Earlier this month, Roger Daltrey resumed his solo career after a 26-year break with the release of his new LP As Long As I Have You, though not long ago he was ready This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Roger Daltrey Talks Symphonic ‘Tommy’ Tour, The Who’s...

Kanye West’s Ye has only been out for a few days, and its reception has been divided. The consensus, when it has formed, seems to circle around two things: “Ghost Town,” – West’s This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How 070 Shake Stole the Show on Kanye West’s New...

“I try to keep an open mind,” Lily Allen croons on “Come On Then,” the opening number of her fourth album, No Shame. “I feel like I’m under attack all of the time.” The album, written in her London studio over several years, is the singer’s most personal, revealing an intense struggle with depression This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Lily Allen Opens Up About Divorce and Why Time’s Up Hasn’t Made It to Music...

Psych rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra have unveiled the new video for “Hunnybee,” named after the middle name of frontman Ruban Nielson’s daughter. In the new animated clip, a young woman is traveling alone on a train by scenic mountains and waterways while reading a book. Nielson’s This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Bittersweet ‘Hunnybee’...

Shawn Mendes kicked off his weeklong The Late Late Show residency Monday by taking to the streets of Los Angeles with host James This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Carpool Karaoke’: Shawn Mendes Sings Hits, Transforms into Harry...

It’s a cold, gray April morning in Brooklyn and Neko Case has come downstairs to check out of her hotel. She says she’s jetlagged but looks relaxed, her hoodie pushed up to show her arm tattoos that read “scorned as timber” and “beloved of the sky” (the title of a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Neko Case on Her House Burning Down, Why #MeToo Is Just the...

Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Carrie Underwood and Mariah Carey are among the artists that will perform at this year’s star-studded iHeartRadio Music Festival, which invades Las Vegas on September 21st and 22nd. Sam Smith, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Aldean, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rae Sremmurd, Panic! at the Disco, Luke Bryan, Kygo and Logic will also take part in the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Mariah Carey Lead 2018 iHeartRadio...

Jason Heller’s book Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded is the story of how science fiction influenced the musicians of the Seventies. Out now in hardcover via Melville House, Strange Stars also examines how space exploration, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How David Bowie Invented Ziggy...

Shawn Mendes delivered a delightful performance of “Nervous” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Monday. The track appears on Mendes’ new This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Shawn Mendes Bring ‘Nervous’ Joy to...

Clarence Fountain, founding member and longtime leader of the gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama, died Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 88. The Blind Boys of Alabama confirmed Fountain’s death in a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Clarence Fountain, Blind Boys of Alabama Leader, Dead at...

Jerry Hopkins, an author and veteran Rolling Stone writer that served as the magazine’s Los Angeles corespondent in the late Sixties, died in Bangkok, Thailand on June 3rd after a long illness. He was 82. His wife Lamyai confirmed Hopkins’ death. In 1980, Hopkins wrote This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Doors Biographer Jerry Hopkins Dead at...

When the Who started out, they billed themselves as “maximum R&B.” And before Pete Townshend embraced teenage wasteland and became one of rock’s poet laureates, the group was content playing blues and soul covers. Check out their stirring version of James Brown’s “I Don’t Mind” on My Generation, their This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Roger Daltrey’s ‘As Long as I Have You’ Gets Back to His...

This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Blocboy JB, ‘Look Alive’ Hitmaker, Is Leading Memphis Rap’s New...

Talib Kweli is facing accusations of sexual harassment from a former collaborator who claims that the rapper held her career “hostage” after she rejected his advances. Res, an artist who was signed to Kweli’s Javotti Media and appeared on numerous Kweli tracks, made her claims against the rapper (real This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Talib Kweli Faces Sexual Harassment Accusations From Former Protégé...

As of writing, there’s a Twitter thread that has over 13,000 retweets and might just convince you that Kanye West was never having a public meltdown, or pivoting to the right wing, or cashing in all his genius This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kanye’s New Album Is Out. So, How About That Performance Art...

Guns N’ Roses kicked off the 2018 leg of their unending Not in This Lifetime Tour in Berlin, Germany Sunday with one surprise addition to the setlist: A cover of “Slither” by Velvet Revolver, the supergroup featuring This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Guns N’ Roses Cover Velvet Revolver’s ‘Slither’ at Berlin...

Bruce Springsteen will join Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. the Man next week in his hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey for the reopening of concert venue Asbury Lanes.  On Monday, June 18th, the event celebrates the multimillion-dollar renovation of Asbury’s beloved shuttered bowling This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Bruce Springsteen to Perform at Reopening of Historic Asbury...

Each year thousands of New Yorkers touch down on Randall’s Island for the annual Governors Ball – still, few festival goers come prepared for what’s usually a wet fest. The torrential downpour on Sunday almost generated Woodstock ’94 proportions of mud, but headliner Eminem powered through until the end. In spite of its all-male headliners, the festival paid some respect to a cultural shift in This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Governors Ball 2018: 20 Best Things We...

After abruptly canceling a stretch of European tour dates, Earl Sweatshirt revealed he’s been “battling anxiety and depression.” The rapper nixed a handful of dates – including spots at Dublin, Ireland”s Forbidden Fruit Festival and Manchester, England’s Parklife Festival – hours before his This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Earl Sweatshirt: Depression, Anxiety Prompted Tour...

Kim Gordon‘s Body/Head will return this July with the experimental guitar duo’s second studio album The Switch, the follow-up to the former Sonic Youth rocker and Bill Nace’s 2013 debut LP Coming This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kim Gordon’s Body/Head Detail New Album ‘The Switch,’...