To mark Friday’s release of the White Stripes’ first-ever Greatest Hits, the duo have shared a new animated video for the collection’s earliest track, “Let’s Shake Hands.” Directed by Wartella, who also made the recent animated visual for “Apple Blossom,” the “Let’s Shake Hands” video features the White Stripes’ classic …
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When Elvis Costello‘s new album Hey Clockface dropped in late October, nobody noticed the sly Iggy and the Stooges reference in the song “No Flag.” “[The title] should have been a clue right away,” Costello tells Iggy Pop in a new Rolling Stone Musicians on Musicians discussion. “It shared one …
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Jenny Lewis and Chicago rapper Serengeti have shared their surprise new song “Unblu,” the first track in a series of collaborations between the two artists. “Music to dance around your living room in a Day-Glo bathing suit to,” the pair said of the track in a statement. “Music to go …
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The National’s Matt Berninger appeared on Monday night’s Tonight Show to perform a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man.” (Host Jimmy Fallon erroneously introduced it as a track from Berninger’s debut solo album Serpentine Prison — we wish.) In the spirited pre-taped performance, Berninger mustered up his best …
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The Bob Dylan musical Girl From the North Country has been shuttered since the pandemic closed down Broadway back in March. But the cast will reunite on December 15th at 7:30 p.m. ET for a free event on Facebook moderated by Elysa Gardner, a veteran music journalist that has interviewed …
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It’s Thanksgiving in America and where are we? Deep in the woods with Taylor Swift, in a secluded rustic cabin in upstate New York, strumming through her most personal and heartfelt and just-plain-superb album yet, Folklore. On Tuesday, Swift announced she had a November surprise up her sleeve: a live …
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In the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums, our new podcast on Amazon Music, we go inside the emotional true story of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers, a 1994 solo album that Petty thought was the best work of his career. Long after he released it, Petty never could stop …
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For a brief moment in time, Blood, Sweat & Tears were one of the biggest rock bands in America, scoring giant hits like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year — despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road — …
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It’s Christmas! On Hulu, at least. The romantic holiday comedy Happiest Season — which premieres on the streamer this week — stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as Abby and Harper, respectively, a loving queer couple who’ve reached the “meet the parents” checkpoint in their relationship. This is a slightly …
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Anitta returned to the Latin Grammys via a virtual performance from Lapa Arches in Rio de Janeiro Thursday night. The Brazilian superstar performed a medley that included her hit “Me Gusta” sans featured acts Cardi B and Myke Towers. (You can watch it in full here.) Representing Brazil, Anitta opened …
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