Big Sean explores religious imagery in his video for “Harder Than My Demons,” a new track from his upcoming LP Detroit 2. The clip follows a woman in a church, a boy outfitted with angel wings and a young man taking part in what appears to be a baptism. Throughout, …
Read More »A Music Company Owned by a Pension Fund Is Making Nine-Figure Deals for Artist Catalogs
While the pandemic may have thrust fiscal insecurity onto entire global industries, the music business has seen barely a week go by without seven or eight figures being splashed on a prized catalog. Most often, the player has been Merck Mercuriadis‘s UK-based Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which recently acquired pieces of …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman: Long Live the King
Before he was a superhero, Chadwick Boseman was a movie star. He seemed to have that quality about him from the get-go, that ineffable something that makes you want to watch people laugh and cry and rage and love, projected 20 feet high onto a screen, something both intimate and …
Read More »Keep Your AirPods Safe With a Protective Silicone Case Cover
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. AirPod cases are great for a lot of reasons — they hold your AirPods (duh), they charge your AirPods and they’re small enough to easily fit in your …
Read More »The Best High-Resolution Music Players for Audiophiles
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For many people, the transition from buying digital music and maintaining a local library has made way for streaming. But, if you want to experience the highest quality …
Read More »Margo Price Remixes 'I'd Die for You,' Plots Nashville Livestream Concerts
Last March at a benefit concert in Nashville, Margo Price comforted a crowd shell-shocked by a devastating tornado with a moving, solo performance of her song “I’d Die for You.” On Wednesday, Price released a similarly stripped-down version, which swaps out the guitar of the album track with piano and …
Read More »Watch Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan Fall in Love in 'Ammonite' Trailer
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in the 19th-century romantic drama Ammonite, which released its first trailer on Tuesday. The film is an official 2020 selection at the Cannes, Telluride, and Toronto film festivals, and will premiere November 13th in theaters. Set in 1840s England, Ammonite centers on the real-life fossil …
Read More »RS Charts: Drake's 'Laugh Now Cry Later' Beats Cardi B's 'WAP' in Close Race for Number One
“Laugh Now Cry Later,” the latest triumphant single from Drake, debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Hot 100 Songs chart. The track, which includes a guest verse from Lil Durk and a video packed with high-powered athletes, amassed more than 52 million streams and more than 20,000 downloads. …
Read More »The True Cost of Losing Restaurants
Right now, in your neighborhood, there’s a restaurant on the verge of closing. In fact, there’s probably more than one that’s already closed. Maybe it’s a restaurant like those we went to in New Jersey or the D.C. suburbs that brought us closer to our Korean roots. Maybe it’s a …
Read More »'The Buddy Holly Story' Deluxe Soundtrack Is Now Available
Varèse Sarabande Records has released The Buddy Holly Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to digital streaming for the first time ever, unveiling a deluxe edition of the soundtrack to the 1978 biopic on Friday. The deluxe soundtrack contains 11 never-before-heard tracks, expanding the album to 22 songs in total. The additional …
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