Carly Rae Jepsen has released “Me and the Boys in the Band,” a tribute to her touring band, with an accompanying music video featuring CRJ and her road crew performing and celebrating in their homes. “On the road. That was the life. I miss travel and performing and my bandmates …
Read More »Evanescence's Amy Lee: 'It's Time for Us to Take Our Country Back'
Evanescence encourages speaking up in the new single “Use My Voice,” the latest offering from the band’s upcoming album The Bitter Truth, out later this year. “Cover my ears and close my eyes/Just long enough to stop the noise,” Amy Lee sings over subtle instrumentation. “Go and take everything and throw it away/But …
Read More »'In My Room' With Lucy Dacus
Lucy Dacus performed intimate, stunning renditions of songs from 2018’s Historian in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “In My Room” series. Dacus kicked off with “The Shell,” strumming her electric guitar in front of a bookcase. “If the body and the life were two things that we could divide/I’d …
Read More »BTS Announce U.S. Theater Premiere of 'Break the Silence' Film
K-pop sensations BTS have announced the premiere of their upcoming concert film, Break the Silence: the Movie. The movie, which chronicles their 2019 Love Yourself: Speak Yourself world tour, hits theaters worldwide on September 10th via Trafalgar Releasing, followed by the film’s premiere in U.S. theaters beginning September 24th. Tickets …
Read More »Hear Hinds Take on the Clash's Punk Classic, 'Spanish Bombs'
Madrid-based indie rock group Hinds have released a cover of the Clash‘s 1979 song “Spanish Bombs.” In the original song, Joe Strummer muses on the tense political landscape of Spain in the Seventies after the 1975 death of dictator Francisco Franco. Hinds revamp the song with a spooky, lo-fi jangle …
Read More »R.E.M. to Rebroadcast 1999 Glastonbury Set as Livestream
R.E.M. will rebroadcast their classic 1999 headlining set at the Glastonbury festival as a livestream in August. The band’s entire set will be available to stream for the first time ever on R.E.M.’s YouTube page for only 72 hours following its initial premiere at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday, August …
Read More »Raekwon to Release 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' Instrumentals for Debut LP's 25th Anniversary
Raekwon will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his acclaimed solo debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with a special instrumental version of the record arriving on vinyl this fall via Certified Classics, in partnership with Get on Down. An exact release date has yet to be announced, but the double-LP …
Read More »Run the Jewels Drop Urgent Animated Visual for “Ju$t”
Run the Jewels have released a new animated lyric video for “Ju$t,” their collaboration with Pharrell and Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, from the hip-hop duo’s latest album, RTJ4. The clip was helmed by Winston Hacking of Pulse Films, who crafted an arresting moving collage that complements …
Read More »Watch Mike Campbell Play 'Swampy' Version of 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around'
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell had to put his tour on hold this year, but he’s keeping busy with a series of Instagram videos in which he breaks down songs from throughout his career. The newest one examines the 1981 Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks duet “Stop Draggin’ My …
Read More »RS Charts: 'Come & Go' Debuts at Number One as Juice WRLD Dominates
Juice WRLD is the latest streaming star to dominate the upper reaches of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart: Tracks from his first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, accounted for eight of the Top Ten this week. The leader was “Come & Go,” a punk-pop collaboration with the electronic …
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