“Be My Baby” is as universal as a pop song can be. It’s the song that made Ronnie Spector a timeless rock & roll legend, a teenage girl from Spanish Harlem who packed a lifetime of raw power into three minutes. Ever she belted out “Be My Baby” in 1963, it’s been the classic that sums up the whole Sixties girl-group era, with Phil Spector’s lavish Wall of Sound production. But it’s never left the airwaves. On Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, “Be My Baby...
- 5/8/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Greg Tate, the towering cultural critic and author (as well as musician), was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize on Monday, May 6.
Tate was given one of the Pulitzer’s “Special Citation” awards, with the organization writing on X, formerly Twitter, “Congratulations to the family, friends, colleagues and fans who bore witness to the inimitable literary/artistic magic of the late Greg Tate.”
A blurb on the Pulitzer Prize website specifically commended Tate’s singular writing, noting the way his “language — cribbed from literature, academia, popular culture and hip-hop — was as...
Tate was given one of the Pulitzer’s “Special Citation” awards, with the organization writing on X, formerly Twitter, “Congratulations to the family, friends, colleagues and fans who bore witness to the inimitable literary/artistic magic of the late Greg Tate.”
A blurb on the Pulitzer Prize website specifically commended Tate’s singular writing, noting the way his “language — cribbed from literature, academia, popular culture and hip-hop — was as...
- 5/6/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
From “Fortnight” to “The Manuscript,” the latest episodes of Rolling Stone Music Now dive into every single track of Taylor Swift’s longest album ever, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Along the way, we debate larger issues, including whether Swift intends all 31 tracks to be seen as the album proper, or if the latter half — added by surprise on the night of release — is actually more of a collection of bonus songs.
Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussions, which also place every song...
Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussions, which also place every song...
- 5/5/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Even before Beyoncé kicked off her solo career, it was clear that she was a legend-in-the-making. As the de facto leader of Destiny’s Child, she was a guiding light for the girl group and helped shepherd them to stardom in both the pop and R&b spaces. The group was at their height (and still very much together) as she launched her solo career, first with “Work It Out” for the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack and then with more gusto on 2003’s “Crazy in Love.”
“Crazy in Love...
“Crazy in Love...
- 5/1/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
At the very moment Taylormania was hitting preposterous heights, threatening to turn the artist at its center into an untouchable icon, it turns out that the real Taylor Swift was spending her time between glittery three-hour concerts making some of her most fearless art. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology is stuffed with the rawest, angriest, and most unguarded songs of Swift’s career – quite the opposite of the ingratiating, focus-grouped inoffensiveness that a skeptic might expect from an artist at her current level of visibility.
On the new episode...
On the new episode...
- 4/25/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Kate Bush has always been a fiercely original art-pop icon. But with “Running Up That Hill,” she achieved a new kind of feat. “Running Up That Hill” was a massive Top Ten, dominating U.S. radio all over the summer of 2022 — even though it was a song she released back in 1985. Her classic synth-goth anthem sounded ahead of its time in the Eighties. But only Kate Bush could make it a song that still sounds ahead of its time nearly 40 years later.
“Running Up That Hill” came out on Bush’s 1985 breakthrough album,...
“Running Up That Hill” came out on Bush’s 1985 breakthrough album,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
The VMAs are headed home — well, close enough — to celebrate its 40th anniversary: After two years on the other side of the Hudson River, MTV’s flagship awards show will return to New York, taking place Sept. 10 at the Ubs Arena in Elmont, just outside of New York City.
The Video Music Awards debuted in 1984 at Radio City Music Hall. While that storied NYC venue has hosted the show numerous times over the decades, it hasn’t been held there since 2018.
For the past two years, the VMAs have taken...
The Video Music Awards debuted in 1984 at Radio City Music Hall. While that storied NYC venue has hosted the show numerous times over the decades, it hasn’t been held there since 2018.
For the past two years, the VMAs have taken...
- 4/24/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department is on pace for a massive opening, and in under 24 hours, the album already beat the record for most streams in a single day on Spotify, the service confirmed on Friday.
The record has over 200 million streams already, Spotify said, and Swift now holds the record for the top-three debuts in Spotify history. Midnights comes in second-place and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) takes third. That figure should grow further as she has several hours left before the day is done.
Per Spotify, Swift also broke...
