As the summer in quarantine winds down, and many cities remain in half-lockdown, half-reopened states of purgatory, it’s become harder and harder to pass the time in the heat. There’s only so many times you can go to the beach (while social distancing) or sip to-go drinks in the park …
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The Weeknd has dropped new song “Smile,” his collaboration with the late rapper Juice WRLD. The song is the first time the artists teamed up. In the lyric video for the pensive song, which was posted on Juice WRLD’s YouTube page, an artist paints a portrait of Juice WRLD as …
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The dawn of the Eighties was supposed to make prog bands like Genesis, Yes, and Rush die out like the dinosaurs, now that we were in the age of MTV and New Wave. That’s not quite how it played it out, however. The men of these bands chopped off their …
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Juicy J offers a detailed look at his life in quarantine in the video for his new song, “Gah Damn High,” featuring Wiz Khalifa, off the rapper’s upcoming LP, The Hustle Continues, out October 14th via eOne. “Gah Damn High” is classic Juicy J fare, packed with hooks and one-liners …
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To celebrate the release of Bob Dylan‘s excellent new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Rolling Stone‘s Dylan experts put together a definitive list of his greatest songs of the 21st century, from “Things Have Changed” to “It’s All Good.” In a new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, …
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Madeon has released a new video for “Miracle” from the album Good Faith. Directed by Lena Headey and starring Maisie Williams — both Game of Thrones alums — the clip depicts Williams getting into a surreal, violent collision with another person and dealing with its aftermath. The producer released Good …
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Juice WRLD claimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the second week in a row, amassing 188 million song streams for the week of July 17th through July 23rd. While Juice WRLD’s total song streams did drop off significantly from the 329.9 million he …
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Frederick “Toots” Hibbert stars in the powerful new animated video for “Warning Warning,” a track off Toots and the Maytals’ upcoming LP, Got to Be Tough. Directed by Nick Franco, the clip features Hibbert floating by Earth in a spacesuit, later accompanied by a lion on a boat. He witnesses …
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Los Lobos will perform on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ livestream, set for July 25th at 7 p.m. ET. The livestream will feature the band’s performance as well as a Q&A hosted by the festival’s artist relations manager, Bonnie Simmons. They’ll discuss memories from the band’s four performances at the San Francisco …
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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” — …
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