Los Angeles trio Fuzz, featuring Ty Segall, Charles Moothart and Chad Ubovich, are back with a new song, “Returning,” from their upcoming album, III, out October 23rd via In the Red Recordings. “Returning” is a three-minute blast of big riffs, bruising bass and battering drums, with Segall howling the song’s …
Read More »16-Hour Jazz Foundation Charity Livestream Tells History of Black Live Music in America
For more than 30 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has worked to keep jazz, blues and R&B alive by providing assistance to musicians in need. The non-profit provides everything from housing assistance to teaching jobs to hundreds of musicians and has helped artists with basic living expenses during the …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: A Thousand Horses, 'A Song to Remember'
We’re all looking for some type of escapism right now, but what happens when you’re simply unable to forget your current nightmare? A Thousand Horses raise that uneasy question in their new single “A Song to Remember.” Less the roadhouse rock of the Nashville band’s rough-hewn live show and more …
Read More »You Can Now Order Food IRL From Jay and Silent Bob's 'Mooby's' Burger Chain
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. One of Kevin Smith‘s most iconic movie characters is coming to life — and to your kitchen — with the launch of the Mooby’s Meal Kit on nationwide …
Read More »Hear Our Podcast on the Birth of 'Hamilton'
When Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted the first song from what he was then calling The Hamilton Mixtape at the White House in 2009, Alex Lacamoire was there, accompanying him on piano. Lacamoire, who previously collaborated with Miranda on In the Heights (as well as Bring It On: The Musical), became Hamilton‘s musical director, arranging every …
Read More »YBN Cordae, Trae tha Truth Among Those Arrested at Breonna Taylor Demonstration
Rappers YBN Cordae and Trae tha Truth were among 87 people arrested at a protest demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday. The demonstration, per the Louisville Courier-Journal, was organized by the group Until Freedom and was composed by about 100 people, who marched to the home …
Read More »Flashback: U2 Meet Batman in 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' Clip
Twenty-five years ago this month, Batman Forever was playing in multiplexes and it was hard to leave your house without being reminded of that fact roughly every 90 seconds. Billboards showing Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O’Donnell, and Nicole Kidman dotted the landscape; Super Nintendo was selling …
Read More »RS Charts: Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars Aim For the Moon' Makes Massive Debut Atop RS 200
Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, makes a massive debut atop the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, pulling in 245,000 units during the week of July 3rd through July 9th. Five months after the Brooklyn drill rapper was fatally shot at 20, his …
Read More »Thanks to Quarantine, Elevator Music Is Filing for Bankruptcy
Muzak is in trouble. Since 1934, the popular company has been providing retailers with musical strategies to boost worker productivity, encourage consumerism, and manipulate mood in a brick-and-mortar experience. Muzak was purchased in 2011 by Austin-based Mood Media, which also specializes in the manipulative power of carefully curated scents, decor, …
Read More »Rufus Wainwright Gets Lost in His Own World on 'Unfollow the Rules'
Rufus Wainwright has always existed in a world unto himself, the sort of place where Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, and Ian Anderson could all share a sherry and muse on love and literature. It’s an acquired taste for sure, but somehow, he’s always been able to pull off sounding blithe …
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