AC/DC‘s landmark 1980 LP, Back in Black, turns 40 on July 25th, and they’re marking the occasion by releasing vintage videos from the era on YouTube. The newest one is a performance of “What Do You Do for Money Honey” from a February 1981 show at Nippon Seinenkan in Tokyo. …
Read More »How Margo Price Shook Up Her Sound and Tapped Into a New Fire
Not too long ago, Margo Price was offered the chance to collaborate with a more famous artist. Some people around her thought it was a good idea, but Price wasn’t sure. “I love collaborating with people, but I’m not going to do it just because somebody’s famous,” she says. “I …
Read More »From Lady Gaga to HBO, Justin Tranter Is Writing Music to Celebrate Pride Every Day
2020 is shaping up to be Justin Tranter’s year. The songwriter started it off penning tracks on two major albums, Lady Gaga’s Chromatica and Selena Gomez’s Rare, and recently worked on country staple The Chicks’ long-awaited, upcoming album. Tranter also co-wrote “I Am America” with Shea Diamond — an anthem …
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 »Seattle Police Reclaim Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Seattle police announced Wednesday that they would begin the process of evacuating the city’s CHOP — the Capitol Hill Organized Protest that became the epicenter of Seattle’s George Floyd protests — following a string of violent incidents in the autonomous zone. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan also issued an executive order …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Greenland,' 'Hamilton,' 'Little Voice' and More
All I Can Say Comprised of the late singer’s self-recorded video footage, the new film’s trailer shows Blind Melon‘s Shannon Hoon laying down vocals for the bands 1992 hit, “No Rain.” Part historical record and part diary, the film shows some of Hoon’s milestone moments – including the birth of …
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 »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 »Trump Says, 'I Made Juneteenth Very Famous.' He Did Not
President Trump took his ignorance of Juneteenth and tried to spin it into a positive by claiming that he made the already significant and celebrated anniversary “famous.” Trump told the Wall Street Journal that a Black Secret Service agent had told him the meaning of Juneteenth after he faced backlash …
Read More »Another Black Man, Tony McDade, Was Shot and Killed by Police Last Week
Over the past weekend, activists across the country have joined together to protest against police brutality and mourn the brutal death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. In the midst of the protests, another police killing of a black man …
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