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Dance-punk band !!! have released “Do the Dial Tone,” a track off an upcoming EP titled Certified Heavy Kats, out July 31st. “I’m not looking around for a recommendation,” lead singer Nick Offer sings in the animated video, directed by Cheng-Hsu Chung. A maneki-neko cat waves in a window as …

Showtime Documentary Films announced on Tuesday that renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese will be directing a new feature on David Johansen, frontman of the New York Dolls. Co-directed with David Tedeschi — known for his work on other Scorsese documentaries such as No Direction Home andShine a Light — the film …

Roger Taylor‘s original plans for 2020 called for him to spend the evening of June 29th drumming with Queen and Adam Lambert at the 15,000-seat Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, as part of their ongoing Rhapsody world tour. Instead, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent that night watching the Netflix …

Ben Folds has been living in Sydney, Australia, since the COVID-19 pandemic started sweeping the globe entonths back. And he’s probably going to be there for a while; the number of U.S. cases has ratcheted up recently in states that attempted to reopen prematurely. Folds isn’t despairing, though — at …

Ringo Starr‘s 80th birthday is coming up on July 7th, and we’re celebrating with an in-depth conversation on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition video series.“Man, I’m only 24 in here,” Starr says, pointing to his head. “And I’m still doing what I love to do. …

DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” a sinewy collaboration with Roddy Ricch, spent another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The single earned more than 26 million streams, allowing it to repeat at Number One without breaking a sweat. The contest for the runner-up spot was far more …

Eric Church makes a case for more serious material in country songwriting with the furious new single “Stick That in Your Country Song.” Opening with an ominous acoustic guitar riff, Church outlines social issues plaguing people in cities like Detroit and Baltimore, along with veterans returning from combat and underpaid …

Members of the music and entertainment industries have released an open letter to Congress calling for major police reforms and voicing support for the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 in the House of Representatives. The letter’s signees include more than 450 artists and actors — including high-profile names such …

Although 45 minutes of Middle-Aged White Male Aggression may feel out of pace with the current national moment, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has always written more open-minded and inclusive lyrics than many of his peers — you just have to strain your ears to make sense of his …

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performed the slinking “Running With Our Eyes Closed,” along with an impassioned rendition of “Overseas,” as part of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s ongoing #PlayAtHomeSeries. The songwriter and his socially distanced band combined seamlessly for the performances: “Running With Our Eyes Closed” for …