Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers have released a new song, “Secret Life,” featuring Lana Del Rey, from their upcoming album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, out June 30th via RCA Records. “Secret Life” is a woozy tune with languid guitars and dusty drums, and it finds Antonoff longing for a …
Read More »RS Charts: Vinyl Sales Power John Mayer's 'Sob Rock' to Number One
John Mayer‘s Sob Rock comes with an old-fashioned price sticker on the cover, as if it’s an LP from the Eighties, and it launched at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart thanks to deluge of old-fashioned sales — more than 56,000 copies, close to 22,000 of …
Read More »Khalid Embraces 'New Normal,' Announces Third Album 'Everything Is Changing'
Khalid has announced his third album Everything Is Changingwith a futuristic video for the single “New Normal.” The singer-songwriter first premiered the song with a live performance at Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22 Spaceflight launch earlier this month. In the dreamy song, Khalid reflects on growth and personal progress. “You found …
Read More »The Avalanches Plot 2022 North American Tour
Australian electronic outfit the Avalanches have announced a North American tour for next year. The 13-date trek is set to launch February 17th, 2022 at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. and wrap March 6th at the Warfield in San Francisco. The concerts will find the Avalanches — Robbie Chater …
Read More »Robby Steinhardt, Violinist and Co-Lead Vocalist of Kansas, Dead at 71
Robby Steinhardt, violinist and co-lead vocalist of the rock outfit Kansas, died Saturday, July 17th. He was 71. Steinhardt’s wife, Cindy Steinhardt, confirmed his death on Facebook. Cindy said Steinhardt was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis in May. Not long after, he went into acute septic shock and …
Read More »John Mayer Plots 2022 'Sob Rock' Tour
John Mayer has announced a North American tour in support of his new album, Sob Rock, which will kick off next year. The run will launch on February 17th at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, and wrap on April 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. …
Read More »Paul McCartney Reflects on 'Penny Lane' With Rick Rubin in New 'McCartney 3, 2, 1' Clip
Paul McCartney reflects on the unique piccolo trumpet solo at the heart of the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries, McCartney, 3, 2, 1, premiering July 16th on Hulu. The new series finds McCartney in an extensive one-on-one conversation with Rick Rubin. As the series’ …
Read More »BTS Don't Need 'Permission to Dance' in New Video
BTS have released new song “Permission to Dance.” The track appears on the “Butter” CD single, which dropped on Friday and also houses instrumental versions of each of the songs. “Permission to Dance” was cowritten by Ed Sheeran along with Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, and Jenna Andrews, and produced by …
Read More »Black Thought Drops One of His Earliest Freestyles in New Clip From Audible Original
The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter shares one of his earliest raps in an excerpt from his new Audible original, 7 Years, out Thursday, July 8th. In the clip, Trotter remembers how he began writing his first raps when he was about nine years old: “I wanted to be one …
Read More »LCD Soundsystem to Reissue Out-of-Print 'The Long Goodbye' Live Album
LCD Soundsystem will mark the 10th anniversary of their 2011 farewell show by reissuing the out-of-print vinyl set, The Long Goodbye, on August 6th via DFA Records/Parlophone/Warner Music. The five-LP album captures the entirety of LCD Soundsystem’s nearly four-hour, career-spanning show at the famed New York arena on April 2nd, …
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