Music

With their 1994 breakthrough LP, CrazySexyCool, TLC members Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas had finessed their R&B-to-pop crossover with flying colors. Hit songs like “Waterfalls” and “Creep” not only garnered the group multiple Grammy wins, but reflected a zeitgeist of sexually assertive and self-educated …

When Stephen Stillsturned down a role in a TV show about a Beatles-like fictional band in 1965, he suggested his friend Peter Thorkelson instead. The two had met in the Sixties Greenwich Village folk scene back in New York, and Thorkelson had a similar “Nordic look” the producers were looking …

Two iconic brands are teaming up for a special collaboration that may make more sense than you think. Vans and Led Zeppelin are dropping a limited-edition collection of footwear and apparel this Friday, to mark the 50th anniversary of the British band’s self-titled debut album. Released in January of 1969, …

Earlier on Friday, President Trump tweeted out a meme that juxtaposes his recent State of the Union address with sad-looking reaction shots of lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris, over a soundtrack of R.E.M.‘s 1993 hit “Everybody Hurts.” The use of R.E.M.’s music was presumably very much …

Paul McCartney will include three previously unreleased tracks on a new deluxe version of his latest solo album, Egypt Station. The “Traveler’s Edition” will be limited to 3,000 copies and is set to arrive May 10th via Capitol Records. Fans will be able to access pre-orders by signing up for …

Post Malone teamed up with the Red Hot Chili Peppers for a fiery renditions of some of their hits for a medley at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. First up was Post Malone’s “Stay” and “Rockstar.” They finished with the Chilis’ “Dark Necessities,” a single …

Reggae and dancehall mainstay Shaggy will release his first solo album in six years, Wah Gwaan?!, May 10th. Per a statement, the new record will embody Shaggy’s “Jamaican roots, global reach, contagious joy and introspective side.” Shaggy first teased the record last November with the release of his new single, …

“I love recording live,” Maggie Rose told Rolling Stone last year while discussing her new LP, Change the Whole Thing, over lunch. “Everyone’s holding their breath at certain points. It’s just fun.” Live is how Rose recorded Change the Whole Thing, alongside her touring musicians and Nashville band Them Vibes, …

The catchiest, most immediately entrancing track on the new album from L.A. duo Girlpool is called “Pretty.” Harmony Tividad delivers the indie-pop earworm with the painful precision the group has become known for: “I’m not a dreamer in their prime,” she sings. “I’m consistently not worth your time.” The word …

“Back then, I just wanted to write songs I could be proud of and be able to play in five years,” Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong told Rolling Stone in 2014 of his mindset two decades prior. He would of course achieve that and a whole lot more. In 1994, …