David Guetta and Sia are back with their first collaboration in two years. “Let’s Love” follows their 2018 single “Flames.” “So take my hand, don’t be afraid/This too shall pass/This too shall pass,” Sia sings over Guetta’s Eighties-tipped soundscape. “And we’ll get through it all together/We’ll get through it all …
Read More »The National's Matt Berninger Pleads for 'One More Second' on New Solo Song
The National’s Matt Berninger has shared a new song, “One More Second,” from his upcoming debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, out October 2nd via Book Records. The song starts out as a minimal and meditative acoustic tune, but soon expands with shuffling drums, rich organ, blooming backing vocals and even …
Read More »Fallon, Seth Meyers Mock Trump Over Reports That He Denigrated Fallen Soldiers
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers ridiculed President Donald Trump on their respective late-night shows Tuesday over a damning Atlantic report that claimed he called fallen soldiers “losers” and “suckers.” Fallon threw out a litany of one-liners about the comments, which Trump has denied, even as several other news sources have …
Read More »This Site Used to Print Business Cards; Now They're Letting You Create Your Own Face Masks
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Wearing face masks and social distancing have become a new normal for many Americans, as more than half of U.S. states have instituted mask mandates and other safety …
Read More »Frances Quinlan Celebrates Hop Along's 15th Anniversary With Previously Unreleased EP
On the heels of releasing her solo debut Likewise, Frances Quinlan will celebrate the 15th anniversary of Hop Along with a previously unreleased EP, More Songs From 2005. The EP contains three songs and it’s currently available via Bandcamp. The Philly singer-songwriter will also drop the band’s 2005 debut Freshman …
Read More »Facebook Excited to Announce Election-Week Pause in New Disinformation
In what CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as an effort to “protect our democracy,” Facebook on Thursday announced a series of meager safeguards aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation ahead of the election — or at least at insulating the company from criticism that it didn’t take sufficient action. In …
Read More »Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker Announces Two Solo Albums Made in Quarantine
Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker had wasted no time in quarantine. The Brooklyn singer-songwriter will release two new albums, Songs and Instrumentals, on October 23rd via 4AD. Ahead of the release, Lenker shared “Anything,” which features her playing acoustic guitarwith a paintbrush. “Grocery store list, now you get pissed/Unchecked calls and …
Read More »Watch Big Sean's Surreal, Symbolic 'Harder Than My Demons' Video
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 …
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