It’s a privilege befitting an ambient icon who once soundtracked a moon landing documentary: On Tuesday, the science festival Starmus V presented Brian Eno with a certificate commemorating that Asteroid 81948 has been named in his honor. Astronomer Marc Buie of the Southwest Research Institute, who discovered the asteroid, presented …
Read More »Watch Cardi B Flex on Judge, Jury and Executioner in New 'Press' Video
Cardi B struts through a perp walk and leaves a trail of blood at a trial in the wild new video for “Press.” The outlandish clip opens with a steamy menage-a-trois scene that soon turns violent as Cardi pulls on a cigarette as she takes out a handgun. From there, …
Read More »Migos, Future, G-Eazy Lead Rolling Loud Bay Area 2019 Lineup
Migos, Future, G-Eazy and Lil Uzi Vert will headline the 2019 Rolling Loud Bay Area festival. 21 Savage, Juice WRLD, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Gunna, Nav, Tyga and Lil Yachty will also perform at the event, scheduled for Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, the 29th at the Oakland …
Read More »Watch Lana Del Rey's Live Debut of Sublime Cover 'Doin' Time'
Lana Del Rey staged the live debut of her Sublime cover “Doin’ Time” during a concert Saturday at Dublin, Ireland’s Malahide Castle. Set against an orange sunset backdrop and palm trees, Del Rey swayed as she sultrily crooned the lyrics to “Doin’ Time” while the audience sang along. The performance …
Read More »Mark Ronson Was Our Youngest, Most Ambitious Intern
Interning at Rolling Stone is an incredibly transformative experience. It’s one you never forget, even after you’ve written “Uptown Funk” and “Shallow.” Last night on The Late Show, the Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter-producer Mark Ronson reminisced about his first job in the “business”: researching the music charts page for Rolling …
Read More »Nirvana, Tom Petty, Aretha Franklin Recordings Among Estimated Half Million Songs Lost in 2008 UMG Fire
UPDATE: Neil Young, the Who and more than 700 artists may have lost master recordings in the 2008 Universal Music Group vault fire, according to a New York Times magazine follow-up report published on Tuesday June 25th. The massive list of artists, which spans eras and genres, was culled from …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Sings Alternate Versions of Nine Inch Nails in 'Black Mirror' Season 5
Black Mirror is known for taking the real-world technology we unquestionably take for granted – social media, dating apps, surveillance – and skewing it to a slightly fantastical degree. Following in line with the “what if our world but a little different” atmosphere of the show,Black MirrorSeason Five, released this …
Read More »Flashback: Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath Members Rock for Armenia in 1989
When an earthquake decimated parts of Armenia and killing between 25,000 to 50,000 people in 1988, the world was in shock. The USSR earmarked the equivalent of billions of dollars to help rebuild, the U.S. sent medical aid and search dogs, and people from all over Europe came to help. …
Read More »Five People Injured During Stampede at Roots Picnic
Five people were injured in a stampede at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic Saturday after a false gun scare caused concertgoers to flee Fairmount Park during 21 Savage’s set. Four of the five people injured were underage, with one suffering a broken leg. “It was scary. Everybody just started running from one …
Read More »City Girls, Lil Yachty Report on 'Act Up' Challenge in New Video
After “Careless” and “Twerk,” rap duo City Girls are back with another delightfully rambunctious music video from their second album Girl Code. Lil Yachty makes a cameo in the new clip for “Act Up,” as a befuddled Miami news anchor reporting on a phenomenon sweeping the coastline: the “Act Up Challenge.” …
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