Janet Weiss opened up about her exit from Sleater-Kinney and her difficult decision to leave the band for the first time in a new interview. Speaking to the Trap Set With Joe Wong podcast, the drummer revealed that her diminished role within the punk trio while working on their latest …
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A church in Mexico unveiled an extremely large statue of baby Jesus that inadvertently bears a striking resemblance to Phil Collins. Per The New York Post, the statue is nearly 22 feet tall, weighs 2,000 pounds and was made out of fiberglass, resin, automotive paste and car paint. Sculptor Roman …
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UPDATE (11/18): Dick Clark Productions has shared a statement to Rolling Stone denying they were involved with the one issued earlier by Big Machine. “At no time did Dick Clark Productions agree to create, authorize or distribute a statement in partnership with Big Machine Label Group regarding Taylor Swift’s performance …
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Taylor Swift gets cinematic on the wistful new ballad “Beautiful Ghosts,” which highlights the soundtrack for the upcoming film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical Cats. The Tom Hooper-directed feature hits theaters December 20th. “Follow me home if you dare to/I wouldn’t know where to lead you,” Swift sings …
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Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick return to save the Trolls universe from a hard rock takeover in the new trailer for Trolls World Tour, out April 17th, 2020. In the new film, Timberlake and Kendrick’s characters, Branch and Poppy, discover they’re part of one of six troll tribes scattered across …
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On Sunday, indie-rock fans were pleasantly shocked to see that the Tennessee Titans had posted a video message honoring David Berman, of the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, who died earlier this year. “Nashville (and the world) will always love David Berman,” the message on the Nissan Stadium jumbotron read. …
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Spotify, whose losses are an evergreen music-biz talking point, just turned a quarterly profit. This news not only came as a surprise to the music industry at large, but to Spotify itself. The streaming company previously forecast to its investors that its operating performance in the three months to end …
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Lil Baby has dropped a new single, “Woah,” via his own imprint Wolf Pack Global through Quality Control Music/Motown. The song, his first solo track since July, teases the rapper’s next album. On the fast-talking single, produced by Quay Global, Lil Baby spits, “Brand new car is noisy, come through …
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An Afrofuturist Kate Bush with some fierce pole-dancing moves, FKA Twigs lept from kinetic music video extra to among the most electric of electronic pop acts with her debut LP1 five years ago. On Magdalene, her long-brewing followup, she moves to the next level, making music that resists being pinned …
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Melanie C has released a brand-new single, “High Heels,” with an accompanying high-energy video. The Alex Metric-produced clip features the Spice Girl partying with the drag queen group Sink the Pink, who joined her on tour this past summer for Pride. It’s a glittery, over-the-top dance party that matches the …
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