Dr. Dre discussed the killing of George Floyd during a conversation with Lil Wayne for the rapper’s Young Money Radio show on Apple Music. “That situation, it hurt my heart. My heart is still aching,” Dr. Dre said of Floyd’s death. “And it felt like that cop had his knee …
Read More »Lenny Kravitz Takes a Romantic Road Trip in 'Ride' Video
Lenny Kravitz has shared a romantic new music video for “Ride,” an album track off his latest LP Raise Vibration. Directed by Mark Seliger, the clip was filmed in a loft apartment in Paris and around the countryside in Senlis, France. Kravitz travels with a love interest, exploring the sights and …
Read More »How One Music Producer Turned an 11-Year Prison Sentence Into a Mixtape to Help Inmates
Not long after Eric Abercrombie, who raps as Maserati E, arrived in San Quentin state prison in 2017, he witnessed a performance by another inmate named David Jassy. “His stage presence and delivery were nuts,” Abercrombie recalls. “I couldn’t understand one verse because it was in Swedish, but it was …
Read More »Billie Eilish Slams Body Shaming in Powerful 'Not My Responsibility' Short Film
Billie Eilish unveiled her powerful short film, Not My Responsibility. The video originally debuted during the singer’s Where Do We Go? World Tour, which was postponed in March due to the COVID-19 crisis. In the affecting clip produced and written by Eilish, the singer is seen alone in the dark …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Shares Spoken Word Piece 'Patent Leather Do-Over'
Lana Del Rey has shared a new spoken word piece titled “Patent Leather Do-Over,” featuring music by Jack Antonoff. In a follow-up post, Del Rey said that the piece would appear on Behind the Iron Gates – Insights From an Institution, the second of two spoken word LPs she recorded; …
Read More »Pearl Jam Enlist Greta Thunberg for Animated 'Retrograde' Video
Pearl Jam enlist Greta Thunberg to issue a dire climate change warning in the band’s new animated video for “Retrograde,” a track off their recent LP Gigaton. In the video, a man visits a fortune teller’s shop and, upon peering into a crystal ball, sees a series of climate change …
Read More »'In My Room' With Cherry Glazerr
Cherry Glazerr blazed through an intimate set for the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room, a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. Sitting alongside a funky purple light fixture, lead singer Clementine Creevy and drummer Tabor Allen launched into “Juicy Socks” from their 2019 …
Read More »Eli Young Band, Pat Green Will Play Drive-In Concerts in Texas
A group of Texas country acts, including Eli Young Band and Pat Green, are set to launch a new series of drive-in concerts at the Globe Life Field stadium — home of the Texas Rangers — outside Dallas in early June. The shows, dubbed Concert in Your Car, aim to …
Read More »Bad Bunny Releases Surprise Album 'Las Que No Iban a Salir,' Extending His Hot Streak
Bad Bunny released a surprise 10-track album, titled Las Que No Iban A Salir, or The Ones That Were Not Coming Out, on Sunday at noon. A number of reggaeton luminaries are featured on the album, including Don Omar, Yandel, Zion & Lennox, and Nicky Jam. The hit-writer-turned-solo-star Jhay Cortez …
Read More »Rhye Combats Quarantine With Slinky Funk Single 'Beautiful'
Mike Milosh, the singer and multi-instrumentalist behind Rhye, mixes chamber pop and muted disco on his new single “Beautiful.” The track starts with a throb of strings before cohering around a sharp beat and muscular bass line, distantly echoing solo Bryan Ferry tracks from the early Eighties. Milosh’s lyrics move …
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