Juice WRLD‘s posthumous album Legends Never Die enjoyed a second week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, earning more than 180 million streams and close to 24,000 sales. The album previously earned the biggest opening week of any album in 2020. Behind Juice WRLD at …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks: Week of July 27th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Caitlin Rose, “Whatchoo” It’s been …
Read More »The Strokes Mark Opening Day With New 'Ode to the Mets' Video
Friday marks Opening Day for the New York Mets’ COVID-abbreviated 2020 baseball season, and to celebrate the Strokes have shared the video for their New Abnormal closer “Ode to the Mets.” According to the band, the video was inspired by the waltz-through-history seen in the opening credits of the sitcom …
Read More »Fleetwood Mac Preps Massive Box Set Documenting Early Years
Fleetwood Mac will release a massive box set documenting the band’s early years, out September 4th on Rhino. Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 will consist of eight CDs, beginning with their third album, 1969’s Then Play On.The lineup shifted quite a bit in these years, most notably when founding guitarist Peter Green …
Read More »Fiona Apple Co-Writes Hilarious New Song for 'Central Park' Finale
Fiona Apple co-wrote “New York Doesn’t Like Your Face,” a hilarious new song for the animated series Central Park. Written with David Lucky, the song appears in the series finale and was performed by Audra McDonald, who voices the character Ashley. “New York doesn’t like your face/We’ve got to give …
Read More »David Byrne's Spike Lee-Directed Concert Film to Open 2020 Toronto Film Festival
American Utopia — David Byrne‘s Spike Lee-directed concert film documenting his spectacular Broadway show — will open the 2020 Toronto Film Festival on September 10th. The 45th annual festival will feature screenings both physical and digital, consisting of drive-ins, virtual red carpets, and press conferences. This fall, it will premiere on …
Read More »Kanye West Holds Presidential Rally, Talks Abortion, Gun Control and More
Kanye West held his first presidential rally Sunday evening, days after filing an FEC Form 2 Statement of Candidacy under his recently announced Birthday Party. “I don’t give a fuck if I win the presidency or not,” he said at the event, stressing that his aim is to be “of …
Read More »Before NKOTB, It Was Black and Brown Boy Bands That Paved the Way
Throughout pop history, the legacy of post-Beatles boy bands and teen pop have lacked respect. Journalist Maria Sherman’s new book, Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS, shakes off decades of under-appreciation for the pop subgenre and lays out a fascinating, in-depth history of the …
Read More »Flashback: The Rolling Stones Resurrect 'Silver Train' in 2014
Last week, the Rolling Stones announced plans for a super-deluxe edition of their 1973 LP Goats Head Soup. It features a remastered version of the original album along with alternate mixes, rarities, instrumental tracks, a complete 1973 show taped in Brussels, and three previously unreleased songs from the era. The …
Read More »Jamie Foxx Fights Drug Dealers Peddling Superpowers in 'Project Power' Trailer
Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt team up to track down a dealer pushing pills that give people superpowers in the new trailer for Project Power, set to arrive August 14th on Netflix. The film is based around a new drug that gives those who take it a unique superpower (invisibility, …
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