Each month, the editors and critics atRolling Stone will compile a list of our favorite new albums. January’s picks include K-pop stars BTS, Latin-pop titan Bad Bunny, punk-rock legends Green Day and Gen Z rock prodigy Soccer Mommy. Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG During the last two years,Bad Bunny has left no …
Read More »Watch Jenny Lewis Lead 'Rabbit Hole' Sing-Along on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert
Jenny Lewis stopped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert, and the Rabbit Fur Coatsinger-songwriter had a few tricks up her sleeve. For her rendition of “Rabbit Hole,” from her latest albumOn the Line, Lewis got the entire NPR staff audience to sing along to the track’s uber-catchy chorus right …
Read More »Best Coast's 'Always Tomorrow' Feels Stuck Too Much in Today
A decade after Best Coast released their indie-pop breakthrough “Sun Was High (and So Was I),” the band has cleaned up its act. Four years have passed since its last LP, California Nights, and frontwoman Bethany Cosentino has sobered up and turned her life around. It’s a commendable feat, but …
Read More »Ebenezer Proves Every Rap Song Is Better When You Lie
Rappers, like wrestlers and politicians, are professional liars. By design, the genre rewards embellishment. Your average listener does not want to hear someone rap about selling a modicum of crack or taking the recommended dosage of prescription cough syrup, just like nobody wants to watch a Fast & Furious movie …
Read More »The First Time: Megan Thee Stallion
The first time Megan Thee Stallion was called a stallion, she wasn’t exactly pleased. “I was 15 and I was leaving a football game, and this dude — he was way older — he was like, ‘Dang, little mama, you a stallion!’” she recalls to Rolling Stone. “I was like, …
Read More »Disclosure Perform New Song 'Tondo' at Laser-Lit Club in Visualizer
Disclosure perform in a packed, laser-lit club in the visualizer for the electronic duo’s new song “Tondo.” The single is the second they’ve released in as many days, having dropped “Ecstasy” on Monday. The new track samples Cameroonian musician Eko Roosevelt. In the clip, the Lawrence brothers are seen behind …
Read More »Paul Simon Donated $1 Million to Fund a New Music Education Program
Earlier this month, Paul Simon helped launch a new music education program in New York City with a $1 million donation that will fund a fellowship for middle and high school music teachers over two years. Each year, the Paul Simon Music Fellows Program will partner 20 young music educators …
Read More »Black Keys Recruit Gary Clark Jr. for Let's Rock U.S. Summer Tour
The Black Keys will hit the road this summer on the Let’s Rock Tour, featuring Gary Clark Jr. as a special guest. The 35-date U.S. tour in support of the duo’s 2019 LP Let’s Rock kicks off July 7th at Seattle’s White River Amphitheatre and visits venues across the nation …
Read More »Bon Jovi Detail New Album, 'Bon Jovi 2020'
Bon Jovi have revealed details about their aptly named upcoming album, Bon Jovi 2020. The follow-up to 2016’s This House Is Not for Sale is set for release on May 15th. On Friday, the band shared a music video for the album’s lead single, “Limitless,” in which Bon Jovi soundtrack a …
Read More »Ms Nina Embarks on a Manhunt in New 'Caprichosa' Video
Ms Nina, one of the leading ambassadors of reggaeton‘s fringe movement, neoperreo, has dropped a thrill-seeking new song titled “Caprichosa.” It’s her first single since the release of 2019’s Perreando por Fuera, Llorando por Dentro (Dirty Dancing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside), her debut on Diplo-founded label Mad …
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