The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund will hold a star-studded virtual fundraiser on what would have been the heavy-metal firebrand’s 79th birthday, July 10th. In addition to archival footage of Dio from throughout his life, the event will feature guest performances, interviews, and birthday wishes from …
Read More »Justin Moore Is Country Music's Sleeper Hitmaker. He's Also the Genre's Biggest Fan
Not too long ago, Justin Moore and the Nineties country songwriter David Lee Murphy were sitting around Moore’s Florida beach house talking about trucks. After years trying to write hit songs on the road and during the requisite morning sessions in Nashville writing rooms, Moore had returned to the way …
Read More »Coldplay Dance Through a Dystopia in New 'Higher Power' Video
Coldplay have released an official music video for their recent single, “Higher Power.” Directed by Dave Meyers, the song follows Chris Martin as he wanders around a dystopian-looking planet named Kaotica (the local alien language, “Kaotican” is featured in the video and across the “Higher Power” artwork). Despite the gloomy …
Read More »Don Cheadle Gets Roped Into a Robbery That Goes Awry in 'No Sudden Move' Trailer
HBO Max has released a new trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film, No Sudden Move, set to premiere July 1st on the streaming service. Set in Detroit in 1954, the film centers around a character played by Don Cheadle, who is tapped for an ostensibly peripheral role in a plot …
Read More »DOJ Says It Will No Longer Use Court Orders to Seize Journalists' Records, Identify Sources
The Department of Justice under former president Trump attempted to seize the email logs from four New York Timesreporters in an attempt to identify their sources, the Times reported Friday. On Saturday, the department announced the Biden administration will end the practice of aggressively pursuing leak investigations by trying to …
Read More »Neil Young Is Five Songs Into His Next Record, But He's Unsure About Touring
Neil Young has spent much of the pandemic focusing on an ambitious slate of archival releases, but he’s recently started work on a follow-up to his 2019 LP Colorado. “I have five songs ready for the next album,” he recently wrote to fans on the Neil Young Archives, “so I …
Read More »Steve Earle and the Dukes Announce Summer Tour Dates
Steve Earle and the Dukes have announced a slew of tour dates that will put them back on the road this summer. The trek kicks off July 1st at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas. With 37 dates announced so far, Earle’s tour will take his group through Texas to …
Read More »'Stop the War': The Forgotten Black Voices Who Protested Vietnam in Song
The emotions that stampede through the 23 tracks onStop the War should be familiar to anyone who’s heard songs objecting to the Vietnam fiasco of the Sixties and Seventies. Soldiers yearn to see their lovers or families again or beg those partners to stay faithful; protesting voices call out for …
Read More »John Mayer Announces New Album 'Sob Rock'
John Mayer announced on Tuesday that he’ll be releasing his eighth studio album, titled Sob Rock, on July 16th. The singer and guitarist released the news on Twitter, along with the album’s cover art. Rolling Stone has reached out to representatives for Mayer for further details. Sob Rock will mark Mayer’s first …
Read More »See Twenty One Pilots Perform 'Shy Away' on 'Fallon'
A week after Twenty One Pilots released their new album Scaled & Icy, the duo virtually performed the LP’s “Shy Away” on Friday’s Tonight Show. Performing from the same pastel-colored set used in their recent publicity photos, Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun and company ran through Scaled & Icy’s first single, …
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