Toro y Moi, the musical project of songwriter and producer Chaz Bear, appeared on The Tonight Show to play his single “Millennium,” performing the vibe-y song alongside a live band. The song comes off the musician’s seventh studio album, Mahal, which dropped in April. The 13-track LP showcases inspiration from …
Read More »The Return of Romeo Santos: Back to the Future With Bachata's Superstar
For many years, the music business seemed to think that Latin artists needed to follow a stereotypical crossover path to get global attention. Major acts, such as Bad Bunny and Maluma, debunked that idea by becoming undeniable stars without changing their sound or style to fit into the Anglo pop …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Daughter Marks Late Dad's Birthday: 'The World Would Not Be the Same Without You'
Chris Cornell’s daughter, Toni Cornell, shared a poignant clip of her getting a personal singing lesson from her late father to mark what would’ve been his 58th birthday today, July 20. In the video, which the younger Cornell shared on Instagram, Chris plays guitar and offers her some vocal tips …
Read More »Like With His Viral Hit, Stephen Sanchez Channels the 1950s in Video for 'Until I Found You'
Stephen Sanchez keeps it classic in the video for “Until I Found You,” shared exclusively with Rolling Stone. In the fun, throwback visual, Sanchez rocks an Elvis Presley-like hairdo and has a Marilyn Monroe-like love interest as he sings the soulful ballad. “I was obsessed with the style of the …
Read More »Yola on Sister Rosetta Tharpe: 'We Have To Give Black America Their Flowers'
It wasn’t until 2018 that Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, acting as a much-needed if inadequate corrective of sorts to the lack of recognition the industry has given Black women. But we still have a long way to go. Yola — who …
Read More »Rage Against the Machine Raise $475,000 for Reproduction Rights Groups After Roe Repeal
Rage Against the Machine will donate $475,000 to abortion access groups in Illinois and Wisconsin following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday. “We are disgusted by the repeal of Roe V. Wade and the devastating impact it will have on tens of millions of people,” the …
Read More »Noah Cyrus Can't Walk Away From Love on Tender Ballad 'Ready To Go'
The songs Noah Cyrus has shared from her upcoming debut album The Hardest Part signal the gorgeous new sound she’s been refining, flecked with elements of pop, folk, and country — and completely her own. So far, she’s released the searing ballad “I Burned L.A. Down” and the spare pop-tinged …
Read More »Santigold Announces 'The Holified' North American Tour
Santigold has announced she will embark on “The Holified Tour” this fall. Tickets for the North American trek go on sale Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. local time. The 19-date jaunt launches in Atlanta, Georgia before heading up the East Coast and through the Midwest in October, with West …
Read More »Kid Cudi Heading 'To the Moon' on World Tour
Kid Cudi is heading to the moon on his upcoming tour, kind of. The rapper’s newly announced To the Moon world tour unfortunately shares a name with an idiotic and unrelated crypto-bro phrase, so let’s just imagine that he’s getting a moon landing of his own. Scheduled for 27 cities …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Was Shot. Where Was The Sympathy?
“In some kind of way I became the villain,” Megan Thee Stallion tells Mankaprr Conteh in Rolling Stone‘s revealing new cover story. Megan is talking about some of the truly bizarre reaction to the shooting she endured in July 2020, allegedly by former friend Tory Lanez (who has denied shooting …
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