The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now pays tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen, with never-before-heard audio from a 2008 interview with the guitarist that traces his early years as a musician and beyond. Why did the electric guitar last so long as rock’s defining instrument? “You can’t …
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The newly reassembled AC/DC have released their first single since 2014. “Shot in the Dark” will appear on their 17th full length album, POWER UP, which arrives on November 13th. The LP is available for pre-order. The album reunites the four surviving members of the band’s Back in Black incarnation …
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John Cale has shared a new single, “Lazy Day,” accompanied by a trippy video in which the pink-haired rock legend kicks back in a lawn chair, basking in the sun. Hazy footage of deer, toy frogs, plastic cowboys, and laundry drying on a clothesline accompanies the dreamy lyrics: “Tie me …
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Like nearly every working musician on the planet, Suzanne Vega knows firsthand the impact of the Covid-19 shutdown: An entire summer European tour — along with U.S. shows in October and November — were postponed until next year after live music abruptly stopped. To help some of the struggling, now-empty …
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Andrew Bird has shared a cover of John Cale’s “Andalucia,” from his upcoming holiday album, Hark!out October 30th via Loma Vista. “Andalucia,” a standout from Cale’s 1973 album, Paris 1919, is a devastating tune about deep yearning, which Bird recasts around the delicate pluck of his mandolin and fleshes out …
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Mick Fleetwood has released a new recording and video for “These Strange Times,” as part of his Da*da*ism project. Originally released on Fleetwood Mac’s 16th studio album Time in 1995, “These Strange Times” was rerecorded by Fleetwood with the addition of a sample of “Albatross,” the classic Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac …
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UPDATE 10/1/2020: Run the Jewels have rescheduled theHoly Calamavote show to October 17th at midnight ET/PT, due to a health scare on the show’s crew that temporarily halted production. The duo have also announced a slate of special guests, including Mavis Staples, Zack de la Rocha, and Josh Homme, as …
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Ozzy Osbourne is marking the 40th anniversary of his solo debut, Blizzard of Ozz, with a new video for the record’s breakthrough single, “Crazy Train.” The clip features a lighthearted cartoon performance of the singer, tasseled jacket and all, and his band rocking out to the clip, with cameos by …
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U2 will relaunch their YouTube page Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of their 2000 LP All You Can’t Leave Behind, with the band rereleasing “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” as a remastered 4K video to mark the occasion. The remastering of the “Stuck” video is …
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Madonna is set to direct her own biopic, Variety reports. The popstar is also co-writing the film with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Madonna has been posting photos and videos of their writing sessions on social media for the past few months). The as-yet-untitled film will be produced under the …
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