Garbage delivered a performance of their track, “Wolves,” on Late Night With Seth Meyers Thursday, June 10th. Set up in a room with a classic checkerboard floor and filled with red and orange lights, Garbage ran through “Wolves” with its pile-driver bassline, crashing drums, and scythe-like guitar riffs. “No one …
Read More »How Nefesh Mountain Are Fighting Anti-Semitism With Traditional Bluegrass
Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff, the core of the bluegrass group Nefesh Mountain, had just returned from a family trip to Poland and the Ukraine in 2018 when news broke about a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Still emotionally raw from visiting their families’ hometowns …
Read More »Hear Motörhead's Previously Unreleased 'Stay Clean' Soundcheck From 1981
Motörhead have dropped a previously unreleased soundcheck recording of “Stay Clean” from 1981, one of the tracks off the metal trio’s upcoming 40th-anniversary reissue of their first live album No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith. In addition to the original, legendary live album — culled from highlights from the group’s 1981 U.K. …
Read More »AC/DC Conjure Up New Video for 'Witch's Spell'
AC/DC have brewed up their new video for “Witch’s Spell,” the latest visual off the rock legends’ 2020 LP Power Up. Like the album’s previous videos, “Witch’s Spell” combines footage of AC/DC in action alongside animation by Wolf & Crow; in this case, the band get their own cartoon tarot …
Read More »The Sudden, Lucrative Gold Rush for Old Music
Jeff Jampol has managed the estates of the Doors, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Tupac Shakur. “None of my clients tour,” he says. “They’re all dead.” That hasn’t stopped him from generating big money on their behalf, whether it’s organizing a touring exhibition of Cobain’s artwork, setting up Oliver Stone’s …
Read More »Is Paramount+ Worth It? The Streaming Service Just Launched a Cheaper Plan
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Paramount+, an updated version of the CBS All Access streaming service, is a formidable entrant in the “streaming wars,” which includes NBC’s Peacock, Discovery+, Disney+, HBO Max, and …
Read More »Judas Priest Announce Rescheduled 50th-Anniversary Tour
Judas Priest have announced the rescheduled dates for their 50th-anniversary tour, which they’ve christened 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour. The North American tour kicks off September 8th in Reading, Pennsylvania, and concludes November 5th in Hamilton, Ontario. Judas Priest will be joined by Sabaton as openers. “Defending the heavy metal …
Read More »One Year Later, 'The Show Must Be Paused' Founders Look Forward and Back
Racism is baked into the foundation of the modern music industry. The business took the first steps to grapple with its role in perpetuating and profiting from racism last year, when Jamila Thomas (now at Motown Records) and Brianna Agyemang (Platoon) launched a movement called #TheShowMustBePaused shortly after the murder …
Read More »The Return of Debbie Gibson: Electric Youth Never Dies
The time is right for Debbie Gibson to finally get her due as a pioneer. She invented the whole concept of a teenage girl writing and producing her own Number One hits, singing about her own feelings, at a time when the music world scoffed at the idea. Debbie was …
Read More »Hugh Jackman's Dream Detective Plunges Into a Mystery in 'Reminiscence' Trailer
Hugh Jackman plays “a private investigator of the mind” in the first trailer for Reminiscence, arriving simultaneously in theaters and HBO Max on August 20th. In the film — which takes place in a near-future where Miami is largely underwater — Jackman stars as Nick Bannister, who helps his clients …
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