Earlier this year, sibling pop trio AJR released “Burn the House Down,” their first single since their hit 2017 album The Click. Little did members Adam, Jack and Ryan Met know that the song would end up becoming part of a greater cause. The energetic track, meant to reflect the current American political climate, has been adopted by the March for Our Lives campaign, appearing in This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: AJR on Their March for Our Lives Anthem and...

Charli XCX struts around an empty warehouse in the new video for her late-night, pop-trap jam, “5 in the Morning.” It’s her first solo offering since she released her Pop 2 This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Charli XCX’s Sultry New ‘5 In the Morning’...

Bebe Rexha’s voice makes a quirky, squirmy sound that may not be your cup of squeak. But if it is, then it’s crazily irresistible and, given the right melody, unstoppable. Her serpentine wail is the precious ingredient in some of today’s biggest hits, the factor that’s turned otherwise bland songs like Louis Tomlinson’s “Back to You” and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” into body-rocking This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Bebe Rexha’s...

“I gotta say, when it comes down to discovering weird samples, that dude’s kind of all over it,” says Now Again Records founder Eothen “Egon” Alapatt of Kanye West, the superstar producer who’s dropped five sample-soaked releases in the past five This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kanye West’s Summer of Samples: How Two Reissue Labels Helped Make Wyoming...

The family and record label of Vinnie Paul has announced a public memorial for the late Pantera drummer. “Vinnie Paul: A Public Celebration of Life” will take place Sunday, July 1st – the day after Paul’s private funeral in his native Texas – at Dallas’ Bomb Factory venue. Fans hoping to attend the memorial must receive a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Vinnie Paul: Public Memorial Announced for Pantera...

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We believe the answer is “all of the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Tove Styrke’s ‘Say My Name’ Is the Song of the...

Billie Eilish takes fans backstage at Bonnaroo in a goofy behind-the-scenes video for Rolling Stone. “I didn’t sleep so much yesterday – I think that’s pretty obvious,” the 16-year-old singer-songwriter says. While sleep deprivation didn’t affect her performance at the 2018 fest, it may have prompted some of her loopier This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Backstage With Billie Eilish at Bonnaroo: ‘Sh-t Is...

Alice in Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell knew late Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul longer, he says, “than I’ve known the guys in my own band.” It was a relationship that began when This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jerry Cantrell Remembers Pantera’s Vinnie Paul: ‘He Lived His Life...

Genre-hopping guitarist Marc Ribot recruited singer-songwriter Steve Earle to front his moving tribute song “Srinivas,” the first sample of a new album of anti-Trump material, Goodbye Beautiful/Songs of Resistance 1942-2018, out September 14th via ANTI- Records. Tom Waits, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Marc Ribot, Steve Earle Protest Trump on New Song...

Jerry Cantrell never stopped playing air guitar. It happens anytime a riff comes along that grabs his attention, sending the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum guitarist for Alice in Chains into spasms of hard-rock ecstasy, as his fingers mime the sounds hammering his eardrums. Right now, he’s listening This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Alice in Chains Talk Honoring Seattle Comrades With New Album ‘Rainier...

Joe Jackson, the strict patriarch who took Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 out of the Gary, Indiana ghettos and made them internationally famous, died early Wednesday morning at the age of 89. Jackson had been battling terminal cancer in a Los Angeles hospital. Brian This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Joe Jackson, Jackson Family Patriarch, Dead at...

Miley Cyrus is soliciting donations via Facebook for migrant children who have been separated from their families through President Trump’s controversial border policy.  The pop singer launched a fundraiser for KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) through the social network’s new feature allowing Pages This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Miley Cyrus Is Raising Money for Migrant Children Via Facebook...

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We believe the answer is “all of the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Slow Burn’ Is the Song of the...

Any newly discovered music from a legend on the order of John Coltrane is an event. But the reason advance buzz has been particularly feverish for Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album, a previously unissued session from March of 1963, is that it comes from the era of his so-called Classic This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: John Coltrane’s New ‘Lost Album’ Captures a Day in the Life of His Greatest...

For Ian Anderson – prog rocker extraordinaire and the world’s best one-legged-stance flautist, bar none – a half-century career in music is no remarkable feat. “It’s not any particularly novel or unusual occurrence,” the Jethro Tull leader says nonchalantly through his dry British accent. “This year marks the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson: My Life in 10...

Ray Davies‘ new album Our Country: Americana Act II – a sequel to his 2017 LP Americana – doesn’t arrive until Friday, but here you can preview the song “The Big Guy” and see a video of him telling the story behind the tune.  “‘The Big Guy’ is reflections on waking up in the hospital This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Ray Davies’ New Autobiographical Song ‘The Big...

Record industry revenue is on the rise. Off the still-rising success of streaming, label executives say they’ve got “money swirling around.” Warner reportedly gave 17-year-old Lil Pump a $8 million record deal. There’s finally profit in music This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Median U.S. Musician Is Still Making Under $25,000 a...

The Prince estate has inked a deal that will give Sony Music and Legacy Recordings distribution rights to 35 previously released Prince albums.  Starting this year, Legacy will be allowed to make available 19 Prince albums originally issued between 1995 and 2010. These include This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Prince Estate, Sony Ink Distribution Deal for 35 Previously Released...

Few artists are more sensitive to the pain and absurdity of modern life than Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett and Broad City‘s Abbi Jacobson. These days, both are turning that laser focus on themselves. On previous releases, Barnett has often masked introspection behind dazzling wordplay and humor. But her latest album, Tell Me How You Really This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Courtney Barnett and Abbi Jacobson on the Art of...

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We believe the answer is “all of the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Scars on Broadway’s ‘Lives’ Is the Song of the...