Willie Nelson will serve as the keynote speaker at the SXSW Online conference, set for March 16th to the 20th. For the second straight year, the annual South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, won’t take place due to the coronavirus. In its absence, organizers have instead shifted to a …
Read More »Ian Sweet Previews New Album With 'Drink the Lake'
Ian Sweet, a.k.a. Jilian Medford, has revealed a new album, Show Me How You Disappear, out March 5th via Polyvinyl. Ahead of its release, Medford dropped the single “Drink the Lake,” which is accompanied by a video that features the songwriter in a suit, immersed in water. “I’ll start saying …
Read More »Ingrid Andress Sings 'Lady Like' on 'The Late Late Show With James Corden'
Ingrid Andress started off 2021 in style, delivering a performance of her single “Lady Like” on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. The song is also the title track from her 2020 debut album, which was reissued in deluxe form in October. Andress begins the song …
Read More »Ginger, Mary Ann and Mrs. Howell of 'Gilligan's Island' Form Pop Group, the Honeybees
There are so many great Gilligan’s Island episodes that picking the best one is almost impossible. There’s the one where a mad scientist on a nearby island switches all the characters’ brains around (“The Friendly Physician”), the one where Gilligan’s exact double comes onto the island (“Gilligan vs. Gilligan”), the …
Read More »Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Tops RS 100 for Fourth Straight Week
Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” tops, for a fourth straight tweek, a Christmasy Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart.Carey’s jingly juggernaut pulled in close to 50 million on-demand audio streams and 13,400 sales during the week of December 18th through Christmas Eve. All told, it pulled …
Read More »Bad Bunny Won 2020, and He's Just Getting Started
No artist had a bigger year in 2020 than Bad Bunny. In February, the Puerto Rican superstar released his acclaimed second album,YHLQMDLG, filled with nods to the old-school reggaeton he grew up listening to back home. The world shuttered shortly after that, but he still found a way to keep …
Read More »'Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge' Docuseries Headed to AXS TV
The 2017 docuseries, Rolling Stone Magazine: Stories From the Edgehas been acquired by AXS TV, where it will premiere as a six-part limited series, January 6th at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The first episode will also be available to via AXS TV’s website and streaming apps. Stories From the …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Trixie Mattel?
So, How Was Your 2020 is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Drag star Trixie Mattel kicked off the year with the release of her new albumBarbara, …
Read More »Kid Cudi's 'Man on the Moon III: The Chosen' is Another Beleaguered Dispatch From His Stormy Emotional World
It’s been 11 years since Kid Cudi released his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day, a five-part dream sequence that cast his battle with mental illness in heroic terms. Cudi played the everyman night owl, awash in a cocktail of blunts, beer, and mushrooms. Ironically, his …
Read More »Serj Tankian Doc 'Truth to Power' Will Focus on System of a Down Singer's Activism
A new documentary about System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, Truth to Power, will examine the role the singer played in the 2018 Armenian Revolution and his history of activism. The film will come out via Oscilloscope Laboratories on February 19th. The doc features exclusive interviews with Tankian and …
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