Harry Styles drew a horde of fans to Rockefeller Plaza on a gray, drizzly Thursday morning, May 19, for a special performance and interview on Today. In an interview with the hosts, Styles was asked about the massive crowd that had assembled: Approximately 50,000 people had requested passes to the …
Read More »Snail Mail Channels Nineties Alt-Rock Vibes With 'Glory' on 'Fallon'
Snail Mail, the project of singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan, brought her unique brand of emotive indie rock toThe Tonight Show Friday, performing the song “Glory” off her critically acclaimed sophomore LP,Valentine. Backed by her band, Jordan displayed her guitar chops as she ran through the song, which documents a feeling of …
Read More »More Than Almost Famous: Rock Star Journalist Ben Fong-Torres Tells All
When Rolling Stone was a rickety operation run out of a rent-free San Francisco loft, and the music business was still so low-key you could score an interview with the Doors’ Jim Morrison by bumping into him in a friend’s apartment, Ben Fong-Torres was there. Fong-Torres, one of Rolling Stone‘s …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Arcade Fire Deliver Blistering Performance of 'The Lightning I, II'
Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live for their fifth stint as musical guests where they performed two tracks from their sixth studio albumWe. The Canadian indie rockers delivered an equally heartfelt and anxiety-inducing performance of the lead single, “The Lightning I, II“ At the end of the set, bandleader …
Read More »Yeah Yeah Yeahs Are Finally Back With New Music
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a pair of headlining gigs in New York and Los Angeles, and with it the promise of new music later this year. It’s been three years since the trio has played any U.S. shows — and nine years since their last album, 2013’s Mosquito — …
Read More »DaBaby to Face Felony Battery Charge Over Alleged Music Video Attack
DaBaby has been charged with felony battery stemming from a Dec. 2020 incident where the rapper allegedly sucker-punched a rental-property owner in Los Angeles. In Feb. 2021, two months after the incident was reported to police, Gary Pagar filed a lawsuit against DaBaby — real name Jonathan Kirk — and …
Read More »Holly Humberstone Floats in a Self-Driving Minivan in Carefree 'Sleep Tight' Video
Put on a seatbelt, Holly! On Friday, Holly Humberstone released the music video for her sweet yet melancholic single “Sleep Tight” and it follows her as she rides a messy minivan through a sleepy neighborhood. “I wrote the song during the first summer out of lockdown, which was a pretty …
Read More »Tony Hawk Learns Some Hard Half-Pipe Lessons in Surfbort's 'Open Your Eyes' Video
Tony Hawk gets some extreme — and sometimes questionable — half-pipe criticism from Brooklyn punks Surfbort in the new video for the group’s song, “Open Your Eyes.” “Open Your Eyes” is a charmingly ragged blast of pop-punk, with guitarist Alex Kilgore noting Hawk was a perfect fit for the video …
Read More »Xylø Isn't Your 'Sweetheart' Anymore in Retro Video
Xylø isn’t here to play nice anymore. On Tuesday, the singer premiered the music video for her single “Sweetheart” — her vibey, empowered single about seeing a past love and reminding them it’ll never be like it was — with Rolling Stone. “You would drive and I would ride shotgun/But …
Read More »Marilyn Manson Accuser Heading Into Third Showdown Over Her Lawsuit
The former assistant who says she suffered “horrific” sexual, physical, and psychological abuse at the hands of Marilyn Manson is gearing up to fight the rocker’s latest attempt to have her lawsuit kicked out of court, her lawyer tells Rolling Stone. In a statement Friday, lawyer James Vagnini said his …
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