The 1975, Foals, Cate Le Bon and Slowthai were among the British acts to have their recent albums land on the shortlist for the prestigious Mercury Prize, the annual award that honors the U.K.’s best album as determined by a panel of artists and music industry execs. Idles’ Joy As …
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ZZ Top discuss how they brought their surreal spin on rock and roll and Texas culture to the mainstream in the new trailer for the documentary, ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas. The film will premiere August 13th at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, with a wider released …
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In the new heart-racing trailer for Harriet, Cynthia Erivo plays Harriet Tubman as she makes her harrowing escape north, then returns south to lead scores of slaves to freedom. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, who co-wrote the script with Gregory Allen Howard, the biopic’s preview opens as Tubman flees from her …
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Listen to an audio version of this story below: It was April 2018, and Judy Gelein was seated behind the survivors in Courtroom 61 at the Sacramento County Jail, awaiting the entrance of a man accused of being one of the most elusive serial killers/rapists in history. A suspect believed …
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Midland tapped into the dreamy vibe of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” with their atmospheric new song “Put the Hurt on Me.” The country trio follows Isaak’s lead with the music video too, setting the tune to a stark black–and-white video (though theirs doesn’t feature Helena Christensen on a beach). Singer …
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Spoon is going all out in celebration of their upcoming best-of release, Everything Hits At Once: The Best Of Spoon, which is out July 26th.The rock band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform new track “No Bullets Spent” and also took the opportunity to run through a set of …
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Adapted from the book “50 Years of Rolling Stone” (Abrams), which is available here. In January 1970, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Jann S. Wenner a letter praising Rolling Stone‘s definitive coverage of the disastrous Altamont festival. “[Print’s] a hell of a good medium by any standard, from Hemingway to the …
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Longtime Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich will step down from his role following the 2020 ceremony, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday. Late Late Show With James Corden executive producer Ben Winston will take over Music’s Biggest Night beginning in 2021. The 62nd annual Grammys in 2020 will mark Ehrlich’s 40th …
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Wilco dropped “Love is Everywhere (Beware),” a new track off its eleventh LP, Ode to Joy, out October 4th via dBpm Records. “So tangled in the wild/Seeing myself as something more mean,” frontman Jeff Tweedy sings over soothing, subtle guitar. “Sadness wants me/Further away from the scene.” An optimistic track …
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Florence and the Machine headlined London’s British Summer Time concert series in Hyde Park and took the opportunity to praise the number of women on the bill. Before performing “Patricia,” the singer’s ode to Patti Smith from High As Hope, Florence Welch declared, “Welcome to the matriarchy, it’s fun!” “I’m …
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