Last month, Yusuf/Cat Stevens released a charming stop-motion video for “Where Do the Children Play?” off his upcoming Tea for the Tillerman². Now, you can watch three videos explaining how it was made. The clip was directed by Chris Hopewell — who previously worked on Radiohead’s “Burn the Witch” — …
Read More »Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reveals Cancer Recurrence, Will Remain on Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed Friday that she had a recurrence of cancer and that recent treatments have yielded “positive results.” Ginsburg’s recurrence is unrelated to her recent hospitalizations, which were to remove gall stones and treat an infection. In May, Ginsburg began treatment after “a periodic scan …
Read More »See Pretenders' Shimmery New 'You Can't Hurt a Fool' Video
The Pretenders‘ latest single “You Can’t Hurt a Fool” is a simple, soulful ballad — and the band lets it speak for itself in a new video. Throughout the clip, a vintage-looking dynamic microphone spins and its chrome casing reflects women dancing, smiling, posing and goofing off as Chrissie Hynde …
Read More »Scientists Thought (and Trump Insisted) Summer Heat Would Slow COVID-19. It Hasn't. Why?
Summer was supposed to save us. President Trump touted the idea back in February: “A lot of people think that [the virus] goes away in April, with the heat.” He followed that up a few months later with an insane rant about the wonders of sunlight and how “bringing light …
Read More »Cristin Milioti Is Ready for Her Reset
If you want to get a sense of who Cristin Milioti is, ask her about the hook. “Wait, so you heard about the hook?!” she says, eyes widening as she doubles over laughing on her couch. Actually, it’s technically not her couch; she’s staying at a friend’s house in L.A.’s …
Read More »What's Sony Planning in Music — and Will It Involve Tencent?
Boy, Tencent is smart. If you want to get a handle on just how smart, consider this: Last Thursday (July 9th), entertainment-and-electronics giant Sony Corporation announced it was buying a minority stake worth $250 million in Epic Games, maker of Fortnite. Epic recently nailed a $17 billion valuation, meaning Sony’s …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Playwright Jeremy O. Harris
After Slave Play closed on Broadway in January 2020, playwright Jeremy O. Harris was whisked off to London for a new production of Daddy, his other controversial play about race, sex, trauma, power, love, and kink. When the Almeida Theatre shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, Harris …
Read More »Jarvis Cocker Will Never Give Up on Pop
Jarvis Cocker has built one of rock’s weirdest, wittiest, most fascinating careers. But he’s still not finished experimenting. In the Nineties, he crashed the British charts as the frontman of Pulp, turning into an unlikely sex god purring hits like “Common People” and “Disco 2000” on classics like Different Class. …
Read More »Eagles, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses Among Groups Receiving PPP Loans for Postponed Tours
With concert tours almost completely shuttered through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic since March, some of the biggest acts in music — including the Eagles, Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses and Green Day — have received federal funding to support their crews for any current and future postponed tours, according to …
Read More »RS Charts: DaBaby, Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Holds Off Jack Harlow 'What's Poppin' Remix on RS 100
DaBaby and Roddy Ricch’s “Rockstar” notched another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, fending off a strong challenge from the new remix for Jack Harlow’s breakout hit, “Whats Poppin.” “Rockstar” racked up 26.2 million song streams for the week of June 26th through July …
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