Jake Shearsreleased a new single, “Meltdown,” on Friday, which he promises is the first taste of a new disco-influenced body of work coming later this year. It’s his first release since his work with Josh Homme on Desert Sessionsand his first solo, self-titled album in 2018. As he explains to …
Read More »How Rage Against the Machine Are Trying to Beat Scalpers
Tickets for Rage Against the Machine’s 2020 reunion tour were always going to sell fast and attract swarms of scalpers. As such, when sales for the band’s first shows since 2011 finally began on the morning of February 13th, the results were predictable: long digital queues on Ticketmaster, soaring costs …
Read More »'That Evil Kind of Feeling': The Inside Story of Black Sabbath's Iconic Cover Art
The cover of Black Sabbath‘s self-titled debut, which came out 50 years ago today, has become one of rock’s most iconic and captivating album sleeves. A witchy-looking woman stands alone in the woods in a haunted underworld, staring out at you, clutching something — her cloak? a cat? When listeners …
Read More »Premios Tu Música Urbano Is Back: Nicky Jam, CNCO, Natti Natasha to Perform
After the Latin Grammys put reggaeton on life support — and the Anglophone Grammys did no better — the need for a Latin urban awards show has never been more apparent. “Whether you like it or not,” Bad Bunny said in 2019, “[urbano artists] are representing Latinos worldwide.” So began …
Read More »Lindsey Buckingham Announces 2020 Solo Tour
Two months after announcing that he’d be performing at Tennessee’s Beale Street Music Festival in May, Lindsey Buckingham has rolled out dates for a 12-date tour of the U.S. It kicks off April 25th at the Smith Center in Las Vegas and wraps up May 13th at the Magnolia Performing …
Read More »Brandon Clark Pleads Guilty to the Murder of 17-Year-Old Bianca Devins
Last July, 21-year-old Brandon Clark was arrested and charged with the murder of 17-year-old Bianca Devins, a recent high school graduate from Utica, New York. Clark was accused of murdering Devins on the way home from a concert in New York City. He had posted a photo of her body …
Read More »Bob Marley at 75: A Legend in Photos
Dennis Morris first met Bob Marley at the Speakeasy Club in London in 1973. “During soundcheck, he asked me what life was like as a young black British kid,” recalls the photographer, who was a high school student in England at the time. Marley was impressed enough to spontaneously ask …
Read More »Anuel AA Turns Dracula AA in New 'Keii' Video
Anuel AA brings a hint of Miami to Transylvania in the video for his brand-new single, “Keii.” The song is one of many tracks that will feature on his debut album for Sony Music Latin, due 2020. The Spliff TV-directed video begins in a gothic cathedral, where a striking young …
Read More »Chester Bennington's Pre-Linkin Park Band Grey Daze Drop 'Sickness' Video
Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park band Grey Daze have shared the music video for “Sickness” off their upcoming album Amends, a collection of newly recorded music paired with remastered vocals from Bennington’s mid-to-late Nineties tenure with the Phoenix, Arizona, band. “This is loosely based on a true story from when Chester …
Read More »RS Charts: Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' is the Number One Song for the Fifth Straight Week
Roddy Ricch ended the month of January like he began it, with his hit single “The Box” at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. For the week of January 24th through January 30th, “The Box” once again brushed aside all competition, notching 44 million streams and …
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