Jack Antonoff reunited with his Bleachers bandmates at Electric Lady Studios, where they recorded their upcoming album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, to perform a few songs from the record for NPR‘s Tiny Desk Concert series. Kicking things off with an unreleased song, “91,” Antonoff sang and played the …
Read More »Charlottesville, Virginia Removes Robert E. Lee Monument
The city of Charlottesville, Virginia has removed the Robert E. Lee monument that served as the epicenter of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017. “Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America, grapple with the sin of being …
Read More »Life's (Finally) Good for Charlie Puth Again
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Charlie Puth is lending his voice — and songwriting talents — to a new campaign for LG Electronics, themed around the company’s signature “Life’s Good” slogan. As part …
Read More »Laura Jane Grace to Perform Solo Set at Four Seasons Total Landscaping
In a grand act of trolling, Laura Jane Grace will be performing a solo set at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping, the groundskeeping company that infamously hosted a press conference for former President Donald Trump‘s campaign in what appeared to be a logistical blunder. (Prior to the event, reporters and …
Read More »Why I Think Virtual Awards for Virtual Theater Deserve Real Recognition
Theater at its core is storytelling, but the theater world has wrestled for decades with the integration of technology with these stories. Famous Broadway producer and director George Abbott was born in 1887 and lived to be 107. It’s often purported that when asked what was the most exciting change …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator Scores First Number One on RS 200 With 'Call Me If You Get Lost'
Tyler, the Creator scores his first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart this week with Call Me If You Get Lost, his seventh studio album. Call Me If You Get Lost pulled in just over 167,000 units in its first week, which marks the fifth biggest …
Read More »The Best Backpacks for Musicians
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You have enough to worry about when you’re on the road, the last thing you should be fretting over is how to store and carry all your stuff. …
Read More »Dev Hynes Song Featured in Trailer for Netflix's 'Beckett'
An American tourist in Greece finds himself the target of a manhunt in Beckett, a new thriller film from Netflix and director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino that released its first trailer on Thursday. The film premieres on August 13th only on the streaming platform. John David Washington stars as the tourist, Beckett, …
Read More »Itzy: A Girl Group Blazing a New Path of Its Own
“I really want to take a selfie with the crowd,” Itzy‘s Lia says. “I just miss them,” Chaeryeong adds. It’s been a long year without seeing their fans or hearing them do chants and cheer for the group, and Itzy is dying to see them again. Assembled in 2019 by …
Read More »Peloton Has Its Own Music Festival Now
I was being puckish when I first wrote that, thanks to Peloton, “fitness classes are the new music festivals” — but it seems the exercise company may have taken me seriously. On Tuesday morning (June 29th), the at-home fitness company announced All For One Music Festival, a three-day, virtual event …
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