The record has over 200 million streams already, Spotify said, and Swift now holds the record for the top-three debuts in Spotify history. Midnights comes in second-place and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) takes third. That figure should grow further as she has several hours left before the day is done.
Per Spotify, Swift also broke...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
The great-grandchildren of Clara Bow are feeling the love after Taylor Swift named a song after the iconic 1920s actress on The Tortured Poets Department.
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Two prominent faculty members of the Tortured Poets Department are toasting their chair.
On Friday, Taylor Swift’s close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner shared their excitement about the release of Swift’s new album, saying they were “forever grateful” and “overwhelmed” to work with Swift.
“Love this album more than I can say …. love you all very much,” Antonoff wrote in a short post on X (formerly Twitter). “More later very overwhelmed … love you taylor.”
Dessner, for his part, shared a photo of Swift in the recording studio while making the double album.
On Friday, Taylor Swift’s close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner shared their excitement about the release of Swift’s new album, saying they were “forever grateful” and “overwhelmed” to work with Swift.
“Love this album more than I can say …. love you all very much,” Antonoff wrote in a short post on X (formerly Twitter). “More later very overwhelmed … love you taylor.”
Dessner, for his part, shared a photo of Swift in the recording studio while making the double album.
- 4/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about swerving when people least expect it. Still, nothing could have prepared listeners for the way she totally abandoned country music on her 2014 album, 1989. Sure, she had teased some Max Martin-assisted pop hits on her previous album, Red, but 1989 was a total 180 from the country starlet’s past, one that saw her teardrop-soaked guitar for sassier synths instead.
The crown jewel of the album is “Blank Space.” While lead single “Shake It Off” was an empowering kiss-off to the haters, the follow-up...
The crown jewel of the album is “Blank Space.” While lead single “Shake It Off” was an empowering kiss-off to the haters, the follow-up...
- 4/17/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
In the Nineties, Missy Elliott and Timbaland were just a pair of kids from Virginia — but they ended up changing the sound of hip-hop and pop forever. The two geniuses would collaborate on production for their friends and eventually on Missy Elliott’s own successful string of albums and major hits. The most inventive of them remains “Get Ur Freak On,” the lead single off 2001’s Miss E…So Addictive.
This week on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, hosts Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield dig into everything that makes “Get...
This week on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, hosts Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield dig into everything that makes “Get...
- 4/10/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Paul McCartney applauded Beyoncé’s rendition of the White Album classic “Blackbird” in a statement posted Thursday on the Beatles legend’s social media.
“I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
“I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
- 4/4/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades. It’s one of the most popular, influential — and argued-over— features the magazine has ever done.
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Swifties have known since early February that Taylor Swift has a new album, Tortured Poets Department, due April 19, with some notably provocative song titles (“So Long London,” “But Daddy I Love Him”) and big-name guest stars (Post Malone, Florence Welsh). But since then, information on the album has been scarce, so fans have more than filled the void, passing around possibly fake leaked snippets of songs while pranking each other with both ChatGPT-generated lyrics and a ridiculous viral parody where an AI-generated Taylor sings lines like, “I’m so happy...
- 3/29/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades. It’s one of the most popular, influential — and argued-over — features the magazine has ever done.
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
You probably don’t know his face or his voice. But you definitely know his music. Max Martin, the Swedish genius behind so many hits from the past 25 years, has always been an elusive figure, remaining behind the scenes. He refuses to become any kind of celebrity. Yet he has helped create so many classics, including some on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs list: Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” (which comes in at 357) and the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” (240). He’s written or co-written 26 Number One hits,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
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Quick Answer: Swifties can watch the Eras Tour movie on Disney+.
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Move your furniture and get ready to dance, Swifties. After smashing records at the box office since its premiere this fall, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert movie finally lands on streaming services this month. And this time, you’re getting Taylor’s Version: The Eras Tour movie is streaming on Disney+ this week,...
Quick Answer: Swifties can watch the Eras Tour movie on Disney+.
Watch on Disney+
Move your furniture and get ready to dance, Swifties. After smashing records at the box office since its premiere this fall, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert movie finally lands on streaming services this month. And this time, you’re getting Taylor’s Version: The Eras Tour movie is streaming on Disney+ this week,...
- 3/14/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades — one of the biggest, and most argued-over, features the magazine has ever done.
