Music

When Nelson George sat down to write about the state of R&B for The Village Voice in the late Eighties, two super-producers were frequently on his mind: Teddy Riley, who helped invent a vicious new fusion called New Jack Swing in New York City, and his rival Babyface, a melodic …

Yungblud has dropped the video for new single “Weird!” alongside the first episode of his new YouTube Originals series Stay Home With Yungblud. The video for “Weird!” was shot at Yungblud’s Los Angeles home and begins with him being asked what story he would tell if today was his last …

The Killers debuted their new song “Blowback” — off their delayed new album Imploding the Mirage — and covered Tom Petty for CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions. Recorded at the band’s Utah studio, Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. performed acoustic renditions of two Imploding the Mirage songs — first …

Sun and moon. Yin and Yang. East and West. Socrates and Plato. Kid Cudi and Travis Scott. From the start, the latter’s career has been inextricably tied to the former. Lore has it that the “Scott” in Travis Scott was inspired by Cudi’s real name, Scott Mescudi. Over the years, …

Car Seat Headrest unveiled two versions of a sweeping new ballad, “There Must Be More Than Blood,” off the band’s upcoming album, Making a Door Less Open, out May 1st via Matador. Car Seat shared both the official album version of the track — a slow-burner buoyed by heavy drums …

Dead & Company have canceled the 17-date tour they were planning to launch this summer, joining a long list of musicians whose live events have been impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The band is promising full refunds to all fans who have already purchased tickets to the shows. “Because …

Billie Joe Armstrong paid tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger by covering the Wonders’ “That Thing You Do!” as part of his “No Fun Mondays” quarantine series. Schlesinger, who died earlier this month at the age of 52 due to COVID-19 complications, wrote the title track to That Thing You …

Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson, performing acoustic under the moniker Brothers of a Feather, have shared a short concert film from the duo’s March 6th concert in San Francisco, the last date on their brief tour that served as a tuneup for the Black Crowes’ long-awaited reunion trek later …

Drake White is a firm believer in the idea that a little dash — or shot — will do ya. He celebrates the benefits of brown liquor in his new song, “Mix ‘Em With Whiskey.” The latest track off of his upcoming EP, Stars, the song is an easygoing balm …

This is the first installment of Rolling Stone‘s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic. ____ In early March, Toni Globis and Brandon Burney were planning for a busy few months ahead. The couple were part of …