Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt for the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, which dives deep into Taylor Swift‘s Lover following our recent cover story. They make their way through the full album, expanding on points Swift made in her interview, and explore …
Read More »Third Person Arrested in Connection to Mac Miller's Death
A third man has been arrested in connection with the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller. Stephen “Stevie” Walter was arrested Monday at his home in Los Angeles and charged with conspiracy and attempt to distribute a controlled substance. He is currently being held without bond. According to a copy …
Read More »Happy Birthday, Bruce Springsteen: 70 Years of Proving It All Night
Here’s a birthday toast to Bruce Springsteen, who turns 70 today. He’s spent his sixties experimenting with crazy ideas he’d never tried before — his one-man Broadway show, his memoir Born to Run, his SoCal cowboy excursion Western Stars, dropped just a few months ago as a total surprise, with …
Read More »Natalie Maines Details New Dixie Chicks Album Inspired By Her Divorce
Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines gave more details on the trio’s highly anticipated fifth album on the “Spiritualgasm” podcast this week, announcing that the album was tentatively titledGaslighter and that it was in partly inspired by her ongoing divorce from actor Adrian Pasdar. The group’s first studio album in …
Read More »Thurston Moore Selling Hundreds of Records From Private Collection
Thurston Moore will sell over 300 LPs from his private collection at London’s World of Echo record store. The albums will be available to purchase Saturday, October 5th at the 128 Columbia Road location. On Instagram, the store noted that Moore’s eclectic collection — only available to purchase in-store — …
Read More »Hear Toni Cornell's New Song 'Far Away Places' Produced by Chris Cornell
Toni Cornell, daughter of Chris Cornell, has shared her new song “Far Away Places,” featuring production by the late Soundgarden singer. Toni penned the ballad, her first original song, when she was 12 years old. Her and her father then recorded “Far Away Places” together at Chris’ home studio in …
Read More »Watch Chance the Rapper Perform 'I Got You (Always and Forever)' on 'Kimmel'
En Vogue and Kierra Sheard joined Chance the Rapper on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform his recent track “I Got You (Always and Forever).” The song, which comes off the rapper’s new album The Big Day, got a wild beach party vibe on Kimmel’s outdoor stage, with dancers moving energetically …
Read More »Hear Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Pay Tribute to Ric Ocasek With 'Just What I Needed' Cover
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus released a cover of the Cars’s classic tune “Just What I Needed” in honor of singer Ric Ocasek, who died earlier this week. Hoppus shared the cover, created with producer James Ingram, on Soundcloud following the news of Ocasek’s passing. “A couple years ago, I was asked …
Read More »See 5 Seconds of Summer Perform Catchy Single 'Teeth' on 'Corden'
5 Seconds of Summer got the audience at The Late Late Show screaming during their performance of hooky single “Teeth.” The pop group offer a boisterous, energized rendition of the track, which was broadcast in stylized black and white with yellow flourishes, as well as color. “Teeth,” produced by Andrew …
Read More »Baby Hold On: Why Eddie Money Was the Patron Saint of Rock Uncool
As he himself would have admitted, Eddie Money was no one’s idea of a conventional rock star. His stage moves were always a little gawky and spasmodic, his borderline hoarse voice in need of a lozenge or two. Emerging during the punk era though never part of it, he preferred …
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