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
One of the biggest influences on Ariana Grande’s new album, Eternal Sunshine, turns out be the Beatles’ Rubber Soul. That inspiration isn’t exactly instantly evident within the album’s sleek production and Max Martin-assisted songwriting, but Grande said in an advance listening session for journalists that she had John, Paul, George, and Ringo in mind as she stuffed it full of unexpected melodic twists and half-buried ear candy.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome to the Beatles Cinematic Universe. Continuing the current wave of music biopics — which just saw its most recent box-office triumph with Bob Marley: One Love — director Sam Mendes (Skyfall) has signed on to helm not one, but four separate Beatles biopics, all due in 2027. The movies, set to begin production next year, will each focus a single Beatle’s perspective, so John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and even Ringo Starr each get a turn in the spotlight.
It might seem like overkill, but as we discuss on the...
It might seem like overkill, but as we discuss on the...
- 3/4/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
“I honestly just needed to hear Corin sing.”
Carrie Brownstein was headed into a studio in Los Angeles last fall when her friend and longtime Sleater-Kinney bandmate Corin Tucker called to give her the name and number of someone at the U.S. Embassy in Italy. The embassy had been urgently trying to contact Brownstein and her sister for a few days, but neither had current phone numbers attached to their passports, and since Tucker is listed as Brownstein’s emergency contact, the embassy got ahold of her. Tucker suspected...
Carrie Brownstein was headed into a studio in Los Angeles last fall when her friend and longtime Sleater-Kinney bandmate Corin Tucker called to give her the name and number of someone at the U.S. Embassy in Italy. The embassy had been urgently trying to contact Brownstein and her sister for a few days, but neither had current phone numbers attached to their passports, and since Tucker is listed as Brownstein’s emergency contact, the embassy got ahold of her. Tucker suspected...
- 11/8/2023
- by Lisa Tozzi
- Rollingstone.com
Britney Spears’ wrenching new memoir, The Woman in Me, is a classic celebrity tell-all — but she doesn’t quite tell all. There’s not a word in there about the recording her classic second album, Oops!… I Did It Again. Later, she mentions one of her greatest songs, “Toxic,” but again, there’s nothing about the process behind the track.
In the section about Spears’ lip-locked 2003 VMAs appearance with Madonna, Christina Aguilera — who, lest we forget, was also there — is written out of the performance altogether. And Spears never says...
In the section about Spears’ lip-locked 2003 VMAs appearance with Madonna, Christina Aguilera — who, lest we forget, was also there — is written out of the performance altogether. And Spears never says...
- 10/31/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is so dominant in theaters across the country that screenings of the Killers of the Flower Moon have had “Love Story” leaking in from next door during quiet moments. But the nearly three-hour-long Swift concert documentary is an intense theatrical experience in its own right, complete with singalongs, applause, and in some cases, young Swifties leaving their seats to stand, or dance, directly in front of the screen.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we share many thoughts on the tour and...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we share many thoughts on the tour and...
- 10/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Oppenheimer filmmaker Christopher Nolan believes that Taylor Swift is the future of cinema.
During a recent event on Wednesday between Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kai Bird, the director praised Swift for her decision to distribute The Eras Tour film directly through AMC. “Taylor Swift is about to show the studios, because her concert film is not being distributed by the studios, it’s being distributed by a theater owner, AMC, and it’s going to make an enormous amount of money,” he said . “And this is the thing: This is a format,...
During a recent event on Wednesday between Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kai Bird, the director praised Swift for her decision to distribute The Eras Tour film directly through AMC. “Taylor Swift is about to show the studios, because her concert film is not being distributed by the studios, it’s being distributed by a theater owner, AMC, and it’s going to make an enormous amount of money,” he said . “And this is the thing: This is a format,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will likely conclude as the highest grossing concert tour of all time, and now it’s its accompanying concert film has the potential for a similar distinction. The Eras Tour movie debuted this weekend with an estimated $95 to $97 million, according to the film’s distributor AMC Theaters.
Swift made history before the film had even hit theaters; its advance ticket sales alone were enough to put the Eras Tour movie among the highest-grossing concert films of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber’s 2011 concert movie Never Say Never,...
