Dua Lipa has joined forces with Belgium’s Angèle for the sultrynew song “Fever.” Lipa released her sophomore albumFuture Nostalgia earlier this year. Lipa and Angèle trade verses and their voices intertwine between lines over a seductive beat, with their vocal timbres adeptly complementing the steamy sentiment of the song. “I’ve …
Read More »Staple Singers Release New Lyric Video for 1971 Protest Anthem 'Respect Yourself'
Stax Records have paired the Staple Singers’ 1971 protest anthem “Respect Yourself” with a new lyric video that features footage from both the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter protests. “Now as then, this song’s message of self-respect, tolerance, and empowerment provides a compass for navigating times of …
Read More »Grimes Will Put You to Sleep With 'AI Lullaby'
Grimes has partnered with Endel for AI Lullaby, a new project designed to help babies and adults get some shut-eye. The project was partially inspired by the musician becoming a new mom and wanting something better than white noise to put her baby to sleep. It contains ambient-like sounds and …
Read More »Cass McCombs Taps Bob Weir, Angel Olsen, Noam Chomsky for 'Don't (Just) Vote'
Cass McCombs gathered an unlikely cast of collaborators — Bob Weir, Angel Olsen, and Noam Chomsky — to help out on his new song, “Don’t (Just) Vote.” The track is a remake of McCombs’ 2009 song “Don’t Vote” (from his album Catacombs), in which he tackles and tries to counter …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of October 26th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Ross Cooper, “South of the Angels” …
Read More »Hear Grandaddy's Piano Version of 'Underneath the Weeping Willow'
Grandaddy have shared their “wooden piano” version of “Underneath the Weeping Willow” from the band’s upcoming 20th-anniversary reissueofThe Sophtware Slump. For the reissue, frontman Jason Lytle rerecorded the entire LP during quarantine on a “wooden piano,” scaling back the LP’s songs to capture “the totality of that original vision.” “Underneath …
Read More »Brian Wilson, Al Jardine Disavow Donald Trump's Beach Boys Fundraiser
Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have disavowed Donald Trump’s Beach Boys campaign fundraiser, held on Sunday in Newport Beach, California, and headlined by fellow founding member Mike Love’s touring version of the band. “We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,” Wilson and …
Read More »Watch the Mavericks' Raul Malo Cover Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'
For the 30th installment of his group’s ongoing “Quarantunes” series, the Mavericks’ frontman Raul Malo takes a solo turn for a cover of Sam Cooke’s classic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come.” In previous installments, the band has tackled songs by Neil Diamond and Simon & Garfunkel in addition to …
Read More »Yungblud Can't Keep Hands to Himself in 'Cotton Candy' Video
Yungblud has a sexy sleepover in the bright and colorful “Cotton Candy” video. The track will appear on his upcoming sophomore albumWeird!, which is out November 13th. On “Cotton Candy,” Yungblud has his many dalliances, but there’s one girl he can’t help but get lost in. “And I wanna get …
Read More »RS Charts: Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' Skateboards to Number Two
Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” continues to ride the wave of Ocean Spray to the upper tier of the Top 100 Songs chart,weeks after a viral TikTok video featuring the Rumours track brought the song back into prominence. The song is currently at Number Two on the RS 100, just a “WAP” …
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