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 »Cody Currie's 'When the Time Is Right' Is Dancefloor Gold
“When the Time Is Right” manages to be both nonchalant and agitated at the same time. Producer Cody Currie lays out a series of contrasts — between the stubby, stabbing electric piano and the marauding bass, between a stern, slapping cymbal and a stream of hurrying, rat-a-tat percussion — over …
Read More »Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker Performs Sublime 'Anything' on 'Colbert'
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker performed her solo track “Anything” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday, January 26th. The clip finds Lenker performing outdoors, sun radiating in the background as she finger-picks her way through the track. On the studio version of “Anything,” Lenker’s playing is assisted by a …
Read More »Anuel AA, Ozuna Drop New Collaborative Album 'Los Dioses,' Video for Lead Single 'Antes'
Latin superstars Anuel AA and Ozuna have released a new collaborative album, Los Dioses. The sorta-surprise project was announced earlier this week, and in the lead up to its arrival the pair shared music videos for two songs, “Los Dioses” and “Municiones.” To coincide with the LP’s arrival, Anuel AA …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen Makes Record-Breaking Debut Atop RS 200
Morgan Wallen‘s sophomore album Dangerous: The Double Album handily takes Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart, smashing the record for the highest debut for a country album in the chart’s history. From January 8th through January 14th, Dangerous: The Double Album pulled in 263,900 album-equivalent units, …
Read More »Lou Reed Keyboardist Michael Fonfara Dead at 74
Michael Fonfara, the Canadian keyboardist who served in Lou Reed’s backing band throughout the Seventies, has died at the age of 74. Fonfara died Friday in a Toronto, Ontario hospital from complications stemming from a two-year battle with cancer, the keyboardist’s publicist told Rolling Stone. In addition to his tenure …
Read More »100 Gecs Turn Linkin Park's 'One Step Closer' Into Wild Genre Collage
100 Gecs have dropped a wild reimagining of Linkin Park’s classic, “One Step Closer,” marking the first in a series of remakes to further celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory. The track starts off pretty faithful to the original, with 100 Gecs recasting the intro …
Read More »The Spirit of Neil Peart
N eil Peart made it only 10 months into his hard-won retirement before he started to feel like something was wrong. Words were, for once, the problem. Peart, one-third of the Toronto band Rush, was one of the world’s most worshipped drummers, unleashing his unearthly skills upon rotating drum kits …
Read More »Aly and AJ Release Explicit Version of 'Potential Breakup Song'
In a move that’s sure to reignite thousands of millennials’ scorn for their oblivious, insensitive middle school crushes, Aly and AJ have released an explicit version of their 2007 hit “Potential Breakup Song.” The new version is nearly identical to the previous one, but the infamous “my stupid birthday” line …
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