Moments after Taylor Swift announced her surprise new album Folklore, the National’s Aaron Dessner — one of her main collaborators on the LP — released a statement on Twitter about the genesis of the project and his contribution. “I was excited and honored when Taylor approached me in late April …
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The Regrettes’ Lydia Night has accused Joey Armstrong, drummer of punk act SWMRS and son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, of sexual misconduct. “I was in a relationship with Joey that started when I was 16 and ended right before my 18th birthday,” Night wrote Monday on Instagram. …
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Paul McCartney was among the many artists to remember Rep. John Lewis following the death of the civil rights icon Friday at the age of 80. “Sad to hear the news that civil rights legend John Lewis died yesterday,” McCartney tweeted Saturday. “He was such a great leader who fought …
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DaBaby‘s “Rockstar” spent a sixth straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The SethInTheKitchen-produced single, which features the rising star Roddy Ricch, earned 26 million streams. While DaBaby extended his summer reign on the RS 100, all 19 songs from Pop Smoke‘s posthumous album …
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Deep Purple have released their new song “Nothing at All,” the third single from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band’s upcoming 21st album Whoosh! The sprightly new track finds Ian Gillan and company playfully tackling the concept of nothingness — both philosophically and as a course of action. …
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Guided By Voices are famous for throwing multi-hour, beer-drenched shows and it seems as though they’re not letting the pandemic stop them. The band is playing a concert on Friday, July 17th, in an empty venue in frontman Robert Pollard’s hometown of Dayton, Ohio, which fans will be able to …
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Katy Perry has released an acoustic version of her song “Daisies.” The track is the lead single off the pop star’s upcoming as-yet-untitled fifth album. For the acoustic “Daisies,” Perry belts the resilient song over just a guitar, but the new version doesn’t lose any of the anthemic, “Roar”-like the …
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Tony Allen performs songs from his final record Rejoice in the new short film, Tony Allen Live in London. Shot last March, the clip documents two performances from the late Nigerian drum legend, who died in April at the age of 79. The shows were in support Rejoice — released …
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Warren Haynes touches on his time with the Allman Brothers, his solo career, and his love of the blues in an inspiring three-song performance for Rolling Stone’s In My Room series, presented by Gibson. Setting up shop at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut, Haynes, with a mask around his …
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Shannon Hoon lays down the vocals for Blind Melon’s “No Rain” in the trailer for All I Can Say, a documentary comprised of the late singer’s own VHS footage, including the never-before-seen video of him recording the future alt-rock hit in April 1992. The three-minute preview for All I Can …
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