Phoenix has shared “Identical,” their first new music since their 2017 album Ti Amo. The track can be heard in the new trailer for the Sofia Coppola film On the Rocks, starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. The song will be featured in the film when it premieres in …
Read More »Father John Misty Shares 'To S.'/'To R.' on Sub Pop Singles Club
Father John Misty has released a double A-side single as part of Sub Pop Singles Club Volume 5. The track is Josh Tillman’s first new, original studio material since his 2018 album God’s Favorite Customer. “To S.,” a gorgeous ballad buoyed by strings, sees Tillman meditating on a loved one going …
Read More »R. Kelly's Advisor Charged With Gun Threat to 'Surviving R. Kelly' Screening
Days after three men associated with R. Kelly were arrested on allegations they bribed and intimidated witnesses, one of those men — Kelly’s former advisor Donnell Russell — was given an additional charge stemming from a gun threat that forced the evacuation of a Surviving R. Kellyscreening in December 2018. …
Read More »Lindsay Ell on How She Processed Grief and Trauma on New Album 'Heart Theory'
Two years ago, Lindsay Ell released The Continuum Project, a song-for-song remake of John Mayer’s 2006 album The Continuum. It was an ambitious release that initially sprouted out of a studio and songwriting exercise before widening in scope, but it pales in comparison to the lofty concept underpinning the Canadian …
Read More »Hayes Carll Previews New Acoustic Album With Reimagined 'Down the Road Tonight'
For nearly two decades, Hayes Carll has been making consistently great singer-songwriter records, influenced by the back-porch songcraft of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. While off the road in Nashville for his longest stretch in years, Carll had the chance to revisit some of his best material — which …
Read More »Music at Home: Weirdest Summer Ever
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 …
Read More »The Weeknd Drops Juice WRLD Collaboration 'Smile'
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 …
Read More »Music at Home: 10 Great Eighties Pop Songs by Seventies Prog Artists
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 …
Read More »Juicy J Gets Baked, Bakes Bread in Quarantine in 'Gah Damn High' Video
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 …
Read More »Inside Bob Dylan's Adventures in the 21st Century
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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