Coldplay continued their week-long run on The Late Late Show with a performance of recent single “My Universe.” Appearing in front of a live studio audience, the band gave the track an upbeat, buoyant feel. The performance of “My Universe” follows Coldplay’s collaborative appearance withSelena Gomez earlier this week for …
Read More »
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, senior writer David Browne discusses his recent blockbuster feature on Eric Clapton, which delved into the rock icon’s embrace of Covid-19 vaccine skepticism and his anti-immigration rant onstage in the Seventies — which was, by Clapton’s own description, “full-tilt racist.” Plus, …
Read More »
Anjimile, the budding North Carolina-based singer-songwriter, has released a new one-off track, “Stranger,” his first for new label 4AD. “Stranger” begins with a steely run of acoustic finger-picking, but the sonic palette swiftly expands, peaking with a euphoric exhale of horns and backing vocals. “You said you wanted a change,” …
Read More »
Kelly Clarkson has dropped her ninth studio album, When Christmas Comes Around… The 15-track holiday set includes a collaboration with Ariana Grande, “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me.” On the track that captures the holiday spirit with its cheery production, the pair tell Santa to keep the sleigh rides, gifts, and …
Read More »
“We went from homeless to limitless, y’all,” Dawn Richard coos sweetly on her sixth studio album, Second Line. That lyric neatly encapsulates her trek through the music industry. It also tells a story about the place Richard comes from. The album gets its name from the parades of dancing revelers …
Read More »
Since her debut album Same Trailer Different Park won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2014, Kacey Musgraves has been a mainstay in the category — nominated again in 2016 for Pageant Material, and winning for Golden Hour in 2019. But her newest record, Star-Crossed, won’t be in …
Read More »
The National’s Aaron Dessner appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform his collaborative side project Big Red Machine’s “The Ghost of Cincinnati.” The performance was in sharp contrast to Big Red Machine’s last late-night appearance in September, when Dessner brought a battalion of musicians — including Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, …
Read More »
Aaliyah‘s posthumous compilation albums I Care 4 U and Ultimate Aaliyah have hit streaming platforms and are available for purchase via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire. Originally released in December 2002, I Care 4 U includes hits from her studio albums alongside songs that were previously unreleased, including “Miss You,” “I Care 4 U” …
Read More »
UPDATE: Richie Faulkner has been discharged from a Kentucky hospital and is now resting at home after suffering an acute cardiac aortic dissection during Judas Priest‘s concert at the Louder Than Life festival. “He was only four miles away, but miles equal minutes and he did not have many to …
Read More »
Young Thug and Gunna performed a medley of tracks during the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards Tuesday in the rappers’ hometown of Atlanta. A little more than a week before Young Thug drops his new album Punk, the rapper performed the single “Tick Tock” from atop a giant arachnid before Gunna …
Read More »