This is the eighthinstallment of Rolling Stone’s series At Work, in which we explore the fast-changing music business from the perspective of a different industry leader each week. Read earlier pieces in the series here. While program director of alt-rock giant 99X in Atlanta, Leslie Fram was key in furthering …
Read More »The Stooges Prep 50th Anniversary 'Fun House' Box Set
The Stooges will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fun House with a massive box set, out July 17th on Rhino. All seven tracks of Fun House, released in July 1970 and produced by ex-Kingsmen Don Gallucci, will be newly remastered on two LPs, cut at 45 rpm. In addition, the …
Read More »The Doors' Robby Krieger Preps First Solo Album in 10 Years
The Doors’ Robby Krieger will release his first solo album in 10 years this spring, The Ritual Begins at Sundown. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the guitarist also shared the first single “The Drift.” Krieger’s first album since 2010’s Singularity was influenced by another classic rock icon, Frank Zappa: The …
Read More »Controversial Film 'The Hunt' Receives New Trailer, Release Date
After being axed ahead of its release last fall, the controversial thriller The Hunt has received a new trailer and will finally be released in theaters March 13th. The film centers around 12 strangers from working-class and/or Southern communities who are referred to as “deplorables,” kidnapped and forced to partake …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Wayne Surges to Top of Artists 500 Chart
Lil Wayne flew to the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart following the release of his new album, Funeral. After hovering at Number 39 last week with 27.9 million streams, Weezy racked up 147.9 million streams for the week of January 31st through February 6th. Funeral also topped …
Read More »Major League Baseball Halts Roger Waters Ads After Advocacy Group's Criticism
Major League Baseball said they would stop running promotions for Roger Waters’ upcoming North American tour following criticism from Jewish advocacy groups. As part of an ad buy by AEG/Concerts West, advertisements for tickets to Waters’ This Is Not a Drill trek were shown on MLB platforms. This drew the …
Read More »Black Midi: Meet England's Hot New Noise-Rock Weirdos
The phrases “avant-garde improvisational noise rock” and “hot new buzz band” don’t often show up next to each other in the same sentence. But they’re hard to avoid when discussing London’s Black Midi, an adventurous group that’s somehow broken through over the last couple years to become one of the …
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Announce New Album 'Calm,' Drop 'No Shame'
5 Seconds of Summer have announced their fourth studio album, Calm, set for release on March 27th via Interscope Records. On Wednesday the band dropped their latest track from the LP, “No Shame,” following previous singles “Easier” and “Teeth.” “For a band to make it to four albums is no small …
Read More »Chris Stapleton Plots 2020 All-American Road Show Tour
Four the fourth consecutive year, Chris Stapleton will significant portion of his evenings entertaining his fans on the headlining All-American Road Show Tour. On Wednesday, the singer-songwriter announced an extensive list of 2020 dates for the long-running trek, which will begin just before spring and take him all the way …
Read More »Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trump's 'Wealth Test' for Immigrants
The Supreme Court voted in favor of letting the Trump administration move forward on more of its harsh immigration policies. In a 5-4 vote, the conservative majority won out on Monday, allowing enforcement of a rule called a “wealth test” by immigrant rights advocates and “public charge” policy by the …
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