Last summer, Greta Van Fleet were about to tear through some of their Viking stomp rock & roll during a live appearance on a Chicago radio show when lead singer Josh Kiszka leaned over to pick up his tambourine, and out of his pockets poured a stream of colored pills. …
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Janelle Monae celebrates individuality on her new song “I Like That,” the confident new single from herupcoming Dirty Computer. More laidback than its Dirty Computer predecessors, “I Like That” finds Monae singing atop a restrained trap beat, whirring synths and harmonizing voices. “I don’t care what I look like but …
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Florence and the Machine released a sweeping, string-laden ballad, “Sky Full of Song,” on Thursday. The track will be available on April 21st, Record Store Day, as part of a 7″ single. It’s the first new track from Florence Welch’s band since 2016. “Sky Full of Song” centers on Welch’s …
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Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and Zedd will headline the second-annual LoveLoud Festival, which benefits local and national charities that foster communication and acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community. Grace Vanderwaal, Neon Trees’ Tyler Gleen, Vagabon, A.W. and stand-up comedian Cameron Esposito will also perform at the event, scheduled for …
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After 2016’s Ken Coomer-produced Skyline in Central Time, Andrew Leahey returns with a more guitar-forward new song, the anthemic “Start the Dance,” a fist-pumping slice of heartland rock. Leahey (a contributor to Rolling Stone Country) is a Nashville regular, who, when he isn’t fronting his band the Homestead, has been …
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Since her 1990 debut LP, Well Travelled Love, Kelly Willis has populated her albums with a smart blend of twangy country, rollicking rockers and adventurous cover tunes. But one could be forgiven for needing a bit of a refresher on Willis’ outstanding solo records – it’s been 11 years since …
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As leader of the Gramblers, Nicki Bluhm spent a decade resurrecting the sounds of California’s roots-music glory days. She was like a West Coast ambassador, her music caught halfway between the festival-friendly twang of Workingman’s Dead, the countercultural poise of the Laurel Canyon folk scene and the coed, harmony-heavy swoon …
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XXXTentacion captured his first Number One album as the troubled Florida rapper’s ? debuted atop the Billboard 200. ? sold 131,000 total copies in its first week of release. However, only 20,000 of those copies were from traditional album sales, while 106,000 were the result of streaming equivalent albums, or …
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After a five-year break, Sugarland reunited for their first full-band live concert earlier this month, a show in Dublin as part of the Country to Country Festival. They followed it up with two more shows at C2C – one in London, one in Glasgow – offering a preview of what …
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On Monday, during his regular Inside Studio G Facebook Live video series, Garth Brooks offered praise and support for March for Our Lives, the rally for gun control legislation taking place this weekend in Washington, D.C., and all around the country. “Your generation is the generation for the school shootings. …
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