Juice WRLD‘s mother, Carmella Wallace, touched on her son’s struggles with addiction in her first statement since the rapper, whose real name was Jarad Higgins, died after suffering a seizure at Chicago’s Midway Airport Sunday morning. “We loved Jarad with all of our hearts and cannot believe our time with …
Read More »Watch Jason Isbell Sing 'Stockholm' at Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam
On December 13th, 2014, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit were one of several artists on the bill for Warren Haynes‘ long-running Christmas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina, at which they performed Isbell’s song “Stockholm.” Now the group’s stately rendition of the track from Southeastern is available for viewing — …
Read More »'The Ranch' Soundtrack to Feature Lukas Nelson, Shooter Jennings Duet
The Ranch, the Netflix comedy about a Colorado ranching family, will get its own soundtrack of country music. The record arrives January 24th, dovetailing with the premiere of the show’s final season. While mostly a collection of previously released songs by artists signed to Curb Records (the Nashville label releasing …
Read More »Stax Records' Golden Period Explored in Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set
The musical legacy of legendary soul label Stax Records will be explored in a limited edition eight-LP box set from record subscription service Vinyl Me, Please. VMP Anthology: The Story of Stax Records features eight albums from the Memphis label’s golden period of 1957 to 1975, with LPs from Otis …
Read More »Inside the Rebirth of Capricorn Sound Studios, Ground Zero for Southern Rock
Wandering the hallways in the depths of the Macon City Auditorium, Chuck Leavell was just moments away from taking the stage for the Capricorn Revival concert at the historic Georgia venue. “To see all of this come back to life is nothing short of a miracle,” Leavell told Rolling Stone …
Read More »Dove Cameron's 'Out of Touch' Video Marks a 'Big Step' Toward Finding Her Sound
Dove Cameron is out with “Out of Touch,” her fourth new song this year and the first she recorded for this slate of tracks. Above a mellow, mid-tempo guitar riff, Cameron sings about recovering from a tiff with her lover and how she hopes to reconcile. She wants this person …
Read More »Billie Eilish to Release Live Album Recorded at Third Man Records
In November, Billie Eilish and her brother-producer Finneas O’Connell performed an acoustic set at Jack White’s Third Man Records for a small group of family, friends and fans. Now, that performance is coming to vinyl. An LP of Eilish’s acoustic set will be released to Third Man record stores in …
Read More »Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli Previews New Solo Album With 'Pantomima'
The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli unveiled a scorching new song, “Pantomima” — the first release from his debut solo album under his own name. Random Desire is out February 21st via Royal Cream/BMG. “Pantomima” opens with a strong bass line, soft hi-hat taps and a prickly guitar lick that soon …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone's 'Circles' Returns to Number One
Post Malone‘s “Circles” returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songschart this week thanks to 15.9 million streams. Malone’s single, which preceded his hit album Hollywood’s Bleeding, previously enjoyed four weeks on top of the RS 100 in September. Malone’s victory was a narrow one: Arizona Zervas’ …
Read More »Coldplay Get Admirably Real on the Organically Expansive 'Everyday Life'
After their platinum 2015 pop-pivot A Head Full of Dreams, an all-star Super Bowl halftime show and a two-year big-box tour that shifted $523 million in tickets, easy-listening rock champs Coldplay release an album that aspires to more than stadium-packing. This is positive: when Ed Sheeran becomes your gold standard, …
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