The Linda Lindas link up with Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle, Kathi Wilcox, and musician/filmmaker Vice Cooler, in the video for their new collaboration, “Lost In Thought.” The song appears on Lyle and Cooler’s new benefit album, Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color, out today, June 3, …
Read More »He Told George Harrison His Tour Sucked – and Five Other Things We Learned from Ben Fong-Torres
“That’s the way things could be, back in the day,” says Ben Fong-Torres, explaining how he grabbed Jim Morrison for what turned out to be the Doors frontman’s last-ever interview after bumping into him at a friend’s apartment in the summer of 1971. Fong-Torres, one of Rolling Stone’s first star …
Read More »Will Butler Returns With First Singles Since Arcade Fire Exit, Plots East Coast Tour
While Will Butler didn’t announce his split from Arcade Fire until March — shortly after the release of the band’s sixth studio album WE — his tenure with the indie rock ensemble had actually ended when the project was complete. Now, Butler has returned with “A Stranger’s House” and “Nearer …
Read More »'Fuck, This Is the Real Thing': Chris Blackwell Remembers Making Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire'
In his new memoir, “Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond,” Chris Blackwell looks back on an unmatched career in the music business. Written with Paul Morley, the book recounts Blackwell’s boyhood growing up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with the likes of Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol …
Read More »BTS Are Headed to the White House
BTS will be at the White House next week to join President Joe Biden for a special conversation tied to Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. The Korean group will appear at the White House next Tuesday, May 31, and will discuss topics like Asian representation and …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Calls for 'Stricter Gun Control' in Response to Texas School Shooting
Olivia Rodrigo is the latest celebrity to condemn Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two adults dead, telling a Los Angeles crowd that she was “devastated” by the news. “I wish we would never have to worry about our safety or our lives …
Read More »Watch Japanese Breakfast Bring 'Jubilee' Songs to 'SNL' Season Finale
Japanese Breakfast delivered two songs off their acclaimed 2021 LP Jubilee as musical guest on the season finale episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Natasha Lyonne. The band performed the first two songs off the LP, starting first with the hit opening track “Be Sweet” before returning later in …
Read More »'Everything I'm Expressing Is Very, Very, Very Real': The Chaotic Rise of Tokischa
I’m knocking on the door of a spacious hotel suite in midtown Manhattan one day in March, and a teasing voice on the other side calls out in Spanish: “The person you’re looking for no longer lives here!” A couple of giggles follow, and suddenly the door swings wide open. …
Read More »Rihanna Welcomes Baby With A$AP Rocky
Mama Riri and A$AP Daddy! Rihanna and her boyfriend A$AP Rocky have officially welcomed their first child, according to People. “Rihanna is doing well. They are very excited to be parents,” a source close to the couple told People. “Rihanna is already a wonderful mom.” Rih and Rocky have become …
Read More »Lizzo Documentary Coming to HBO Max This Fall
Lizzo will share her life story in her own words in a new documentary heading to HBO Max on Nov. 24. The film was announced in May at the streaming service’s upfront event with the tongue-in-cheek title Untitled Lizzo Documentary. But on Wednesday, the singer revealed the official title Love, …
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