Neil Young and Crazy Horse rolled out their new single “Song of the Seasons” earlier this month. It will appear on their upcoming album, Barn, which is landing on December 10th. “We love this record and hope you do too,” Young wrote online. “Things are so different today with the …
Read More »Revealed: The Crypto Fans Who Secretly Paid $4 Million for Pharma Bro's Wu-Tang Album
A t the end of July, attorney Peter Scoolidge made his way to the Eastern District Courthouse at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn. The courthouse was hardly an unusual destination for the lawyer, but that day, he had a bizarre assignment: Listen to the lone existing copy of Wu-Tang Clan‘s Once …
Read More »Grammy Contenders 2022: Rauw Alejandro on Representing Puerto Rico and the 'Huge Variety' of 'Vice Versa'
This piece is part of Rolling Stone’ssecond annual Grammy Preview special issue, released ahead of the start of first-round voting. We spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a nomination — or even a statue come January — and delved …
Read More »Why Jay-Z Hired a Retired Cop to Spy on a Former Perfume Executive
Jay-Z’s legal team hired a retired cop to sniff around the neighborhood of a former president of a perfume company involved in the rap star’s cologne breach-of-contract trial starting this week in New York. Donald Loftus, the ex-CEO of Parlux, cited health problems and fear of Covid-19 in his bid …
Read More »Blondie Rediscover and Drop 'Rapture' Origin Song 'Yuletide Throwdown'
Blondie have dropped holiday song “Yuletide Throwdown.” Cowritten and performed with Fab 5 Freddy, it was originally released in 1981 as a free holiday flexi-disc by U.K. magazine Flexipop and Blondie subsequently released the track in February 1982. The reissue is now available digitally as a three-song EP that features …
Read More »Austin City Limits Apologizes to Phoebe Bridgers for Cutting Sound
Austin City Limits has publicly apologized to Phoebe Bridgers after her set at the festival was cut short, which led to the musician tweeting, “lol fuck acl” on Saturday. On Sunday, the Austin music festival responded in a statement, “Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication on stage by ACL Festival personnel, …
Read More »Tattooed Man Suing Cardi B for Likeness on Cover Art Challenges Trial Delay
A California man suing Cardi B for $5 million over the use of his likeness and elaborate back tattoo in racy mixtape cover art is challenging the singer’s right to a trial delay after she recently traveled to Paris for Fashion Week. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling …
Read More »RS Charts: Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' Wins Close Race for Number One
Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy prevailed in a tight race for Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, slipping by Youngboy Never Broke Again‘s Sincerely, Kentrell by roughly 2,000 album-equivalent units. In its fourth week on the chart, Certified Lover Boy earned 1,300 sales, 9,900 song downloads, and …
Read More »Arca Announces New Album With Lip-Synced Video for 'Born Yesterday,' Featuring Sia
Arca has announced that her latest studio album KICK ii will be released on December 3rd via XL Recordings. The album will follow up 2020’sKiCk i, which recently received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Ahead of its release, the electronic artist …
Read More »Brittney Spencer's 'Midnight Train to Georgia' With Jason Isbell Is a Star Turn
Jason Isbell cedes the spotlight to rising star Brittney Spencer on a joint cover of Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia,” released on Friday. The track appears on Isbell’s upcoming covers album Georgia Blue, which will be released October 15th. With Isbell’s 400 Unit laying down a …
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