Swift made history before the film had even hit theaters; its advance ticket sales alone were enough to put the Eras Tour movie among the highest-grossing concert films of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber’s 2011 concert movie Never Say Never,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo released her sophomore album, “Guts,” on Friday, September 8. Expectations were high after her studio debut, 2021’s “Sour,” achieved critical acclaim, won her three Grammys and has been certified quadruple platinum as of this writing. But judging from the initial reviews, “Guts” has leaped over the sky-high bar Rodrigo set for herself.
Based on the first 11 reviews, “Guts” has an astronomical MetaCritic score of 93 out of 100. Compare that to “Sour,” which based on 20 reviews received an 83 score that itself indicated reflected universal acclaim from music journalists. For the moment this album rates 10 points better than that, though that number might have changed by the time you read this.
SEEOlivia Rodrigo (‘Bad Idea Right?’): She’s obsessed with her ex in 2nd video and single from ‘Guts’ [Watch]
Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone) says the album is “witty, pissed-off” and contains “her most ambitious, intimate and messy songs yet.” “Guts,” he proclaims,...
Based on the first 11 reviews, “Guts” has an astronomical MetaCritic score of 93 out of 100. Compare that to “Sour,” which based on 20 reviews received an 83 score that itself indicated reflected universal acclaim from music journalists. For the moment this album rates 10 points better than that, though that number might have changed by the time you read this.
SEEOlivia Rodrigo (‘Bad Idea Right?’): She’s obsessed with her ex in 2nd video and single from ‘Guts’ [Watch]
Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone) says the album is “witty, pissed-off” and contains “her most ambitious, intimate and messy songs yet.” “Guts,” he proclaims,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
What better way for Livies to wake up on Guts release day than to a Today Show performance? On Friday morning, Olivia Rodrigo visited 30 Rock to perform “Vampire” and “Get Him Back” from her new album. She also sang her hits “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U.”
“I’ve been working on it for so long and living with it for so long, so today is really cathartic,” Rodrigo told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. “It was definitely a lot of pressure coming off the crazy success that Sour had...
“I’ve been working on it for so long and living with it for so long, so today is really cathartic,” Rodrigo told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. “It was definitely a lot of pressure coming off the crazy success that Sour had...
- 9/8/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been a brutal two-and-half-year wait since Olivia Rodrigo dropped her excellent debut album Sour. But now the Grammy-winning artist is back with her new album Guts, featuring lead singles, from “Vampire” to “Bad Idea Right?” Released on Sept. 8, Rodrigo’s sophomore effort gives fans what Rolling Stone calls “her most ambitious, intimate, and messy songs yet.”
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“Olivia Rodrigo knocked it out of the park on her first try, with her instant classic of a debut, Sour. So expectations have been sky-high for her next move.
Olivia Rodrigo Guts Vinyl Buy: Guts [LP] $27.50
“Olivia Rodrigo knocked it out of the park on her first try, with her instant classic of a debut, Sour. So expectations have been sky-high for her next move.
- 9/8/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
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If you’re anything like one of the millions of fans who dug into their pockets to see Taylor Swift live, the last thing you need is to waste even more cash on-trend pieces you’ll never wear again. So while finding an outfit for the Eras Tour, consider investing in aesthetic items that’ll have longevity after the concert.
Wardrobe pieces like cowboy boots, tights, and eyeshadow pallets are all core staples.
If you’re anything like one of the millions of fans who dug into their pockets to see Taylor Swift live, the last thing you need is to waste even more cash on-trend pieces you’ll never wear again. So while finding an outfit for the Eras Tour, consider investing in aesthetic items that’ll have longevity after the concert.
Wardrobe pieces like cowboy boots, tights, and eyeshadow pallets are all core staples.
- 8/16/2023
- by Kyle Lamar Rice
- Rollingstone.com
Greenville Drive-In hopes to get proper kudos for appearing in a Taylor Swift lyric video.
On Monday, the Instagram account behind the Greene County, New York drive-in celebrated its third annual Taylor Swift Appreciation Day in honor of the singer featuring their theater screen in the lyric video for Folklore song “This Is Me Trying.” The business recapped the “distinctly modern tale” (or folklore, if you will) of how they allegedly never received official credit for being in the visual.
“It has now been seen nearly 18 million times on YouTube around the planet.
On Monday, the Instagram account behind the Greene County, New York drive-in celebrated its third annual Taylor Swift Appreciation Day in honor of the singer featuring their theater screen in the lyric video for Folklore song “This Is Me Trying.” The business recapped the “distinctly modern tale” (or folklore, if you will) of how they allegedly never received official credit for being in the visual.
