After releasing several new singles over the last few months, Bright Eyes have announced a new album, Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was, out August 21st via Dead Oceans. The trio previewed the announcement with a stunning new track, “Mariana Trench,” featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Shares Acoustic 'Ironic' for 'Jagged Little Pill' Anniversary
Alanis Morissette will be releasing a deluxe version of Jagged Little Pill on June 26th in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary. The rerelease includes an acoustic version of Morissette’s hit song “Ironic,” which she shared on Thursday. The song was recorded live at Shepherd’s Bush in London earlier this year, …
Read More »Run the Jewels Wish Their New Album Didn't Make So Much Sense Right Now
It starts with a fake TV-show intro, a shootout, a getaway, and a couple of outlaws hitting the road like they were the Thelma and Louise of hardcore agit-pop rap. It goes out not with a bang, but with grown men laying their souls bare while flipping the bird to …
Read More »Idles' Pulverizing Gut-Check 'Grounds' Is a Song You Need to Know
It’s difficult to decide whether Idles frontman Joe Talbot’s angry vituperation or the band’s slamming, vertigo-inducing guitar riffs sound heavier on “Grounds,” the latest song the Bristol, U.K. group has released from its upcoming Ultra Mono album. For a band that titled its first album Brutalism, Idles sound more bellicose, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Calls for Removal of Monuments That 'Celebrate Racist Historical Figures'
Taylor Swift called for the permanent removal of monuments that “celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things” in her native Tennessee. “Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such,” Swift wrote in a string of tweets Friday. Swift …
Read More »The Immediate Family: James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt Session Vets Launch New Band
Their names are familiar to anyone who grew up on SoCal rock. In various combinations, guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Waddy Wachtel, bassist Leland Sklar, and drummer Russ Kunkel contributed to countless albums by James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, and Don Henley, among many others. What they’ve never …
Read More »Todd Rundgren to Host Web Show From Hawaiian Home
Todd Rundgren has been forced off the road due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he’s not going to let that stop him for interacting with his fans. On June 22nd, which happens to be his 72nd birthday, the Utopia singer will debut the new streaming web show Todd’s Honest Truth …
Read More »Watch Metallica's Rainy 2019 Manchester Show
Metallica are streaming their rainy 2019 set from Manchester, England for the latest installment of the #MetallicaMondays concert series. The show, part of the quartet’s lengthy tour promoting 2016’s Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, took place June 18th of that year at the city’s Etihad Stadium. The free stream kicked off at …
Read More »G.E. Smith, LeRoy Bell Preview First Album Together With 'Black Is the Color'
Guitarist G.E. Smith and soul musician LeRoy Bell have shared a rugged take on the traditional folk ballad, “Black Is the Color,” that will appear on their debut album together, Stony Hill, out August 28th via BMG. The age-old track originated in Scotland before making its way to the United …
Read More »The Best Albums of May 2020: Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Future and More
Each month, the editors and critics at Rolling Stone compile a list of must-hear new albums. Our picks for May include Lady Gaga’s return to the dancefloor, Bad Bunny’s quarantine quickie and Steve Earle’s tribute to coal country Lady Gaga, Chromatica Chromaticais a return to form, and a return to …
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