In celebration of Friday the 13th – and therelease of John Carpenter‘s Anthology –Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released their own version of the director/composer’s chilling Halloween theme. “I clearly remember my friends and I at 13 years old conning our parents into letting us see Halloween when it came …
Read More »See Jason Isbell's Ripping Cover of Tom Petty's 'Refugee'
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit paid their respects to Tom Petty on Sunday night, kicking off a six-day residency at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium with a 19-song set that included the Damn the Torpedoes hit “Refugee.” The performance was the latest in a string of Petty covers from Isbell and …
Read More »Nelly Rape Case Dropped After Accuser Declines Investigation
UPDATE 4: Nelly‘s attorney issued a statement Friday after the rap case against the rapper was dropped. “The formal close of the investigation into the false allegations made against Nelly is of course welcome – however expected. We were confident, that what our investigation revealed from the outset of this …
Read More »Sam Smith Details New LP 'The Thrill of It All,' 2018 Tour
Sam Smithdetailed his second studio album The Thrill of It All, the follow-up to the Best New Artist Grammy-winning singer’s 2014 debut LP In the Lonely Hour. The Thrill of It All arrives November 3rd. The 10-track album features first single “Too Good at Goodbyes” as well as collaborations with …
Read More »Jerry Brown's California Dream: The Rolling Stone Interview
J erry Brown‘s California now stands like a parallel universe to Donald Trump‘s America: a land of tolerance, high immigration, tight gun control and world-beating innovation – combining a soaring economy with plummeting greenhouse-gas emissions. In recent months, Brown has signed a new gas tax to fund more than $50 …
Read More »Margo Price on Tom Petty's Influence: 'His Music Defied Genre'
Margo Price will never forget the first time she heard Tom Petty on the radio. She was ten years old at home in Illinois, desperately searching for something “real and raw” amongst the indulgent hits of her childhood. “I very specifically remember hearing ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance,’” Price tells Rolling …
Read More »Watch Late-Night Hosts Urge Congressional Action on Gun Control
Late-night TV hosts addressed the horrific massacre in Las Vegason Monday. Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and Seth Meyers lamented the increasing frequency of mass shootings and contrasted the brave actions of first responders in Las Vegas with the inaction of congress members, who refuse to take …
Read More »Lionel Richie Confirmed as New 'American Idol' Judge
Lionel Richie has officially been named as the third judge for the rebooted American Idol, where the “Hello” singer will join previously announced judge Katy Perry and Luke Bryan. The addition of Richie, which had been rumored for months before Variety confirmed the news Friday, comes just days before the …
Read More »George Martin's Film Scores, Orchestral Works to Be Released
The orchestral works of late Beatles producer George Martin will be released on a new album, George Martin: The Film Scores and Original Orchestral Compositions, November 10th via Atlas Realisations/Pias Classics. A limited edition double vinyl LP will be available in January 2018. Conductor Craig Leon and the Berlin Music …
Read More »Tori Amos on Her Mother's Stroke, 'Master Showman' Donald Trump and More
“Events have been happening very quickly in the last year, and it was about me being open to different energies and really listening,” Tori Amostold Rolling Stoneduring an August sit-downin New York’s Flatiron District. The artfully eccentric singer-songwriter says that unpacking and understanding this time period – both on a …
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