Outkast will mark the 20th anniversary of their 2000 classic Stankonia with a series of digital bundles featuring radio mixes, vocal-only tracks, instrumentals, and remixes of the album’s biggest singles. Among them is a rare remix of “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” engineered by Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de …
Read More »Ariana Grande's New Album: Here's Everything We Know
On Thursday night, Ariana Grande gave fans a first taste of Positions — the follow-up to her most-successful album yet, 2019’s already-double-platinum Thank U, Next. Lead single, title track, and slow-burning bop “Positions” dropped alongside a music video that’s both flirtatious and empowering. In it, Grande traipses around the White …
Read More »Finneas Sings About His Hatred of the Internet on 'Can't Wait to Be Dead'
Finneas examines his relationship to online discourse on his new single “Can’t Wait to Be Dead,” released on Wednesday. In it, the artist expresses his frustration with political upheaval and racism in the U.S. (“Fuck your Confederate flag”), a country that appears to have only grown more divided on social …
Read More »Steve Winwood Remembers 'Big Brother' Spencer Davis
Following the death of blues rocker Spencer Davis on Monday, Steve Winwood has paid tribute to his former bandmate, who he called a “big brother.” “I’ve known Spencer since I was about 13, he would have been about 22,” Winwood tells Rolling Stone. “I was playing a show at Birmingham …
Read More »First Posthumous Ennio Morricone Collection Will Feature Seven Unreleased Tracks
A new posthumous Ennio Morricone collection, Morricone Segreto, featuring seven previously unreleased tracks, will be released November 6th via CAM Sugar/Decca Records, Variety reports. The collection covers a rich creative period for Morricone, from the end of the Sixties through the early Eighties, and the songs are culled from slightly …
Read More »Flashback: Phish Cover Beatles' 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' in 1994
On the alternate version of Earth where Covid never happened and the Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and the Who all toured this year, Phish are probably gearing up for their semi-annual Halloween concert where they cover an entire classic album. Fans …
Read More »Mick Fleetwood Discusses Viral 'Dreams' TikTok, Eddie Van Halen's Legacy
Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood called up Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM Show Andy Cohen Live to discus the viral TikTok video where skateboarder Nathan Apodaca glides down the street while chugging Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice and singing along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” “A lot of my kids are young and connected …
Read More »Watch St. Vincent Play 'Fortnite' With YouTuber Abby Russell
St. Vincent has been getting her Nintendo Switch hours in during quarantine. On Monday, the musician (real name Annie Clark) joined gamer Abby Russell for an hour-long round of Fortnite on YouTube’s Giant Bomb channel. Clark revealed earlier this year in a Variety interview that she’s become obsessed with Nintendo …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion, Young Thug Go to Wonderland in 'Don't Stop' Video
Megan Thee Stallion is out with a brand-new single on the heels of her blockbuster NC-17 “WAP” collaboration with Cardi B. The new track, “Don’t Stop,” features Megan’s trademark lyrics espousing sexual empowerment — “Don’t stop, work that cat” — over a screeching beat by Buddah Bless, with a guest …
Read More »Adrianne Lenker Sings of Warm Summer Nights on 'Dragon Eyes'
Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker has shared “Dragon Eyes,” the latest offering from her upcoming double solo LP, Songs and Instrumentals. Accompanied by a visual of trees at dusk, the track features Lenker’s vocals over sparse acoustic guitar. “Freezing at the edge of the bed/Chewing a cigarette and repeating shadows of …
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