Twenty One Pilots spend time with a playful-yet-ominous animated creature in their new “Chlorine” video. Throughout the cryptic clip, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun repeatedly fill up a swimming pool with water and chlorine, seemingly trying to draw out the diminutive, alien-like creature –which the duo dubbed “Ned” –hiding behind …
Read More »Hear the Drums Plumb Depression, Self-Care on Clever New Song 'Body Chemistry'
Indie pop outfit the Drums unveiled a deceptively chipper, yet instantly infectious new song, “Body Chemistry,” that will appear on their forthcoming album, Brutalism, out April 5th via Anti-. “Body Chemistry” finds a rumbling rush of drums anchored by a thick bass groove, over which Drums mastermind Jonny Pierce laces …
Read More »Report: Kanye West Pulled Out of Coachella Over Dome Demands
Kanye West reportedly pulled out as Coachella headliner just days before the festival announced its 2019 lineup after organizers would not meet the rapper’s demands that a dome be built on the festival grounds. Billboard reports that on New Year’s Day, Coachella organizers were set to reveal West as one …
Read More »Phoenix Apologize for Working With R. Kelly: 'We are Deeply Horrified By the Stories of Abuse'
Phoenix have apologized for collaborating with R. Kelly in 2013, writing on Twitter, “We are deeply horrified by the stories of abuse surrounding R. Kelly.” R. Kelly and Phoenix partnered twice in 2013. First, the R&B singer joined the French group on stage at Coachella, while later in the year …
Read More »Watch Chemical Brothers Capture Manic Live Show With 'MAH' Video
The Chemical Brothers give fans a mosh-pit view of their live spectacle in the duo’s video for “MAH,” a new song off their recently announced album No Geography. The Marcus Lyall-directed visual for the track was filmed at the Chemical Brothers’ recent sold-out concerts in London. The infectious dance song …
Read More »Watch Mitski Take 2018 Victory Lap on 'Kimmel'
For Mitski, 2018 was a career-defining year. She took a creative risk with her album Be the Cowboy by moving away from alt-rock and embracing disco, glam and showtimes – as we mentioned in the album’s entry on our list of the 50 best albums of the year. Rob Sheffield put her …
Read More »Watch Teyana Taylor's Self-Directed 'Gonna Love Me' Wu-Mix Video
Teyana Taylor has debuted the self-directed video for the Wu-Tang Clan remix (“Wu-Mix”) of her track “Gonna Love Me.” The original appeared on her June album K.T.S.E. The “Gonna Love Me” remix features three members of Wu-Tang Clan: Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Method Man. All but Raekwon appear in the video, …
Read More »Hear Jim James Cover Burt Bacharach's 'What the World Needs Now Is Love'
Jim James adds a ragged, ghostly edge to Burt Bacharach/Hal David’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love” with his cover of the pop ballad for the Spotify Singles series.The My Morning Jacket frontman croons over gentle acoustic guitar and the oceanic harmonies of Resistance Revival Chorus. During the a …
Read More »Darlene Love: My 5 Favorite Christmas Songs
On a punishingly hot day in August of 1963, Darlene Love walked into L.A.’s Gold Star Studios with producer Phil Spector to lay down the vocals for a new song he’d just written with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich called “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” It had the ill-fortune of …
Read More »Hear Our Rundown of the 98 Best Songs of 1998
Rob Sheffield recently stopped by our SiriusXM studio to break down his definitive listof the 98 best songs of 1998 on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. To check out the full episode, press play below or download and subscribe oniTunesorSpotify. Sheffield explained why he left off Britney Spears’ “…Baby …
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