Savages singer Jehnny Beth released a self-directed video for “Heroine,” her latest single off of To Love Is to Live, out June 12th. The clip opens with Beth walking through the Paris Métro, her face blanketed in a mask, amid the pandemic. She rapidly pivots toward the camera for the …
Read More »Canceled Gigs, Postponed Surgery: How COVID-19 Upended One Indie Artist's Year
This is the ninth installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronavirus pandemic. 2020 was supposed to be a big year for Kristin Hayter. The singer, who performs as Lingua Ignota, had released her third album, Caligula, last …
Read More »'In My Room' With Squirrel Flower
Ella O’Connor Williams, who performs under the moniker Squirrel Flower, breezed through a handful of songs for the latest installment of “In My Room,” a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. From her house in Arlington, Massachusetts — where Williams recently cooked risotto for Rolling Stone …
Read More »Lenny Kravitz on Little Richard: 'His Music Sounds Just as Fresh and Powerful Today'
As a student of rock history, Lenny Kravitz considers himself a lifelong fan of Little Richard, the rock & roll architect who died Saturday at 87. Long before Kravitz’s own career would take off, he met Richard in the late 1970s at a time when the pioneer had abandoned rock …
Read More »Watch Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber's Prom-Themed 'Stuck With U' Video
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber have come together for a good cause, releasing the single “Stuck With U” benefiting First Responders Children’s Foundation (get the song here). It will fund grants and scholarships for children of healthcare workers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers and firefighters serving at the frontlines …
Read More »Sech Announces Upcoming Sophomore Album '1 of 1'
Panamanian singer-songwriter Sech has announced the release of his upcoming sophomore album, titled 1 of 1. The follow-up to his Latin-Grammy-nominated debut, Sueños, the new album is slated for release on May 21st via Rich Music. Sech dropped the news on Thursday, during an exclusive listening party on Zoom. Comprised …
Read More »Frank Zappa Documentary Soundtrack Gathers Career Highlights, Unreleased Tracks
In tandem with the arrival of the long-awaited authorized Frank Zappa documentary, UMe and Zappa Records have released the official soundtrack for Zappa, featuring highlights from the composer’s catalog, live recordings, interview clips and a dozen unreleased tracks from Zappa’s vaults. The 3CD/5-LP version of Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack …
Read More »What's the Best Fiona Apple Album?
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Claire Shaffer, Brittany Spanos, and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a deep dive into the entire catalog of Fiona Apple, from 1996’s Tidal to this year’s masterpiece, Fetch the Bolt Cutters (which Shaffer reviewed in April). The episode goes …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Bully Covers Nirvana's 'About a Girl'
Bully and its frontwoman, Alicia Bognanno, have been getting Kurt Cobain comparisons since their 2015 debut, Feels Like. (It doesn’t hurt that she studied at the feet of Nirvana producer Steve Albini.) So hearing the Nashville band cover Nirvana is almosttooobvious — but, good God, is it glorious. Their spin …
Read More »Man Man's 'Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between' Is Haunted, Haunting Pop Absurdism
It makes sense that Ryan Kattner of Man Man would release his best album to date during a pandemic. His band persona, Honus Honus, is perpetually down on his luck — bizarre and lovelorn, lonely and insane — haunted. In short, he’s all of us right now. Dream Hunting in …
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