Leon Bridges got the crowd grooving during The Late Late Show with his raucous performance of “If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be).” The singer, who was recently announced as part of the lineup for Woodstock 50, was accompanied by his live band and a group of backup singers …
Read More »Watch Natalie Portman Crash Land in Family Doldrums in 'Lucy In the Sky' Trailer
Natalie Portman plays an astronaut who struggles to readjust to life on Earth after her encounter with the vastness of space in the new trailer for Lucy In the Sky. The film is loosely based on the 2007 tabloid saga of Lisa Nowak, who famously drove from Houston to Orlando, …
Read More »On the Charts: Juice WRLD's 'Death Race for Love' Drives to Number One
Juice WRLD officially proved he isn’t a one-hit wonder as the rapper’s second album Death Race for Love opened at Number One on the Billboard 200. Death Race for Love sold 165,000 total copies in its first week of release, including 120,000 streaming equivalent albums (SEAs), to give Juice WRLD …
Read More »A New Sandy Hook Ruling Could Upend the Gun Industry
For more than a decade, the gun industry has operated as though it enjoyed full legal immunity. A bill signed by George W. Bush in 2005, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), appeared to offer just that: it broadly protected the industry from legal action by those …
Read More »BTS to Make 'Saturday Night Live' Debut in April
BTS will make their Saturday Night Live debut on April 13, bringing the K-pop fever to New York’s Studio 8H. The late night sketch show revealed the upcoming lineup of musical guests and hosts for the next three weeks, announcing BTS would perform with Emma Stone taking on hosting duties. …
Read More »Watch The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds of Summer Play 'Who Do You Love' on Fallon
The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer joined forces on The Tonight Show to perform their collaborative new single “Who Do You Love.” The hooky, hypnotic number, which dropped last month, took on an even more buoyant vibe when performed live. During the low-key performance, with The Chainsmokers and 5 …
Read More »How Songwriter Luke Dick Revisits His Strip-Club Childhood in 'Red Dog' Movie
Luke Dick clicks a file on his computer and swivels around his chair in the converted garage-studio behind his East Nashville home. Andy Warhol’s voice, dispassionately commenting that he’s just eaten a burger, leaps out of the speakers and begins to warp as if a tape machine is being melted. …
Read More »Hasan Minhaj Shows How Hip-Hop Is a Political Tool Outside U.S.
On Sunday’s Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj explored the influence of streaming on hip-hop — from the rise of Soundcloud rap to emcees sparking political movements. Rap, Minjah explained, is the most-consumed genre in the U.S., accounting for eight of Nielsen Music’s top 10 albums of 2018. “It even reached the …
Read More »15 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Brandi Carlile
Spend a day with Brandi Carlile at her property outside of Seattle, and it takes approximately 60 seconds to be thrust into the middle of her extended family — which, on the day Rolling Stone visited in early January, included her bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth; Laura and Lydia Rogers …
Read More »'Grunge' Photo Exhibit: See Vintage Pics of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and More
Jesse Frohman remembers the first time he met Kurt Cobain. “He said, ‘Do you have a bucket?’” It was July 1993, and the photographer had been waiting to shoot the Nirvana frontman for three hours at the Omni Hotel in New York. “I said, ‘What do you need a bucket …
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