Rivers Cuomounveiled a surprise new single, “Medicine for Melancholy.” The song is theWeezer frontman’s first as a solo artist. Unlike the riff-heavy Weezer catalog, “Medicine for Melancholy” finds Cuomo backed by sweeping synths and handclapped beats while still boasting Weezer’s penchant for big hooks. “We got that Friday feeling / …
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You only need to listen to Def Leppard‘s “Rocket” to hear how much frontman Joe Elliott loves glam rock. The lyrics pay tribute to David Bowie, Lou Reed, T. Rex, Queen and Sweet all in the space of about six minutes. So when Rolling Stone asked Elliott for a contribution …
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Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend ofBobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s daughterBobbi Kristina Brown and the man found “legally responsible” for her death, was arrested Saturday in Florida on a domestic violence charge. According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Gordon was arrested on one charge of “battery — touch or …
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The Cranberries will move forward with a new album and a 25th anniversary reissue of their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We.The group put the reissue project on hold after their singer, Dolores O’Riordan, died in January. The band’s surviving members said it had already …
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Singer-songwriter Neko Case unveiled a new song, “Hell-On,” the deceptively sinister title-track from her upcoming album, out June 1st via Anti. “Hell-On” boasts a smoldering mix of guitar plucks, muted drums and swelling strings, over which Case sings in a sweetened voice, “You cannot time its table, it sets no …
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A collection of unpublished Lou Reed poems will be released this spring as Do Angels Need Haircuts? The book will be accompanied by a 1971 recording of the Velvet Underground singer reciting the works at New York’s St. Mark’s Church. Do Angels Need Haircuts?, due out in April, features 12 …
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The last 50 years of music, pop culture, politics and more are chronicled alongside the history of Rolling Stone in the new trailer for the digital release of Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge. The four-hour documentary aired last November on HBO and will be re-released this March through digital …
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In normal circumstances, the prolific, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur never would’ve waited a year to pick up his Dobro – a prized guitar he left behind after playing a festival in Mexico. But the musician spent the last year focusing on a personal transformation that, in turn, caused him to …
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Prince‘s shoes, adorned with “love symbol” charms, his handwritten lyrics and gifts the artist gave to a couple of his exes are among the highlights of two auctions that will take place in the coming months. The RR Auction house, based out of Boston, will offerPrince items from February 8th …
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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee gave a nod to the clubs where their record-smashing international hit “Despacito”took off at the 2018 Grammy Awards.Zuleyka Rivera, the 2006 Miss Universe winner, appeared onstage with the duo. Keeping it casual and comfortable, Fonsi and Yankee performed the worldwide smash flanked by a collection …
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