Durand Jones & the Indications have released their new song “Love Will Work It Out,” alongside a video of the band performing the new track. “For months into the pandemic and the racial/political chaos that ensued, we found it hard to write. The biggest creative dry spell we’d experienced in …
Read More »Bo Burnham Announces Album for 'Inside' Comedy Special
Last month, Bo Burnham released a surprise Netflix comedy special, Inside, where he explored the realities of living through quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic. As with Burnham’s past specials, Inside mixed in stand-up comedy with surrealist humor and plenty of musical vignettes, all written and directed by the comedian himself. …
Read More »Hear Pink Floyd Play 'Animals' and 'Wish You Were Here' at Epic 1977 Concert
According to Roger Waters, Pink Floyd’s long-awaited Animals box set is finally coming out in the not-too-distant-future. The last sticking point seemed to center around, of all things, liner notes. Roger Waters wanted to include an essay by British journalist Mark Blake, while David Gilmour wanted the set to come …
Read More »The Cool, Calm, Cosmic Rap of 454
The rapper 454 talks with a respectful cool, like the zenned-out busdriver Otto from The Simpsons. On a recent Zoom call, he punctuates sentences with an enthusiastic “Yeah, man.” But while the New York-by-way-of Florida MC makes the kind of lush, atmospheric music a stoner like Otto might appreciate, there’s …
Read More »Excerpt: Sinéad O'Connor Recalls 'SNL' Pope Furor in New Memoir
In the early Nineties, few pop stars were as visually and vocally striking as Sinéad O’Connor. With her shaved head, piercing gaze, and voice that could be tender or steely, the Irish-born O’Connorhad gone mainstream with her 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got and its omnipresent …
Read More »Hear DMX's Posthumous 'Hood Blues' With Buffalo Rap Crew Griselda
A new posthumous DMX song, “Hood Blues,” has arrived featuring Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, and Conway the Machine of the Buffalo rap group Griselda. The track will appear on DMX’s upcoming posthumous album, Exodus, out Friday, May 28th. “Hood Blues” was co-produced by Avenue Beatz and DMX’s frequent collaborator …
Read More »J. Cole Tops the Artists 500 Chart for the First Time
J. Cole firmly planted himself atop the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first time following the release of his new album, The Off-Season. The North Carolina rapper pulled in a staggering 343.7 million song streams for the week of May 14th through May 20th, the third highest weekly …
Read More »Dave Grohl to Co-Host 'Tonight Show' Monday Night
Fresh off Foo Fighters’ Rock Hall induction announcement, Dave Grohl will serve as co-host on the Monday, May 24th episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon revealed on Friday’s episode. Together, Grohl and Fallon will deliver the monologue, interview guests — scheduled to be comedian Jim Jefferies with musical guest …
Read More »The Metamorphosis of Maggie Lindemann
Two years ago, Maggie Lindemann was in the middle of performing at a club in Kuala Lumpur when three Malaysian police officers pulled her off the stage and arrested her. The American singer, who was there to play the first show of a headlining tour that June, had landed in …
Read More »Marilyn Manson's Former Assistant Sues Singer for Sexual Assault and Battery
Marilyn Manson‘s former assistant, Ashley Walters, has filed a lawsuit against the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, alleging a number of crimes including sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims. Warner is one defendant in the suit along with a …
Read More »