“It has now been seen nearly 18 million times on YouTube around the planet.
- 7/25/2023
- by Tomás Mier and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Producer/engineer Glyn Johns recorded the whole of the Let It Be sessions for the Beatles in 1969, and mixed a raw version of the album that wouldn’t be released for another 52 years — so he’s far from a fan of the Phil Spector-embellished album that came out in 1970. “He did a terrible job,” Johns says on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Don’t misunderstand me — I respect Phil Spector for his early work tremendously. But somebody like Phil Spector shouldn’t ever be allowed near a band like the Beatles,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
When 20,000 people start showing up outside Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stadium shows, it should become clear that something unique is happening. Streaming numbers make it clear as well: Seventeen years into Swift’s career, she’s managed to hit a new height of popularity. Call it Taylormania.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss how Swift re-conquered the world after the 2019 release of Lover. (To hear the whole episode, go here to the podcast provider of your choice,...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss how Swift re-conquered the world after the 2019 release of Lover. (To hear the whole episode, go here to the podcast provider of your choice,...
- 6/19/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
One Direction alum Niall Horan as yet hasn’t enjoyed the industry and media plaudits of his former bandmate Harry Styles, who just a few months ago won the Grammy for Album of the Year, but Horan is nevertheless having a pretty good spring. He won “The Voice” in his first season on that singing competition show, and on June 9 he released his third solo studio album “The Show” to strong early notices from critics.
As of this writing “The Show” has a score of 83 on MetaCritic based on six reviews counted thus far: four positive and two mixed, but none outright negative. That’s way ahead of his 2017 solo debut “Flicker” (64 based on five reviews) and his 2020 follow-up “Heartbreak Weather” (63 based on eight reviews). Is this indeed the best of his career so far?
See‘The Voice’ shocker: Niall Horan’s artist Gina Miles defeats Blake Shelton on his last episode
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As of this writing “The Show” has a score of 83 on MetaCritic based on six reviews counted thus far: four positive and two mixed, but none outright negative. That’s way ahead of his 2017 solo debut “Flicker” (64 based on five reviews) and his 2020 follow-up “Heartbreak Weather” (63 based on eight reviews). Is this indeed the best of his career so far?
See‘The Voice’ shocker: Niall Horan’s artist Gina Miles defeats Blake Shelton on his last episode
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- 6/9/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tina Turner died at age 83 on Wednesday, leaving behind an enormous musical legacy. She’s celebrated as the Queen of Rock & Roll, with more than 100 million albums sold, eight Grammys, and an incalculable impact on popular music. Her vibrant live shows laid the blueprint for generations of leading women to follow. The road of every pop singer’s feverish onstage dance routine leads back to her.
And while there is so much to celebrate from her legacy, others are recalling how some in pop...
And while there is so much to celebrate from her legacy, others are recalling how some in pop...
- 5/25/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Tina Turner died today at age 83, and the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast tells the story of her one-of-a-kind musical journey. Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which delves into HBO’s acclaimed 2021 documentary Tina (which reveals the lasting trauma inflicted by her late ex-husband Ike Turner’s abuse) and her two autobiographies.
The episode explores the remarkable story of her ’80s comeback, while also making the case for Turner as a rock artist, a label she’s also long chosen for herself,...
The episode explores the remarkable story of her ’80s comeback, while also making the case for Turner as a rock artist, a label she’s also long chosen for herself,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Liz Phair will mark the 30th anniversary of her landmark debut album, Exile in Guyville, with a new tour this fall, where she will play the album in its entirety — alongside additional hits — backed by a full band. The 18-city trek kicks off on Nov. 7 in El Cajon, California at The Magnolia with stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Nashville, and more, culminating in Dallas on Dec. 3 at Majestic Theatre.
A lot has changed since Phair lived in Chicago, where she recorded the album...
A lot has changed since Phair lived in Chicago, where she recorded the album...
- 5/16/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
In the summer of 2019, many Taylor Swift fans weren’t sure what to expect from her new music. Her first single of the year, “Me!,” had been so bubbly and over-the-top — so totally the opposite of Reputation — that fans were divided between excitement for a shimmery pop return, and confusion about what they were in for. Songs like “Lover” and a teaser of “The Archer” — one a country-tinged love song, the other a spare, synth-y slice of self-reflection — were so diverse in sound that they continued to raise questions. It...
