Had he lived long enough, Sun Ra, a man equally invested in preserving history and welcoming the future, just might have been a Bandcamp fan. At this point, more than 100 albums by the late keyboardist-composer, Afrofuturist icon, and April 1969 Rolling Stone cover star can be found on the …
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The Washington, D.C., punk outfit Priests announced they are splitting up for the “foreseeable future” with their last show set to take place New Year’s Eve in New York City. The band announced the hiatus on Twitter, writing, “We aren’t in a place to write another album together right now, …
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Weezer have paired their Frozen IIsoundtrack cut “Lost in the Woods” with a music video starring actress Kristen Bell, who voices the character of Anna in the Disney animated blockbuster. The video features Weezer, dressed in medieval garb, performing the track somewhere in the middle of the woods, with Rivers …
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U2 are getting a channel devoted exclusively to their music on SiriusXM sometime next year. “[U2X Radio] will feature music from U2’s acclaimed decades-long career,” the company said in a statement. “Never before heard interviews and live concert recordings; favorites and surprises from the archive; band curated playlists sharing personal …
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The origins of Adam Driver‘s acting career stretch all the way back to a church sketch he appeared in alongside his family. In the latest installment“The First Time,” the actor andRolling Stonecover star recalls how the bit revolved around an argument between his mom and dad over someone they didn’t …
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Cyndi Lauper will receive the inaugural High Note Global Prize for her efforts to help prevent and end homelessness among LGBTQ youth. Kesha will give the award to Lauper December 10th at the latter’s “Home for the Holidays” benefit concert at the Novo in Los Angeles. The show will feature …
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It seems odd at first that Todd Haynes, the artful creator of such classic queer cinema as Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine and Carol, would be drawn to such a just-the-facts legal barnburner like Dark Waters. But the filmmaker approaches the whistleblower genre, solidly repped by such films as Erin …
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Fueled by Wednesday’s 53rd annual CMA Awards, country albums saw an 82% increase in digital sales, while country song sales were up 120% and sales of songs actually performed on the telecast jumped 1000%, according to Alpha Data, the data analytics company that powers the Rolling Stone charts. Dan + …
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A review of this week’s Watchmen, “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own,” coming up just as soon as I give you some passive-aggressive exposition… “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” is arguably the most straightforward of Watchmen‘s four installments so far. Considering that the …
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Steven Van Zandt collects his first six solo albums and over 50 unreleased tracks for the E Street Band guitarist’s upcoming RockNRoll Rebel – The Early Work box set. The limited edition, 7LP/4CD set, due out December 6th, features six of Van Zandt’s long-out-of-print albums – 1982’s Men Without Women, …
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