Climate change has never been one singular enemy. But the ability to fully comprehend the threat of the climate crisis has become nearly impossible as it grows exponentially worse. You can’t just chalk it up to oil spills or plastic bags (not that you ever could) — the climate crisis …
Read More »RS Charts: Justin Bieber Debuts in Top Five as Roddy Ricch Holds On to Number One
Roddy Ricch and Drake and Future continued to dominate the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart this week. Ricch’s “The Box” held at Number One, easily out-streaming all the competition by an impressive margin — more than 15 million streams. Drake and Future’s “Life Is Good” held at Number Two …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Heats Up 'Tonight Show' Stage With 'B.I.T.C.H.'
Megan Thee Stallion tore up the Tonight Show stage Thursday night with a rendition of her single “B.I.T.C.H.,” released earlier this year. The track will appear on her upcoming debut album, Suga. Appearing in a red bodysuit covered in metal-buckle rings, Megan and her two backup dancers made their case for …
Read More »Alabama Singer-Songwriter Early James Evokes Desolation in 'High Horse' Video
Appropriately, for a song about the disappearance of childhood, the video accompanying performer Early James’ “High Horse” is set in a desolate spot: Terlingua, Texas, a largely abandoned mining town near the Rio Grande and Mexico. In the Tim Hardiman-directed clip, scenes of abandoned structures and rocky, tumbleweed-strewn terrain are …
Read More »SXSW 2020: Trent Reznor, Janelle Monáe, Carrie Brownstein Tapped for Keynote Lineup
Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor, Janelle Monáe and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney will appear at South by Southwest 2020, delivering keynote speeches and joining in conversation. The 34th annual conference will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 13th through the 22nd. Ahead of their induction into the Rock and …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Napalm Death, 'Logic Ravaged by Brute Force'
Napalm Death will always be best known as the band that, in the mid-to-late Eighties, united the aggression of hardcore with the darkness of metal, sped the whole thing up to outrageous tempos, and topped it off with the catchy moniker of grindcore. And more than three decades after landmark …
Read More »Sam Hunt Samples Webb Pierce on New Party Track 'Hard to Forget'
Add it to the list of left turns from the enigmatic country artist — Sam Hunt‘s new track “Hard to Forget” opens with a lengthy sample of 1950s honky-tonk star Webb Pierce‘s classic “There Stands the Glass.” Apart from the fact that it samples a 67-year-old country song, “Hard to …
Read More »311 Plot 30th Anniversary Tour in all 50 States
311 have announced an extensive North American tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The “50 Dates in 50 States” tour kicks off with two nights at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, with the band performing at the Fillmore on February 20th and 21st. They’ll hit major cities across the spring, …
Read More »Let's Get Loud: Jennifer Lopez, Shakira Power Through Cultural Minefield During Super Bowl Halftime Show
What’s better than one diva headlining this year’s Super Bowl LIV Halftime show? Two! Repping Latina talent from Barranquilla to the Bronx, Colombian rock-pop queen Shakira and Nuyorican superstar Jennifer Lopez touched down on Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium Sunday night — and put on a show you “can’t remember to …
Read More »Dashboard Confessional Unveil Stripped-Down 'Screaming Infidelities' Performance From 2001
Dashboard Confessional have unearthed a video of a stripped-down rendition of their breakout hit “Screaming Infidelities” at a July 2001 concert in Hartford, Connecticut. “Screaming Infidelities” originally appeared on Dashboard’s 2000 debut, The Swiss Army Romance, although it was later reworked and anchored their 2001 follow-up The Places You Have …
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