Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday to perform a pair of tracks in support of their new LP, Ruins. Sisters Joanna and Klara Soderberg first performed This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: First Aid Kit Bring Angelic Harmonies to ‘Kimmel’ With New Song,...

Jack White detailed on Thursday’s Tonight Show how a “bizarre” find – handwritten Al Capone sheet music – evolved into the closing track on his latest LP, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Jack White Explain How Al Capone’s Prison Band Inspired New...

For his first feature story in Rolling Stone, Nathaniel Rateliff did not just sit down for an interview. The singer, songwriter and leader of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats sat for a few of them – over drinks, at dinner, between band rehearsals and even while waiting at traffic lights as he drove around his adopted hometown of Denver, Colorado, noting points of interest in the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Nathaniel Rateliff on His Small-Town Roots and...

Young Thug recruits Nicki Minaj for his new song “Anybody,” off the rapper’s surprise new EP Hear No Evil. Young Thug also unveiled the video for the track, featuring a pair of sign language interpreters performing the song’s lyrics. “I never killed anybody/ But I got something to do with that This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Young Thug Recruits Nicki Minaj for New Song...

Last October, Khalid got a text that hit him hard. At the time he was a few months shy of 20, still a teenager, and his life had long revolved around his phone. It had been an instrument of hookups and breakups, and also the way he and his friends shared the music that helped define their experience. “Throughout high school we would always pass someone the aux,” he says. “You know, ‘Play a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com:...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are returning to North America for a short run of shows this fall that will find them playing in larger venues than on the previous leg. The group, which last played theaters in Brooklyn, will now play the Barclays Center arena and, in Los Angeles, the Forum in This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Plot North, Latin America...

In a new interview on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio, Nicki Minaj addressed a number of rap-beef rumors before and after premiering two new songs, “Chun-Li” and “Barbie This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Nicki Minaj on ‘Motorsport’: Cardi B, Migos ‘Allowed Me to Look Like I...

Nicki Minaj released two new songs, “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li,” on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show Thursday. Minaj co-produced both songs, partnering with Chevy Music on “Barbie Tingz” and J. Reid on “Chun-Li.” “Barbie Tingz” finds Minaj flowing aggressively over sparse, rattling percussion and This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Nicki Minaj’s Ferocious New Songs, ‘Barbie Tingz,’...

The Weeknd unveiled the new video for “Call Out My Name.” The track appears on the R&B star’s new six-track release, My Dear Melancholy. The Grant Singer-directed clip This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch the Weeknd Wander Through Empty City in ‘Call Out My Name’...

PureVolume, the music discovery and streaming platform that aided the rise of bands like Paramore and Gym Class Heroes, will shut down April 30th. A note on the site’s homepage reads: “We reget to inform you that PureVolume.com is shutting down. If you were storing music here, you will have until April 30th, 2018 to This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Music Discovery Site PureVolume Shutting...

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 This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Florence and the Machine’s Vibrant New ‘Sky Full of Song’...

When Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA was a teenager, he and his cousin, the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, would skip class and head to the grindhouse to watch grainy, second-run B-movies. Of the countless films, The 36th Chamber of This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: RZA Talks Return to Live-Scoring Favorite 1970s Martial Arts...

Coachella 2018 kicks off April 13th – and again from April 20th – in Indio, California. This year’s lineup boasts a record number of women performing, including sets by Beyoncé, Cardi B and SZA; plus show-stoppers like Eminem, the Weeknd and Migos. But besides the obvious heavy-hitters, here are some up-and-coming artists worth watching this...

“The basic mistake that people make about Elvis was that he came along and got lucky,” record producer Ernst Jørgensen says in the new two-part HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher. “No, he didn’t get lucky. He worked hard and he created the music with great musicians. He had a drive that motivated him, and it was there from Day One.”  And that’s what this film, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’: 10 Things We Learned...

Arcade Fire recruited Chrissie Hynde to perform the Pretenders‘ “Don’t Get Me Wrong” during the band’s London concert on Wednesday. The This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Arcade Fire, Chrissie Hynde Cover the...

Vince Staples is a goosebumps-vivid storyteller, a scathing social critic, and a world-class smart-ass with a comeback in the chamber for anyone who dares to underestimate him. If you really want to get him going, though, try calling him an artist. “It’s not art if you’re not in control of it,” says the 24-year-old MC, holding court from an expensive-looking couch on an upper floor of This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Risk Taker: Vince Staples Doesn’t Care If...

Former Oasis mastermind Noel Gallagher talks about performing, songwriting and his love of U2 in a new interview with This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Noel Gallagher Talk U2 Fandom With Metallica’s Lars...

Billie Joe Armstrong‘s new band, the Longshot, unveiled their debut EP featuring three songs, “Taxi Driver,” “Love Is for Losers” and “Chasing a Ghost.” All three tracks find Armstrong working in familiar rock and roll This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Billie Joe Armstrong’s New Band the Longshot Unveils Debut...

The Temptations have released a cover of the Weeknd‘s “Earned It,” reworking the original with extravagant vocal harmonies and screaming guitar. The cover will appear on the group’s upcoming This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear the Temptations’ Rich Cover of the Weeknd’s ‘Earned...

5 Seconds of Summer brought their breakup blues to The Tonight Show Wednesday, tearing through their This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 5 Seconds of Summer Bring Breakup Blues to ‘Fallon’ With ‘Want You...