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Comedian Ziwe has dropped a snarky new banger, “Stop Being Poor,” that takes aim at the glib, myopic responses wealthy people often throw out regarding income inequality. Ziwe co-wrote the track with Jordan Mendoza and received some additional production help from Chicken. The tune channels early-aughts dance-pop, with Ziwe droning …

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have teamed up for a new song, “Like I Used To.” The single was produced by John Congleton, who has worked with both Etten and Olsen in the past, and was released on Thursday with a music video directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch and filmed …

Kehlani has joined T-Pain for a new single, “I Like Dat,” released on Friday. Built on a reworked version of T-Pain’s “Buy U a Drank,” the song sees T-Pain showing some love and appreciation to the lady in his life, as he jumps between AutoTuned singing and rap verses: “She …

The Residents will debut a special new performance, Duck Stab! Alive!, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the long-running alternative variety/music show, Night Flight. The performance will air June 5th on the Night Flight Plus app. Duck Stab! Alive! is described in a release as a “contemporary ‘live-in-the-studio’ re-imagining” of …

Eddie Vedder delivered an updated rendition of Pearl Jam’s “Corduroy” and a cover of Little Steven’s “I Am a Patriot” during Global Citizen’sVax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World. Backed by a band that included former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitiarist Josh Klinghoffer, Vedder powered through a harder, accelerated …

The Rolling Stones’ February 2006 gig in Rio de Janeiro is the focus of the band’s next live album/concert film A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach. While the majority of the gig featured as part of the 2007 four-DVD collection The Biggest Bang, the “remixed, re-edited and remastered” reissue …

Bob Seger turns 76 today, but don’t expect any sort of public celebration. He’s kept largely out of sight since his Roll Me Away farewell tour wrapped in November 2019 and his social-media platforms do little beyond promoting vinyl reissues of his old albums, though he did pop up unexpectedly …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Ahead of her solo debut You and Me, Nancy Wilson released her cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” a tribute to Eddie Van Halen, and the title track …

The U.K. group Solidarity Not Silence has enlisted Kathleen Hanna for a new song, “This Is Sisterhood,” which is raising money to combat a defamation suit filed by a man who’s been accused of being a “sexual predator” and inflicting emotional abuse. Solidarity Not Silence comprises members of the Tuts …

After spiking tour dates in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bikini Kill announced a rescheduled slate of shows across the U.S. and Europe for 2022. The tour will launch April 29th, 2022 in Los Angeles and wrap September 17th in Redmond, Washington. Bikini Kill was set to embark on …