The story of how Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen play at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Harvard Square Theater on May 9th, 1974 and then declared him “rock and roll future” in Boston’s Real Paper, creating a tidal wave of hype that crested with the release of Born to Run the following year, …
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Ariana Grande and Social House’s new collaboration “Boyfriend” debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100. Fans streamed “Boyfriend” over 18 million times, and the track also earned more than 31,000 downloads, allowing it to squeeze by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” which fell into the chart’s …
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For 50 years, the Manson Family murders have had a hold on America, and yet, many people know very little about them. Some are surprised to find out that Charles Manson himself didn’t actually commit any of the nine murders, which took place in Los Angeles on August 9th and …
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Finneas discusses the creation of and inspiration for his single “I Lost a Friend” for the first installment ofRolling Stone‘s new series “The Breakdown.” The track is one of three new singles he has released this year in between touring with his sister Billie Eilish. “It was a point at …
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Kendrick Lamar raps about a “psychedelic fuse” and “infinity pools” on “Hair Down,” a new track by his Top Dawg labelmate, R&B singer SiR. “Baby, I’m just trying to let my hair down,” sings SiR against a light trap beat and echoey, surfy guitars. Midway through, he raps a short …
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King Princess has released the official video for her single “Prophet,” a track off the singer-songwriter’s debut album Cheap Queen, out this fall on Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records. Throughout the video, King Princess embodies a variety of identities: football player, construction worker and lounge singer. As she shifts between all …
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Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are taking the summer off. They’re hanging out in Los Angeles, probably wearing matching caftans and decadently eating chicken fingers by Kilgariff’s pool. And why shouldn’t they? Since starting the wildly popular true crime podcast My Favorite Murder in early 2016, the hosts have not …
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David Crosby urged his former Byrds bandmate Roger McGuinn to reunite the group over the weekend, asking the singer on Twitter, “Want to do a couple of Byrds dates? I’ll just sing harmony. No talking?” McGuinn didn’t respond to the tweet, but a representative did when reached for a comment. …
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Chance the Rapper surprised Lollapalooza with an appearance during Death Cab for Cutie‘s set, where the rapper and singer Ben Gibbard reunited to perform their Big Day collaboration “Do You Remember.” “This is our first time ever performing this song and I think this might be a moment in history,” …
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Rick Ross is preparing to release Port of Miami 2. The follow-up to 2017’s Rather You Than Me and named after his 2006 debut studio album, his new LP will be released on August 9th via MMG/Epic. “Port of Miamistarted me on this journey,” Rosswrote on Instagram. “It’s only right …
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