UPDATE (10/29): Ozzy Osbourne and late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister beat back an alien invasion with the power of rock and roll, and a little bit of dark magic, in the new animated video for their mash-up duet, “Hellraiser.” The clip was directed by Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani. “I’m …
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Shortly after the Mexican band Zoé released their psychedelic masterwork Sonidos De Kármatica Resonancia in April, they announced something that had seemed like a pipe dream just a few months prior: a 2021 tour. But while the veteran rockers have frequently sold out some of the biggest stadiums and arenas …
Read More »Kid Cudi Pulls Back the Curtain in 'A Man Named Scott' Trailer
Kid Cudi is at the heart of a new documentary, A Man Named Scott, out November 5th via Amazon Prime Video. The trailer for the documentary showcases Cudi’s career since the release of his debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. It depicts his creative vision and …
Read More »Exclusive: Dr. Dre Working on 'Great F-ing Music' for 'Grand Theft Auto,' Snoop Dogg Says
Dr. Dre, who hasn’t released solo music since 2015’s Compton — and still has yet to put out his fabled, years-in-the-making album Detox —is working on new songs for the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, according to his longtime friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg. Snoop is also on board …
Read More »Brandi Carlile 'Disappointed' That the Grammys Don't See 'Right on Time' as Americana
Brandi Carlile won three Grammy Awards in 2019 on the strength of her album By the Way, I Forgive You, a collection that earned the prize for Best Americana Album as well as Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song for “The Joke.” Her 2021 album In These …
Read More »10 Reasons We Loved the 2021 Grammys
This piece is part of Rolling Stone’s second annual Grammy Preview special issue, released ahead of the start of first-round voting. We spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a nomination — or even a statue come January — and …
Read More »Christina Aguilera Returns to Singing in Spanish on 'Pa Mis Muchachas'
Christina Aguilera is currently working on a Spanish-language album, her first since Mi Reflejo in 2000. She offered a glimpse of the project with the upbeat, guaracha-inspired new track “Pa Mis Muchachas,” which features Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso singing about female empowerment and independence. “Pa Mis Muchachas” …
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Álvaro Díaz and Rauw Alejandro go way back; they’ve been writing together for a few years now and Diaz had a hand in songs like “Aquel Nap ZzZz” and “Sexo Virtual” off of Vice Versa. Now, Díaz is getting ready to drop his new album Felicilandia, and he’s enlisted Rauw …
Read More »Adam Schlesinger's Ivy Bandmates Unearth Home Movies for Short Film Tribute
Adam Schlesinger’s bandmates in the indie-pop outfit Ivy have released a new short film honoring the singer-songwriter, who died from complications related to Covid-19 last year. While Schlesinger was best known for his work with Fountains of Wayne and as a composer for film, TV, and theater, Ivy was a …
Read More »Coldplay, Selena Gomez Struggle to 'Let Somebody Go' in New Song
Coldplay‘s ninth album, Music of the Spheres, has arrived and along with its release, the band dropped the lyric video for LP song “Let Somebody Go” featuring Selena Gomez. The clip features handwritten lyrics from Chris Martin and Gomez. On the song, Martin and Gomez grapple with the heartrending decision …
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