Tyla Yaweh recruits Post Malone and Tommy Lee for the rapper’s new song “Tommy Lee,” an ode to the Mötley Crüe drummer and his lavish lifestyle. On Friday, Yaweh and Malone released the video for “Tommy Lee,” featuring the duo driving in ATVs and limousines in what looks like Utah, …
Read More »RS Charts: DaBaby, Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Returns to Number One on Top 100 Songs
DaBaby’s latest single “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, reclaimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart for the week of May 29th through June 4th. The track was bumped off its perch last week by the arrival of Lady Gaga’s duet with Ariana Grande, “Rain on …
Read More »Hear Band of Heathens Cover John Hartford's 'Up on the Hill' for New Tribute Album
Roots-rock group the Band of Heathens are among the country, folk, jam, and Americana artists paying homage to bluegrass Renaissance man John Hartford on the new album On the Road: A Tribute to John Hartford. The Austin band tackle “Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie,” a freewheeling …
Read More »Brooklyn Metal Club Saint Vitus Asked for $15,000 in COVID-19 Relief. They Raised Over $125,000
COVID-19 has put independent music venues in a state of crisis. As nightlife spaces across the U.S. shuttered in mid-March due to the pandemic, many set up their own emergency relief funds on GoFundMe and other donation sites for furloughed staff. The Brooklyn metal venue Saint Vitus went in a …
Read More »Charlie Worsham Covers David Bowie's 'Heroes' for Health Care Workers
Charlie Worsham has recorded and released a one-man-band version of David Bowie‘s 1977 song “Heroes” as an homage to the nation’s health care workers fighting COVID-19. The country singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist filmed a homemade video for the clip that shows him recording the track in the studio and hamming …
Read More »Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' Drops With a Track List Full of Heavy-Hitting Collaborators
Lady Gaga released her highly-anticipated albumChromatica on Friday. The LP is the artist’s first studio album since 2016’sJoanne, and her first new-music release since the soundtrack to 2018’s A Star Is Born. Intended as a celebration of house, techno, and other genres of electronic dance music, Chromatica saw Gaga collaborating …
Read More »Oprah, John Fogerty, Brad Pitt Tapped for Grammys' Tribute to Essential Workers
Oprah, Brad Pitt, John Fogerty, Jamie Foxx, and Cyndi Lauper will appear on a Grammys tribute to essential workers, United We Sing. Harry Connick Jr. will host the show, which airs June 21st at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Per a press release, the show will feature Connick and his …
Read More »Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande Host Cyberpunk Rave in 'Rain on Me' Video
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead a futuristic dance party in the video for their new single “Rain On Me,” to be featured on Gaga’s upcoming albumChromatica. The visual, directed by Spy Kids auteur Robert Rodriguez, follows the same cyberpunk-anime aesthetic that Gaga has presented for the Chromatica album cycle. …
Read More »Hear Jason Molina's 'Shadow Answers the Wall' From Posthumous 'Eight Gates' LP
Seven years after the death of Magnolia Electric Co. mastermind Jason Molina, a collection of music the singer recorded while living in London will be released for the first time. Eight Gates, due out August 7th via Molina’s longtime label Secretly Canadian, features the last solo studio recordings Molina made …
Read More »How One Events Company Went From Servicing Coachella to Helping Hospitals in Need
This is the 11th installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronavirus pandemic. This edition focuses on the CEO of an event company that, as reported in The Los Angeles Times, pivoted from outfitting music fests to building …
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