Shawn Mendes explores a R&B sound with his latest song “Lost in Japan.” The track is his second new release this week for an as-yet-untitled third album. This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Shawn Mendes Flex R&B Skills With New Song ‘Lost in...

Post Malone cruises in a tank through a post-apocalyptic desert in his bizarre “Psycho” video with Ty Dolla $ign. The clip opens with the rappers lounging in their military vehicle as it barrels through a barren wasteland. Elsewhere, Post Malone brandishes a flamethrower against a rabid, wolf-like creature and chases after an orphaned child. In various night scenes, he and Ty Dolla $ign This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Post Malone’s Post-Apocalyptic ‘Psycho’ Video With Ty Dolla...

Jack White, Boarding House ReachThe new album from the rocker-turned mogul is a “messy, sprawling, daffy, howling set that sounds spiritually hungry, collectively driven and, instructively, a little bit lost,” writes Will Hermes. “It’s his strangest record, but per usual, it shows his continued devotion to rock’s dark arts: the tangled cultural roots, ‘mistake’-enhanced This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 10 New Albums to Stream Now: Jack White, Neil Young, Chloe x Halle and More...

When Jack White announced a cell phone ban for his upcoming tour, he tipped his cap to Chris Rock, who employed a similar rule during a 2017 stand-up set at Third Man Records. White defended his decision in a recent interview with This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Jack White Talk Concert Phone Bans With Metallica’s Lars...

For about eight seconds near the end of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Thursday night show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, it looked like he was going to actually do something serious. “It hasn’t escaped us how very special this night is,” he said. “We are so humbled and honored to play at the world-famous This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Vanity Tour’ Brings Rarities, Surprises To New...

Jack White‘s apartment transforms into a vibrant fever dream in the reality-bending “Over and Over and Over” video. The songwriter appears in several scenarios, playing electric This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Jack White’s Surreal, Color-Coded ‘Over and Over and Over’...

During the last few years, we’ve been deluged with great new guitar bands, many showing an obsessive love for indie rock’s early-Nineties golden age – whether it’s Parquet Courts taking vintage Pavement in directions that never really even occurred to Pavement; Lvl Up mashing up Built to Spill and Neutral Milk Hotel; or Jay Som, Mitski, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Lucy Dacus and more proving This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Great Albums from Guided By Voices, Superchunk and Yo...

Ringo Starr announced a U.S. leg for his 2018 tour with the All Starr Band. The 20-date run launches September 1st in Tulsa, Oklahoma and concludes the 29th in Los Angeles. The latest iteration of the former Beatle’s rotating group features returning members – singer-guitarist Colin Hay (Men at Work), This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Ringo Starr Adds U.S. Dates to All Starr Band...

This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Jack White Messes with Identity and Rock History on the Endearingly Weird, Surprisingly Relevant ‘Boarding House...

Marilyn Manson is a patient in a hospital from hell in the new video for “Tattooed in Reverse,” which features Lisa Marie Presley and Courtney Love in cameo roles. The Hole singer – a longtime adversary of This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Marilyn Manson’s Disturbing Video With Courtney Love, Lisa Marie...

In the 2015 Backstreet Boys documentary Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of, a single telling scene sums up the strange tension that arose between two of the biggest-selling boy bands of all time. “It was almost like a betrayal,” Kevin Richardson recalled in the doc, looking back at the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘N Sync vs. Backstreet Boys: Remembering the Nineties’ Definitive Boy-Band...

Music revenue rose 16.5 percent to $8.7 billion in the U.S. in 2017, and the majority of the increase is due to music streaming services. According to an annual report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), via This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: U.S. Music Revenue Rises, Boosted by Streaming...

Pearl Jam tapped the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer for an impromptu cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” during a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ad-hoc supergroup tore This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Pearl Jam Tap Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer for Neil Young...

Pitbull discussed improving access to clean water in a statement announcing his partnership with the United Nations. The Cuban American rapper will work with the international organization on its new Water Action This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Pitbull Details Commitment to United Nations Clean Water...

David Guetta and Sia reunited for an uplifting new song called “Flames.” The hit-making pair most famously teamed up on the smash single “Titanium” in 2011. On the song, Guetta goes for a less clubby sound than usual. The This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear David Guetta, Sia Reunite on Inspirational New Song...

The English electronic producer SBTRKT released a bracing, stop-start remix of Chance the Rapper‘s “All We Got” on Thursday. The original song, from Chance’s album Coloring Book, is a jubilant opening song featuring Kanye West and the Chicago Children’s Choir. This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear SBTRKT’s Heavy Remix of Chance the Rapper’s ‘All We...

Slash announced a new LP with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators on Thursday. The album, due out this fall, does not yet have a name or a release date.  “I’ve been working with Myles, Brent and Todd for about 8 years now,” Slash said in a statement. “It’s been an amazing ride so far; as a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Slash Details New Album With Myles Kennedy and the...

Hours after releasing two new songs, Panic! at the Disco performed a brassy version of “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” on The Tonight Show on Wednesday.  “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” is agitated and spasmodic. On The Tonight Show, lead singer Brendon Urie raced through the verses, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Panic! at the Disco’s Fervent ‘Say Amen’ Performance on...

Angelique Kidjo first heard Talking Heads shortly after she fled the communist regime in her native Benin for Paris in 1983. Listening to Western popular music was like an act of treason in her home country, she says, so she remembers feeling like a kid in a candy store when discovering music in France This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Angelique Kidjo Talks Reinventing Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’ on New...

The last notes of “Please Please Me” still hung in the stale air of EMI’s Studio Two on November 26th, 1962, when George Martin’s disembodied voice crackled over the talkback from the control room above. “Gentlemen,” he addressed his young moptopped charges, “I think you’ve made your first Number One.” The veteran producer had a finely tuned ear for hits, but it would be several months before This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Beatles’ Marathon ‘Please...