Vic Mensa has teamed up with Chance the Rapper and Wyclef Jean for a new song, “Shelter.” The song is centered around a poignant guitar loop and finds the three artists tackling racial injustice and systemic inequality with righteous clarity. The song arrives with a fittingly eerie and surreal music …
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Sia has apologized for some depictions of autism in her directorial feature film debut Music after the movie snagged two Golden Globe nominations — specifically the depiction of the restraint of an autistic character. The film has raised controversy for casting neurotypical actress Maddie Ziegler as a nonverbal autistic woman …
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Mariah Carey’s sister, Alison A. Carey, has sued the singer for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” caused by statements in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. In court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Alison accused Mariah of making unsubstantiated claims about her in a particular chapter, while she …
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Bully‘s Alicia Bognanno covered PJ Harvey‘s “Dry” as part of Sounds of Savings’ “Song That Found Me at the Right Time” series, in partnership with the American Association of Suicidology. Bognanno’s rendition appears five minutes into the video, as she rips through the track on guitar as a chihuahua peers …
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AC/DC‘s video for “Realize,” the thunderous opening track of the hard rockers’ recent Power Up album, presents a closeup of the band in dizzying detail. The camera gets right in Brian Johnson‘s face and perches on the headstock of Angus Young‘s guitar as they rock out in front of Young’s …
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Charlie Hickey has revealed “Ten Feet Tall,” a new single featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The track is off his debut EP, Count the Stairs, out February 26th. The EP was co-written, produced, mixed, and engineered by Marshall Vore, Bridgers’ bandmate and collaborator. The accompanying video — directed by Zoe Donahoe and …
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Ani DiFranco tears through songs from her upcoming album Revolutionary Love in the latest installment of In My Room. “I am taking this mission very literally,” DiFranco says of the series title. “We are in my room — I will show you my room.” She turns the camera to show …
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Tiësto has recruited Ty Dolla $ign for an update on the EDM star’s 2020 hit “The Business” with a new single dubbed “The Business Part II.” With 35 million views on “The Business” video since the track dropped in September 2020, Tiësto doesn’t tinker too much with the single’s blueprint, …
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The Country2Country Festival in the United Kingdom and Ireland was one of the first major events to be postponed in 2020 due to Covid-19 concerns, with promoters making their announcement on March 12th just before it was set to begin. With infection rates now spreading uncontrollably in the United States …
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The New Radicals will reunite for the first time in over 20 years to perform “You Get What You Give” as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s virtual “Parade Across America” event. The 1998 hit single resurfaced on the 2020 campaign trail as the handpicked walk-on song for Vice President-elect’s husband …
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