Donald Trump has been playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his rallies for the past few years despite Neil Young‘s fervent objections, and over the weekend he added “Cowgirl in the Sand” and “Like a Hurricane” into the mix at an event near Mount Rushmore. Young initially called Trump …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks: Week of July 6th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Dave Hause featuring Amythyst Kiah …
Read More »Music at Home: Songs for Your Plants
Since May, Rolling Stone has brought you “Music at Home,” a weekly playlist series for the pandemic era. Whether it’s feel-good pop jams, songs for lonely nights, or a collection of classics from October 1980, these playlists are meant to ease isolation and make you forget that your daily consumption …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Shares 'Smiling' Video With 'Jagged Little Pill' Cast
Alanis Morissette is getting cathartic in quarantine in the new video for “Smiling,” one of the original songs she wrote for the jukebox musical based on her work, Jagged Little Pill. Filmed by Morissette and the cast of the Broadway show, the video shows everyone getting freaky in their own houses, …
Read More »Charlie Wilson Honors the Four Tops With New Single 'One I Got'
Charlie Wilson pays tribute to the Four Tops in “One I Got,” a new single the R&B veteran released on Thursday at midnight. The track sits easily next to the rest of the Gap Band singer’s recent catalog: It’s beaming, optimistic, and besotted, with plenty of room for forceful, melismatic …
Read More »Pearl Jam Deliver First Performance of 'Dance of the Clairvoyants' for COVID-19 Relief Concert
Pearl Jam performed their Gigaton track “Dance of the Clairvoyants” live for the first time during the All in WA COVID-19 relief concert Wednesday. The socially distanced performance not only found each member of Pearl Jam recording from home, but there was a little bit of lineup movement as well, …
Read More »Black Eyed Peas Get Lost on 'Translation'
With every successful cultural movement, you’re bound to have bandwagon jumpers. As a plurality of reggaetoneros, traperos, and pop singers from across Latin America enjoy unprecedented albeit overdue global success, tourists like DJ Khaled, DJ Snake, and Tyga have inevitably glommed onto their sound, with varying degrees of success. None …
Read More »Pharrell Williams Talks Efforts to Make Juneteenth an Official Holiday on 'Kimmel'
Pharrell Williams discussed his efforts to make Juneteenth an official holiday during a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday. Earlier in the week, Williams appeared alongside Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at a press conference in support of making June 19th — or Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery — …
Read More »Woodstock 50 Claims Dentsu's 'Sabotage' Caused 'Huge Damages' to Festival in New Lawsuit
Woodstock 50 organizers are suing their former financial partner Dentsu Group and several of its affiliates, accusing the company of “destruction of the festival” and “sabotage.” In the complaint filed on Wednesday in New York Supreme Court obtained by Rolling Stone, the plaintiffs seek tens of millions of dollars in …
Read More »The Killers Won't Heed 'My Own Soul's Warning' on New Song
UPDATE (7/16):The Killers have announced a release date for Imploding the Mirage and released the video for “My Own Soul’s Warning.” The album is set to drop on August 21st, 2020 on Island Records. The band is also postponing their remaining 2020 tour dates for North America and Australia. “As …
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