Long ago, during a brief “ecstasy phase,” Eddie Vedder tried to write some techno music. “I was listening to all this stuff on ecstasy,” he told me in 2006, during an all-night chat in a Cleveland hotel room. “But I was wondering, ‘Are they writing it on ecstasy?’ I decided …
Read More »Why You Won't Hear Nirvana on the Very Nineties Soundtrack for 'The Turning'
Upcoming horror movie The Turning may take place in the Nineties, but you’re not going to hear “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the soundtrack. Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a …
Read More »Johnny Marr Teams Up With Hans Zimmer for James Bond 'No Time to Die' Score
Johnny Marr will join Hans Zimmer to compose the new score for the next James Bond film, No Time to Die, NME reports. “Part of the legacy of the Bond films is iconic music, so I’m very happy to be bringing my guitar to No Time To Die,” Marr said. …
Read More »Jason Aldean Extends We Back Tour With Summer Dates
Jason Aldean has plans to spend a big portion of 2020 onstage singing for his fans. On Wednesday, the country superstar announced a new leg of his 2020 We Back Tour, which will carry him through the end of summer. The 22 new dates will pick up July 17th in …
Read More »MIA Reveals Her Family's History With the Royals Before Awards Ceremony
MIA received an MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) from Prince William at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The rapper attended the ceremony with her mother, who, MIA revealed last June, was one of the women responsible for crafting the MBE medals every year. “Having received this medal means …
Read More »See Kesha Perform With Big Freedia, Salute David Bowie on 'Colbert'
Kesha made her Late Show debut Friday to perform her recent single “Raising Hell” with Big Freedia and salute the late David Bowie. Kesha’s Late Show appearance landed on the fourth anniversary of Bowie’s January 10th, 2016 death, and the singer remembered the late icon with lightning bolt makeup reminiscent …
Read More »Selena Gomez Wrote 'Lose You to Love Me' After Coming Home From a Treatment Center
Selena Gomez sat down with Apple Beats 1’s Zane Lowe to discuss her new album Rare, which arrived on Friday. With her co-writers Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels, she dove into the album’s inspirations and the process of writing it down to the very last day of production. “We were …
Read More »Harley Quinn Blows a Fuse in New Trailer for 'Birds of Prey'
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer forBirds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), with Margot Robbie reprising her role as Gotham’s “mafia princess.” The film is in theaters February 7th. The trailer is set to a cover of Björk’s 1995 rendition of “It’s Oh So …
Read More »Kesha Announces 'High Road' North American Tour
Kesha will embark on a 26-date North American tour for her upcoming albumHigh Road (out January 31st), the singer announced on Tuesday. The route will kick off this spring at the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas, on April 23rd, and will make stops in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Denver, …
Read More »RS Charts: Travis Scott's 'Jackboys' Compilation Debuts at Number One
Just days after Travis Scott was announced as one of Coachella’s 2020 headliners, the rapper-producer earned the first Number One album of 2020 with Jackboys. The seven-song collection debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart after amassing a combined 81.2 million streams and sold over …
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