Sacred Bones has announced the release of a novel debut album from toddler Luca Yupanqui and dropped a video for her new song “V4.3 pt. 2,” as Pitchfork reports. Aptly titled Sounds of the Unborn, the LP was recorded while Luca was in utero. The album arrives on April 2nd. …
Read More »Swamp Dogg Releases EP of Archival Demos
Almost a full year after dropping Sorry You Couldn’t Make It — his debut country album featuring contributions from John Prine and Jenny Lewis — cult singer-songwriter Swamp Dogg has released Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, a brand-new six-song E.P. that gathers together previously unheard raw recordings that inspired …
Read More »How Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton Have Learned to Collaborate Over 40 Years
People always want to know how Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, the longtime collaborators responsible for hit indie films like the Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine, divvy up the work on the set. For instance, does Faris direct the actors while Dayton concentrates on the camera movements? But as in all …
Read More »Hear Ann Wilson's Soulful New Song 'Tender Heart'
Heart’s Ann Wilson has released a new solo single “Tender Heart.” “Tender Heart” fits neatly within the tradition of classic soul ballads, led by steady drums and bass, as well as a keening organ. Wilson’s voice sounds mighty as ever on the track as she belts, “And this it, you …
Read More »Hear Bad Religion's Hopeful New 'Emancipation of the Mind,' Timed to Inauguration Day
Bad Religion timed the release of an outtake from their 2019 album, Age of Unreason, to President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Although the track, “Emancipation of the Mind,” still bears frontman Greg Graffin’s trademark acerbic smirk, he’s included a rare glimmer of hope (at least rare for the decades-old punk band). …
Read More »'In My Room' With Steve Earle
Steve Earle shared a trio of songs from his new album, J.T., on his second appearance on Rolling Stone’s In My Roomseries. J.T., which was released earlier this month, finds Earle paying tribute to his son, Justin Townes Earle, who died from a probable drug overdose in August at the …
Read More »Jason 'Rowdy' Cope, Guitarist for the Steel Woods, Dead at 42
Jason Cope, the guitar player for the Southern rock band the Steel Woods and a collaborator with artists like Jamey Johnson and Brent Cobb, has died. He was 42. The group’s publicist confirmed Cope’s death to Rolling Stone. Cope was an in-demand session guitarist, playing on albums by Lindi Ortega …
Read More »Zayn Finds His Sweet Spot on 'Nobody Is Listening'
Zayn Malik kicks off his third solo album wondering, as its title indicates, if anybody is listening to him. And as you might guess, he’s pretty sure nobody is: “My brain lives with the cannabis/Can I resist the dark abyss?” he offers on “Calamity,” a silly spoken-word poem in which …
Read More »'The First Time' With Dua Lipa
Pop superstar — and Rolling Stone cover star — Dua Lipa sat down with RS for this latest episode of The First Time. The “New Rules” singer begins by describing the experience of hearing one of her songs on the radio for the first time. “I actually knew my song …
Read More »Demi Lovato to Open Up About Near-Fatal Overdose, More in New YouTube Docuseries
Demi Lovato will discuss the events that led up to her near-fatal overdose in 2018, its aftermath, and more in her upcoming YouTube docuseries, Dancing With the Devil. The first two episodes will premiere for free on March 23rd on Lovato’s YouTube channel, while the remaining episodes will be released …
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