My Bloody Valentine have made more of their floor-shaking catalog available to stream via a new deal with Domino. Now in addition to Isn’t Anything? and the storied Loveless, listeners will be able to stream the compilation EPs 1988 – 1991 and Rare Tracks — which includes the previously unavailable-to-stream …
Read More »'Glee' Cast to Reunite at GLAAD Media Awards to Honor Naya Rivera
The cast of the television seriesGlee will reunite at the 2021 GLAAD Media Awards to pay tribute to cast member Naya Rivera, who died from drowning last July. The tribute will honor the 10-year anniversary of Rivera’s character, Santana Lopez, coming out as a lesbian, and will highlight the character’s …
Read More »Hear PJ Harvey's Raw 'Shame' Demo From 'Uh Huh Her' Sessions
PJ Harvey is previewing the upcoming release of her Uh Huh Her – Demos with a raw version of the 2004 album’s “Shame.” On the recording, she plays low, muddy notes on her guitar with minimal percussion and accordion as she intones, “Shame is the shadow of love,” in the …
Read More »Democrats Are Pathologically Short-Changing America
At first, it was $2,000. That was the message throughout the Georgia runoffs, which Democrats carried in a shocking double victory on the back of a nationwide PR blitz, flooding airwaves with promises that a newly-blue Senate could end Mitch McConnell’s half-decade of tyranny. Then, the number shrunk: $2,000 was …
Read More »'Rent' Releases Rare Jonathan Larson Demos in Honor of 25th Anniversary
Before there was Be More Chill,before there wasSpring Awakening,before teens were swiping on purple eyeliner and lipsynching to Beetlejuice’s “Dead Mom” on TikTok, there was Rent. The iconic rock musical was a multicultural paean to the lives of impoverished musicians, filmmakers, philosopher-poets, kinksters, runaways, and junkies struggling to survive in …
Read More »Guided By Voices Announce 'Collage of Rejected Songs' 'Earth Man Blues'
When the pandemic hit, Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices decided to go spelunking into his archives of unfinished songs and discarded demos from the last five to 10 years. “I was blown away that I had discarded them,” he tells Rolling Stone. “Anyway, I combined some of them and …
Read More »RS Charts: Cardi B's 'Up' Launches at Number One
Cardi B‘s “Up” debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, earning 20.4 million streams and more than 34,000 downloads. By arriving at the top of the chart, Cardi B broke Olivia Rodrigo‘s month-long run at Number One. It was a close race — Cardi B’s …
Read More »Rove: A Rudy Impeachment Defense Raises Likelihood of Trump Conviction
While most political pundits are expressing doubt that enough Senate Republicans will grow a spine to convict the president in the coming impeachment trial, one influential GOP strategist, Karl Rove, says if Trump uses Rudy Giuliani to lead his defense, the likelihood of a conviction only rises. When asked on …
Read More »Chris Rock Talks Comedy Legends With Dave Chappelle and Arsenio Hall in New 'Tamborine' Clip
Chris Rock talks classic showbiz rivalries with Dave Chappelle and Arsenio Hall in a clip from the new “remix” edition of Rock’s 2018 special,Tamborine, out Tuesday, January 12th. In the clip, Chappelle, Rock, and Hall are sharing their mutual admiration for each other backstage, which prompts Hall to remark that …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Seger's Final 'Turn the Page' With Alto Reed
The tragic news came down on December 30th that Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sax player Alto Reed died at the age of 72 after a battle with stage 4 colon cancer. “Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 …
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