KT Tunstall has unveiled her empowering new video for “Human Being,” a track off the Scottish singer’s new album Wax. The video, directed by Tunstall, juxtaposes VHS-quality footage of a young girl practicing karate with the singer and her band performing the Wax track. “My vision for the video was …
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For more than a quarter century, filmmaker David Lynch and composer Angelo Badalamenti have been sitting on some of the most compellingly bizarre creations either had worked on — even by David Lynch’s standards. Now they’ve finally released Thought Gang, a project that has only previously surfaced on Lynch’s soundtrack …
Read More »Mac Miller's Cause of Death: Accidental Fentanyl, Cocaine Overdose
Rapper Mac Miller‘s September death was the result of an accidental overdose, according to a toxicology report released by the L.A. County Coroners Office. Fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol were found in Miller’s system. The combination of the drugs — an autopsy obtained byRolling Stone describes the use as “recreational” —caused …
Read More »See Beck Perform 'Where It's At' With Dave Grohl on Drums at Swing Left Event
Beck performed his “Where It’s At” alongside the Bird and the Bee and Dave Grohl sitting in on drums during Swing Left‘s The Last Weekend event Thursday in Los Angeles. Grohl was a surprise guest at the Palace Theatre outpost of the event, which aimed “to spur get-out-the-vote efforts on …
Read More »See Will Hoge Rip Trump, Fox News in 'Gilded Walls' Video
“Well if the good lord had not intended for me to partake of the hookers and cocaine, he would not have blessed them with creation,” says a fictional pastor to the anchor of “Cox News” at the beginning of Will Hoge‘s new video for “Gilded Walls.” Taking on the hypocrisy …
Read More »Rapper Young Greatness Killed in New Orleans
New Orleans rapper and Cash Money signee Young Greatness, real name Theodore Jones, was fatally shot early Monday morning outside of a Waffle House, according to local reports. He was 34. Young Greatness was best known for his 2015 hit “Moolah,” which was released by Atlanta’s Quality Control Records, current …
Read More »15 Albums to Stream Now: Robyn, Thom Yorke and More Rolling Stone Editors' Picks
EDITORS’ PICK: Robyn, Honey Following a rough patch in her personal life with her first album in eight years, Robyn relaxes the tempos and relentless hook-slinging to let healing, rapturous dancefloor grooves take over. Her beats are more seductive and experimental, the reverence for classic disco and house more explicit, …
Read More »Review: Empress Of Swerves Between Experimentation and Pop on 'Us'
Three years ago, the producer and singer Lorely Rodriguez capped a steady rise to indie pop almost-stardom with Me, her precocious debut album under the moniker Empress Of. Contained and sharp, it layered diary musings over self-produced electronic flair, winning the bilingual performer praise and a guest spot on avant-pop …
Read More »Future and Juice WRLD's 'WRLD On Drugs' Just Got Three New Videos
Last week, Atlanta heavyweight Future teamed up with the newcomer of the year, Juice WRLD, for a collaborative album that was released with close to no warning. The album leaned towards Juice WRLD’s technicolor, melody-laced trap (that was from its outset influenced by Future’s work, lending the project a funhouse …
Read More »Review: John Carpenter Steps Out of Michael Myers' Shadow on a New Soundtrack to 'Halloween'
Forty years ago, filmmaker John Carpenter dreamt up the eerie, off-kilter title music for Halloween on the fly, just futzing around with a rhythm his music professor dad had taught him on the bongos. It’s since become one of the most iconic horror-movie themes, up there with those from Psycho, …
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