The nation woke Monday to myriad strange things. The bad news: Our current president is once again claiming to have won an election he lost by a landslide. The good(?): Jack Black has attempted to do the dance from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s video for “WAP.” Clad in …
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Alice Cooper has recorded a gritty cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Rock & Roll” for his upcoming LP, Detroit Stories. The record comes out on February 26th. The rendition is a straight-ahead rocker, as Cooper adds a little of his own growl to his take on Reed’s vocals. He changes …
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Rauw Alejandro and J Balvin live out their own version of a domestic fantasy in their new video for “De Cora.” The single comes from Rauw Alejandro’s debut album Afrodisíaco, which comes out Friday (November 13th). The visual, directed by Gus, depicts the two Latin stars in a fantastical profession: …
Read More »Ryman Auditorium to Host Benefit to Aid Live Music Industry Workforce
Update (12/14): Blake Shelton, the Who’s Roger Daltrey, and Dave Matthews will headline the Live Events Lift Up Festival, a benefit for the live music industry. Other performers include Jimmie Allen, Jason Mraz, Michael Ray, Shy Carter, The War And Treaty, Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik, Dispatch, Keala Settle, Mt. …
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Minimalism goes a long way on “Infinity,” which demonstrates that a sing-song melody and a persistent beat are more than enough for a gently propulsive hit. P.Priime, the producer behind “Infinity,” managed to create a song with hardly any other instruments aside from voice and percussion. A keyboard stabs occasionally …
Read More »Tori Amos Announces Holiday EP 'Christmastide' Due Out This December
Tori Amos has announced a four-song holiday EP,Christmastide, coming out on December 4th via Decca Records. The release will include four original yuletide tracks from Amos, with her vocals and piano playing accompanied by two of her long-time collaborators, drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Jon Evans. “With Christmastide it was …
Read More »David Crosby's Producer (and Son) James Raymond Releases New Election-Themed Song
James Raymond — son of David Crosby and member of the band CPR — is launching a new music project under the name the Clearing, for which he writes and produces songs for a rotating group of singers and musicians. The project’s first single, released to Soundcloud on Friday, is …
Read More »'Proxima' Review: The Space Travel Between Us
Proxima is, in the broadest sense, about a mission to Mars. But neither the mission nor Mars itself are the source of the film’s tantalizingly muted energy; we have Eva Green to thank for much of that. She plays Sarah Loreau, an astronaut in training at the European Space Agency …
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Both the state and city where I was born and raised tend to garner the most national spotlight whenever we elect presidents. Having chosen the winner of the last 14 elections, for better or worse, Ohio remains the bellwether, even as the areas that aren’t as urban deepen into what …
Read More »The Best Albums of October 2020: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, and More
Each month, the editors and critics atRolling Stone compile a list of our favorite new albums. Our picks for October include Bruce Springsteen‘s first new album with the E Street Band in six years, the highly anticipated debut from K-pop group Blackpink, and a new archive release from Joni Mitchell. …
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