So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. So you want to make a viral hit: who better to help than …
Read More »Austin Songwriter Shelley King Pays Tribute to Levon Helm, Imagines His 'New Drum Set'
Although the majority of tunes on Shelley King’s Kick Up Your Heels shine a light on her fiery guitar and roof-rattling vocals, there’s another artist whose presence bubbles up from the deep, gritty grooves of the Austin-based blues and Americana musician’s ninth album: Levon Helm. The legendary drummer and vocalist …
Read More »Young Thug Drops 'Boy Back' Video, New Songs With 'So Much Fun' Deluxe Edition
Young Thug has dropped a new music video for his collaboration with Nav, “Boy Back,” as well as a deluxe edition of his most recent album, So Much Fun, featuring four previously unreleased songs. Directed by Cash XO, the “Boy Back” video finds Thugger joining Nav in the latter’s hometown …
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced to Two Years in Prison, Late 2020 Release Anticipated
Daniel Hernandez, better known as the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, was sentenced to two years in prison plus five years of supervised probation in a gripping hearing in Manhattan on Wednesday, featuring a surprise interruption from a man claiming to be the rapper’s biological father. The 24-month sentence includes the 13 …
Read More »Taylor Swift Celebrates Her 30th Birthday With Joyous Jingle Ball Set
The day before Taylor Swift’s 30th birthday, she summed up the joy, and turmoil, that comes with being one of the biggest artists in the world. She detailed the backlash and skepticism that came with her success, and how she sometimes gave in to her critics by making music to …
Read More »Ariana Grande Teases New Live Album
Ariana Grande has announced a live album for her most recent tour, behind 2018’s Sweetener and 2019’s Thank U, Next. The pop star shared what appeared to be the cover art for the live album on her Instagram page, and unveiled the tracklist via text screenshot on her Instagram story. https://thisforall.net/PopCrave/status/1204787558011613184 No …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone Tops Artists 500 as the Weeknd Cracks Top 10
After one week away, Post Malone returned to the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart as the Weeknd cracked the Top Five for the week of November 29th through December 5th. Post Malone garnered 105.8 million song streams as his latest album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, landed at Number Three …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Offers $25,000 for Return of Stolen Randy Rhoads Guitars
Ozzy Osbourne has offered $25,000 as a reward for the return of stolen instruments previously owned by his late guitarist Randy Rhoads. “As many of you have heard, the Musonia School of Music in N. Hollywood, CA (the school where Randy Rhoads famously taught guitar) was viciously robbed on Thanksgiving …
Read More »Green Day, Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion Set for West Coast 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'
UPDATE: Post Malone, BTS, Sam Hunt and Alanis Morissette will perform in Times Square in New York City for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest, which will air on ABC. Meanwhile, Fox’s New Year’s Eve With Steve Harvey will feature LL Cool J, Lauren Alaina and the …
Read More »Counterculture '73: Summer Jam, Timothy Leary and the Sexual Revolution
In the new book 1973: Rock at the Crossroads, writer Andrew Grant Jackson gives a comprehensive account of the year of 1973 and its legendary music and momentous social change. He breaks down the iconic year chronologically, from the release of Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy in March to …
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