- 4/28/2023
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
The Hold Steady performed “Sideways Skull,” a track from their recently released The Price of Progress album, on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday.
Frontman Craig Finn peered out into the void while hectoring a typically verbose narrative about meeting another band, drinking Newcastle, accepting a woman’s schoolyard insult-flirts (“She’d like me better if I didn’t wear glasses”), and watching a band of burnouts in Beatle boots. About two-and-a-half minutes in, the throbbing bar-rock riffs give way to a quiet piano line before Finn & Co. wind things back up.
Frontman Craig Finn peered out into the void while hectoring a typically verbose narrative about meeting another band, drinking Newcastle, accepting a woman’s schoolyard insult-flirts (“She’d like me better if I didn’t wear glasses”), and watching a band of burnouts in Beatle boots. About two-and-a-half minutes in, the throbbing bar-rock riffs give way to a quiet piano line before Finn & Co. wind things back up.
- 4/6/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Hold Steady returned to Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday to perform “Sideways Skull,” a track from their recent album The Price of Progress. Check out their appearance on the show below.
On top of a new album, The Hold Steady have readied a brand new oral history in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band. Written by the group alongside Michael Hann, The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels tells the story of the indie band through interviews with everyone they’ve worked with over the past two decades, as well as essays from writers like Hann, Rob Sheffield, Laura Barton, and Isaac Fitzgerald. The book also features over 200 photographs from the group’s career.
Pre-orders for The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels are ongoing. A limited edition version of the book comes signed by the band...
On top of a new album, The Hold Steady have readied a brand new oral history in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band. Written by the group alongside Michael Hann, The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels tells the story of the indie band through interviews with everyone they’ve worked with over the past two decades, as well as essays from writers like Hann, Rob Sheffield, Laura Barton, and Isaac Fitzgerald. The book also features over 200 photographs from the group’s career.
Pre-orders for The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels are ongoing. A limited edition version of the book comes signed by the band...
- 4/6/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
When Rolling Stone broke the news back in January that Boygenius — Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker — had reunited and made their first full-length album, it felt like the first time in ages that young music fans were truly excited about a band. The album in question, The Record, more than lives up to expectations, with Rolling Stone‘s Rob Sheffield giving it an “instant classic” rating.
The new episode of our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now digs deep into the band and the album, with Angie Martoccio, who wrote the cover story,...
The new episode of our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now digs deep into the band and the album, with Angie Martoccio, who wrote the cover story,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Five years after releasing their self-titled EP, the supergroup Boygenius — consisting of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker — dropped their full-length debut studio album, “The Record,” on March 31, 2023. What do critics think of the new collection?
As of this writing most of the notices are glowing. Based on 12 initial reviews, it has a massive MetaCritic score of 91. That’s seven points better than their EP, but expect the Metascore to fluctuate as more journalists give it a spin. Considered individually, Bridgers has a career average of 82, while Baker’s is 84, and Dacus’s is 81. So it appears that they’re even better together than they are apart.
SEE2024 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone) gives “The Record” a perfect score, saying that “the power of Boygenius is how something weird, unpredictable, and slightly dangerous happens when these three musical minds meld … They prove they’re...
As of this writing most of the notices are glowing. Based on 12 initial reviews, it has a massive MetaCritic score of 91. That’s seven points better than their EP, but expect the Metascore to fluctuate as more journalists give it a spin. Considered individually, Bridgers has a career average of 82, while Baker’s is 84, and Dacus’s is 81. So it appears that they’re even better together than they are apart.
SEE2024 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone) gives “The Record” a perfect score, saying that “the power of Boygenius is how something weird, unpredictable, and slightly dangerous happens when these three musical minds meld … They prove they’re...
- 3/31/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Hold Steady will mark their 20th anniversary with a new book featuring an oral history of the band, a trove of photographs, and memories from fans. Co-authored by Michael Hann and the Hold Steady, The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels arrives July 25 via Akashic Books.
The Gospel of the Hold Steady will trace the band’s history, from their formation in Minneapolis to their rise up the indie rock pantheon. The oral history will include interviews with everyone who has played in the Hold Steady,...
