The Pixies — frontman Black Francis, bassist Paz Lenchantin, drummer David Lovering, and guitarist Joey Santiago — sit down with Andy Greene to discuss their new album Beneath the Eyrie and their whole career in a new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. Among many other topics, they …
Read More »Watch John Fogerty Play 'Fortunate Son' at Red Rocks From New Concert Film
John Fogerty celebrated the 50th anniversary of Woodstock this year by playing a series of special gigs packed with songs from the original 1969 festival. Many were by Creedence Clearwater Revival, but he also covered tunes by fellow Woodstock vets Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix and Sly & The Family Stone. …
Read More »Charly Bliss Surprise Release EP 'Supermoon'
When Charly Bliss entered Sunset Studios to begin work on their second album, the Brooklyn quartet already knew they had way too many songs for one album. So, the band has collected five of those songs together for a surprise EP, Supermoon. Supermoon more directly recalls the bubblegum-grunge of Guppy …
Read More »'Game of Thrones' Co-Creators Exit 'Star Wars'
Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have dropped out of a new Star Wars trilogy that was supposed to start hitting theaters in 2022, Variety reports. In February 2018, the pair were tapped to write and produce a new series of films separate from the franchise’s primary …
Read More »Kesha Explains Her Return to Pop
Kesha‘s follow-up to 2017’s emotionally weighty, rock-leaning Rainbow started off as what she describes as a “psychedelic country record.” But a phone call from her brother sent her in another direction. “He was like, ‘Why don’t you write some pop songs?’ ” she says. “ ‘You’re good at it, you like it.’ ” …
Read More »Mala Rodríguez, Guaynaa Party With Big Freedia in New 'Dame Bien' Video
Spanish rapper Mala Rodríguez teams up with Puerto Rican goofball Guaynaa in the racy new reggaeton track, “Dame Bien,” or “Give It to Me Good.” And with an assist from Big Freedia, Queen of New Orleans bounce, the two acquaint themselves with a different kind of perreo intenso. Flanked by …
Read More »See Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber Talk 'Cats' New Original Song, Hear Snippet
Taylor Swift is serving double duty in the forthcoming new film version of Cats. In addition to her role as Bombalurina, Swift collaborated with lauded composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for a new song called “Beautiful Ghosts.” In a video about the song, Swift, Lloyd Webber and director-screenwriter Tom Hooper discuss …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Elton John & Lana Del Rey
L ana Del Rey is sitting across from Elton John in the kitchen of his Beverly Hills home, where she’s about to talk with her musical hero. But there’s a problem. “Wait a minute, my notes!” she says. “I have 13 pages! Where is my purse?” Elton calls for his …
Read More »Bill Taylor's Jaw-Dropping Ukraine Testimony Expected to 'Accelerate' Impeachment
Audible gasps are said to have rippled across the room as Bill Taylor, the United States’ top diplomat in Ukraine, delivered a 15-page opening statement to House impeachment investigators on Tuesday. Taylor described in detail, with the help of contemporaneous notes, extensive efforts to leverage hundreds of millions of dollars …
Read More »'The Who's Tommy' Returning to Broadway in 2021
The Who‘s Tommy is returning to Broadway in 2021. The musical adaptation of the Who’s 1969 rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard premiered on Broadway in 1993 and closed two years later after 889 performances. Along the way, it racked up five Tony Awards and proved …
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