozier for an achingly sweet break-up number; …
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Will Smith addressed the fallout of the slap heard around the world on “Int. Barbershop — Day”, the opening track of his Based on a True Story album he dropped today. The song, featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone, starts with random voices conversing through rhyme. The first person …
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Just before she the bright pink world of Wicked last year, Ariana Grande briefly returned to pop to launch Eternal Sunshine. It was her official divorce album, an emotional statement on the seemingly turbulent end to her two-year marriage. With the long rollout of Wicked and subsequent awards season that …
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Gaby Moreno‘s new short film for “Lamento” is a powerful look at memory. Rolling Stone can premiere the Guatemalan musician‘s 10-minute film companion of the song, shot at the ruins of an abandoned beach resort swallowed by the sea in her native country. “This is a story of longing and …
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Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. …
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Isabel Olive is fully embracing who she is. On Friday, Olive’s band Half Gringa released its third album Cosmovisión, in which she pays tribute to her Venezuelan identity while looking inward. “One of the themes of this record is perspective, and I wanted to show that through lyrical phrasing,” Olive …
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Combine the accordions of música mexicana with the steel guitars of country music, and you’ve got magic. On Friday, Cody Johnson released “She Hurts Like Tequila,” a collaboration with Carin Leon that combines the classic elements of the country star’s sound, but with a Mexican flair. “No puedo negar que …
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