Cardi B commandeered the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards with a performance of “Get Up 10” and her new track with Pardison Fontaine, “Backin’ It Up.” The annual awards show also featured a medley from T.I. and a bi-coastal collaboration from A$AP Rocky and YG. Cardi kicked off her performance with …
Read More »Brandi Carlile on Meeting Lady Gaga, Filming 'A Star Is Born'
On October 6th, Rolling Stone held its first Morning Sessions during ACL Fest 2018 at Wanderlust Yoga in Austin. The intimate chat series included Elle King, the band Chvrches, Sharon Van Etten and Brandi Carlile, whose latest album By the Way, I Forgive You is being heralded as one of …
Read More »Fyre Festival Organizer Billy McFarland Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Billy McFarland, now infamous for co-organizing the disastrous Fyre Festival in 2017, was sentenced to six years in prison for multiple counts of fraud on Thursday, The New York Times reports. McFarland was facing charges related to the Fyre Festival — where he used popular celebrities to help him convince …
Read More »Cardi B, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello Tapped for 2018 Jingle Ball Tour
Cardi B, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are among the artists set to perform during the 2018 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour. Each show on the 12-city arena tour will boast a different lineup. The overall list of participating artists also includes Calvin Harris, Alessia Cara, Bebe Rexha, the Chainsmokers, Khalid, …
Read More »11 New Albums to Stream Now: Cat Power, 'A Star Is Born' and More
EDITORS’ PICK: Cat Power, Wanderer “Chan Marshall, aka: Cat Power, lays full claim to the title of her tenth album,Wandererwith the authority of a blueswoman who’s seen some shit,” writes Will Hermes, “alternately conjuring trances and slapping you out of them, projecting clear-eyed, uncompromising strength on one of the most …
Read More »Sonic Youth Detail '30 Years of 'Daydream Nation” Film Event
Sonic Youth will mark the 30th anniversary of their 1988 landmark double-album, Daydream Nation, with an event that features three films and “unseen gems from the band’s archives,” according to a statement. Dubbed ‘Sonic Youth: 30 Years of Daydream Nation,‘ the program takes place on October 20th in Portland, Oregon, …
Read More »Hear Afrobeats Star Wizkid's Buoyant New Songs
Wizkid, a champion of the Nigerian genre known as afrobeats, released a pair of new songs this week, “Master Groove” and “Fever,” to mark his country’s independence day. Both songs add a lone, squeaky horn line to the usual lilting melodies that define afrobeats. In “Master Groove,” the beat is …
Read More »Fleet Foxes Revisit Early Days with 'First Collection 2006-2009'
When Fleet Foxes released their first album in 2008, the band immediately stood out for its acoustic strumming and wide-open CSNY-style harmonies. The album sold more than 500,000 copies, with Rolling Stone naming it one of the 40 Greatest Stoner Albums of All Time and the group influencing a generation …
Read More »Elton John Adds New North American Dates to Farewell Tour
UPDATE: Elton John will bring his farewell tour into 2020 after adding seven New York metropolitan area shows to his three-year farewell tour. Tickets for the gigs go on sale to the general public on September 27th. See the new dates below. Elton John added 25 additional North American dates …
Read More »William Shatner Taps Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley for Holiday LP
William Shatner, master of the theatrical spoken-word rock cover, is tackling the Yuletide with his first-ever holiday LP, Shatner Claus –The Christmas Album, out October 26th via Clepoatra Records. Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins and former Yes …
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