From British nobility to posh schoolboy to glam rocker to addict to actor and everything in between, Michael Des Barres has lived more than his share of lifetimes — an existence perhaps best exemplified by his hit 1983 song, “Obsession.” Rolling Stone has an exclusive acoustic performance of the song …
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Nick Cave’s Idiot Prayer livestream concert — featuring the singer performing solo on piano without an audience at London’s Alexandra Palace — will be released as a live album and theatrical film. Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace — out November 20th on CD, vinyl and streaming …
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Danai Gurira has released a statement in remembrance of Chadwick Boseman following news of the actor’s death last Friday. Gurira co-starred with Boseman in the Marvel filmBlack Panther, where she portrayed the Wakanda warrior Okoye. “How do you honor a king? Reeling from the loss of my colleague, my friend, …
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Jazmine Sullivan is casually devastating on “Lost One,” her first new single in over two years, which she released Thursday at midnight. “Lost One” is a parched ballad, mostly just a guitar lick and Sullivan’s crystalline vocals. While the musical bed is unerringly calm, the lyrics are bracing, delivered from …
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Meg Remy’s musical project U.S. Girls have dropped the trippy new video “And Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueve,” a track off their recent album Heavy Light. Created by Evan Gordon, the animated video features vivid, swirling images with contorted faces and blinking lights. “What a joy not to know/The day …
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Megan Thee Stallion announced her first-ever virtual concert performance Friday, set to livestream Saturday, August 27 at 6 p.m. EST. Pricing her tickets at $15 (find them here), Megan is the latest in a growing list of prominent artists who have begun to adopt a paid livestreaming model as the …
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The Fall will reissue their 1988 LP The Frenz Experiment as a double-disc set featuring non-LP singles, rarities, BBC sessions, B-sides and more. The Frenz Experiment: Expanded Edition — available to preorder as either a two-CD or two-LP set via Beggars Arkive ahead of its October 23rd release — includes …
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Drake released “Laugh Now Cry Later,” a new collaboration with Lil Durk, on Thursday at midnight. In the video for the track, which sometimes seems like a lengthy Nike commercial, Drake plays basketball with Kevin Durant and throws around a football with Odell Beckham Jr. The “Laugh Now Cry Later” …
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King Krule, a.k.a. Archy Marshall, has dropped a haunting new video for “Comet Face,” a track off his latest album Man Alive! Directed by CC Wade and co-written by Wade and Marshall’s brother Jack, the clip features Marshall waking up on a bench in his childhood home of Peckham, South …
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Metallica is returning to the stage for the first time since 2019 — kind of. The band will be the inaugural rock act to partner with the Encore Drive-In Nights series, screening a full set at drive-ins and outdoor theaters in the U.S. and Canada on August 29th. As with …
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