Robert Plant appeared onstage for his first post-pandemic show on Monday night in Worthington, England, performing with his band Saving Grace for the first time since 2019. Originally scheduled to tour the U.S. in March 2020, Saving Grace’s plans fell through with the pandemic, and Plant and company are now …
Read More »Bob Dylan's 'Shadow Kingdom': 6 Questions We Have After Sunday's Virtual Show
Bob Dylan‘s streaming concert Shadow Kingdom was released on Sunday, and it was cooler and weirder than anything we dared to imagine. Instead of a traditional Never Ending Tour show with his longtime road band, Dylan took a group of new players to the nonexistent Bon Bon Club in Marseille, …
Read More »Watch Lorde's Rooftop Performance of 'Solar Power' on 'Colbert'
Lorde headed to the roof of New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater for a performance of her recent single “Solar Power” on The Late Show. The cinematic performance sees Lorde singing the upbeat track and dancing across the rooftop with the New York City skyline in the background. The musician is …
Read More »Madonna's 'Madame X' Concert Film to Premiere on Paramount+
Madonna’s Madame X concert film will premiere on Paramount+ on October 8th, the streaming service announced Thursday. This document of the Madame X Tour — featuring a stage show that boasted 48 onstage performers, including Madonna’s children, musicians and dancers from around the globe, and the all-female Orquestra Batukadeiras — …
Read More »Turnstile Announce New Album, Drop 'Alien Love Call' Featuring Blood Orange
Baltimore rock outfit Turnstile have released a new song, “Alien Love Call,” featuring Blood Orange. The track will appear on the group’s new album, Glow On, out August 27th via Roadrunner Records. “Alien Love Call” finds Turnstile embracing a far softer, R&B-tinged sound as dreamy guitars and lush vocal harmonies …
Read More »Diane Warren Links Up With G-Eazy, Carlos Santana for New Song 'She's Fire'
Diane Warren has tapped G-Eazy and Carlos Santana for a new song, “She’s Fire,” from the hit songwriter’s upcoming debut album, Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1. Warren penned the slinky “She’s Fire” with G-Eazy, who handles lead vocal duties in between some characteristically sprightly guitar work from Santana …
Read More »Watch Billie Eilish's Self-Directed 'NDA' Video
Billie Eilish braves racing cars whizzing dangerously nearby her in the new video for “NDA.” The song appears on her upcoming sophomore studio album,Happier Than Ever, which arrives on July 30th via Darkroom/Interscope. In the visual, which Eilish self-directed, the singer walks alone at night on a foreboding street, as …
Read More »System of a Down's Serj Tankian Pairs His Poetry With a Piano Concerto on 'Disarming Time'
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian pairs his poetry with classical music in the new video for “Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto.” The piece appears on a new collection, Cool Gardens Poetry Suite, which arrives Thursday, July 8th. Tankian originally released “Disarming Time” as a standalone musical composition back …
Read More »Inside the Rise of Amapiano, the Genre That's Taking Over South Africa and Coming to a Dance Floor Near You
This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled to play a 45-minute set following headliner Solange Knowles. He knew exactly what to do. The DJ, …
Read More »Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon's Big Red Machine Previews New Album With 'Latter Days'
Big Red Machine — the collaborative project of the National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon — have released a new song, “Latter Days,” from their upcoming album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, out August 27th via Jagjaguwar/37d03d. “Latter Days” is a plaintive piano ballad filled …
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