As Chick Corea witnessed for himself again and again, including on the British music series The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976, the strangest thing happened in pop during the Seventies. Music fans would buy tickets to arena or amphitheater shows by bands like Return to Forever — founded and …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Fearless': How She Made Her Pop Breakthrough
Taylor Swift is re-recording her first six albums as a way of reasserting control over her master recordings. First up is Fearless: Taylor’s Version, due out April 9th — a new recording of the 2008 album that set her on a course to being one of the biggest pop acts …
Read More »'Saint Maud': Faith, Madness, A Holy Terror of a Horror Movie
“Forgive me my impatience, but I hope you’ll reveal your plan for me soon,” says a young woman, walking down a narrow alleyway in a seaside English town. Her name is Maud, the “saint” in the title of writer-director Rose Glass’s unsettling, undeniably awe-inducing debut, and she is talking to …
Read More »Joel McHale, Kerry Bishé Star in Trailer for Killer Rom-Com 'Happily'
Paramount has released the trailer for Happily, a new romantic-comedy-thriller starring Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé. The film premieres in theaters, on digital streaming, and on demand on March 19th. In the film, McHale and Bishé portray a happily married couple with an abnormally active sex life, causing resentment and jealousy …
Read More »Hayley Williams Delivers Delicate Confessionals on 'Flowers'
A bittersweet truth of this pandemic, among many, is that the “quarantine album” has rapidly become its own genre. While the music industry as a whole has had to make do with recording albums remotely during lockdown for the past year, a distinct sonic concept for many of these releases …
Read More »Zella Day Taps Weyes Blood for New Song 'Holocene'
Zella Day has teamed up with Weyes Blood‘s Natalie Mering for the dreamy new single “Holocene.” The meditative track clocks in at over four minutes, featuring a pastoral lyric video of snow melting on a hill. Day and Mering harmonize across subtle instrumentation: “I’m mad at the weather/It’s wrong for …
Read More »Hayley Williams Teases New Album 'Flowers for Vases / Descansos'
Hayley Williams has announced a new album, Flowers for Vases / Descansos, out Friday.The LP follows her three-part 2020 album Petals for Armor and, like its predecessor, was produced by Daniel James and engineered by Carlos de la Garza. “This isn’t really a follow-up toPetals For Armor. If anything, it’s …
Read More »TJ Osborne Comes Out as Gay
Brothers Osborne singer-guitarist TJ Osborne has publicly come out as gay, revealing the news in an interview with Time. With this revelation, Osborne becomes the first openly gay man signed to a major country label and one of the first mainstream country artists to come out in the prime of …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Finneas Come Up With 'Invisalign Intro' in New 'The World's a Little Blurry' Trailer
Billie Eilish has released a new trailer for her upcoming documentary, The World’s a Little Blurry. The film was directed by R.J. Cutler and will arrive in select theaters and on Apple TV+ February 26th. The trailer opens with some great footage of Eilish and her brother/producer Finneas ostensibly coming …
Read More »Before Blocking Tackles at the Super Bowl, Tom Brady's Selling Blue Light-Blocking Glasses Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Tom Brady‘s undoubtedly hoping to toss a couple of footballs into the end zone this weekend as he takes the field at Super Bowl LV, but the star …
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