Bob Dylan will release his first album of original songs in eight years, Rough and Rowdy Ways, on June 19th. Early Friday morning, Dylan dropped a third song from the album, the swaggering, guitar-heavy “False Prophet,” which follows “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes.” “I ain’t no false prophet,” …
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Hayley Williams’ long-awaited solo debut album,Petals for Armor, is out now, and to celebrate its release on Friday, the singer shared a vibrant music video for the track “Dead Horse.” Directed by her Paramore bandmate Zac Farro, the visual takes some Eighties, Kate Bush-esque inspiration in its eye-catching lighting, costuming …
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Zoë Boekbinder first met the inmates at New Folsom Prison in Folsom, California, in 2010 — and four years spent volunteering led to an album that would become Long Time Gone, a collaboration between Boekbinder, incarcerated men, and Ani DiFranco‘s Righteous Babe Records and the Prison Music Project. The album …
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The newest chapter in Bruce Springsteen‘s monthly live concert download series is a show he played at New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena on July 9th, 1981. The show can be downloaded on MP3 for $9.95 ($12.95 for lossless) and all net proceeds will be given to the New Jersey Pandemic …
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Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks have unearthed their previously unreleased cover of the jazz standard, “What a Wonderful World.” The track is one of several rarities that will appear on the upcoming 25th-anniversary reissue of Wilson and Parks’ 1995 collaborative album, Orange Crate Art, out June 19th via Omnivore …
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Post Malone staged a virtual Nirvana tribute concert Friday, a livestreamed YouTube gig that raised over $500,000 for the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. “What’s up, party people” Malone said during the gig.“We’re gonna play some Nirvana for you, and have some fun, and hopefully I don’t fuck …
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer Dion enlists friends like Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and Van Morrison for his upcoming album Blues With Friends, a collection of blues songs performed by “The Wanderer” singer and his all-star guest list. E Street Band’s Patti Scialfa and …
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Pearl Jam may not have been able to tour in support of their new LP Gigaton, but fans will have a novel way to experience the music on Friday when they release the Gigaton Visual Experience to anyone with Apple TV or the Apple TV app. According to a press …
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Kate Nash has spent her time in self-isolation reflecting on her career, social media, and the state of the world today. She wrote the below essay in quarantine, where she is also putting on live shows on Patreon. The next event will take place Friday, May 1st, with future shows …
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With concert venues sitting silent, the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now finds our writers — along with special guests Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem and Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs — looking back on highlights from their lifetimes of seeing live music. Brittany Spanos, Andy Greene, and Rob …
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