The Gospel of the Hold Steady will trace the band’s history, from their formation in Minneapolis to their rise up the indie rock pantheon. The oral history will include interviews with everyone who has played in the Hold Steady,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Lana Del Rey hasn’t had a solo hit single since 2014, and she’s shown far more interest in pursuing her own singular aesthetic vision than in chasing the charts. “It’s not meant to be popular,” she said, flatly, in her first Rolling Stone cover story, right after the release of 2014’s noir-rock classic Ultraviolence. “It’s not pop music.”
Despite all of the evidence that she is, in fact, a brilliant, alt-leaning singer-songwriter, the world keeps categorizing Del Rey as a pop star — perhaps in part because she is,...
Despite all of the evidence that she is, in fact, a brilliant, alt-leaning singer-songwriter, the world keeps categorizing Del Rey as a pop star — perhaps in part because she is,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
There is a frequent debate between music fans on what band is the greatest of all time. Common bands that are often in the mix are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. Bob Dylan, who is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters, made his choice when he named The Rolling Stones “the greatest band in the world.”
The Rolling Stones are fans of Bob Dylan Ronnie Wood, Bob Dylan, and Keith Richards | Bettmann / Contributor
Bob Dylan was an influential musician among many rock stars, including The Rolling Stones. However, Dylan isn’t much of a rocker, as his music was a unique blend of genres, such as folk, jazz, blues, and rock. However, Rolling Stone members Keith Richards and Mick Jagger often praised him.
“I was playing Bob Dylan records at my parents’ house when he was still an acoustic folk singer, but he was already very important,...
The Rolling Stones are fans of Bob Dylan Ronnie Wood, Bob Dylan, and Keith Richards | Bettmann / Contributor
Bob Dylan was an influential musician among many rock stars, including The Rolling Stones. However, Dylan isn’t much of a rocker, as his music was a unique blend of genres, such as folk, jazz, blues, and rock. However, Rolling Stone members Keith Richards and Mick Jagger often praised him.
“I was playing Bob Dylan records at my parents’ house when he was still an acoustic folk singer, but he was already very important,...
- 3/18/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
We’ll skip the Swiftisms and get straight to the point: the United States loves Taylor Swift. Like, across the board. According to a survey conducted by the Morning Consult, a market research company, 53% of adults living in the U.S. are fans of the Midnights singer.
Of those who are fans of Swift, 16% identified as an “avid” fans. In other words, 16 in every 100 people living in the U.S. is a Swiftie. (This writer included.) The study also provided a demographic breakdown of those who consider themselves “avid” fans...
Of those who are fans of Swift, 16% identified as an “avid” fans. In other words, 16 in every 100 people living in the U.S. is a Swiftie. (This writer included.) The study also provided a demographic breakdown of those who consider themselves “avid” fans...
- 3/14/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Miley Cyrus is just 30 years old, but on her way to her summational new album, Endless Summer Vacation, she’s already gone through a full career’s worth of nearly Bowie-worthy transformations: Disney star; can’t-be-tamed teen; twerking hitmaker; Flaming Lips-affiliated lysergic explorer; rootsy singer-songwriter; classic-rock cover artist; Eighties revivalist. And that doesn’t even include her all-time classic episode of Black Mirror.
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a deep-dive on all things Miley. (To hear the full discussion,...
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a deep-dive on all things Miley. (To hear the full discussion,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly a year after the cult Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson was picked up for a third season, the streaming service has revealed when Season Three will finally arrive.
Netflix announced Friday night (fittingly) that I Think You Should Leave would return with another six episodes on May 30, noting that “triples is best“:
triples is best. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson. season 3. may 30. pic.twitter.com/qVEbTwyNkx
— Netflix Is A Joke (@NetflixIsAJoke) March 10, 2023
Co-created by SNL vets Robinson and Zach Kanin,...
Netflix announced Friday night (fittingly) that I Think You Should Leave would return with another six episodes on May 30, noting that “triples is best“:
triples is best. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson. season 3. may 30. pic.twitter.com/qVEbTwyNkx
— Netflix Is A Joke (@NetflixIsAJoke) March 10, 2023
Co-created by SNL vets Robinson and Zach Kanin,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
After teasing her “River” video with a snippet of dancing in a slow-strobing light, Miley Cyrus finally released the full clip tonight.
The black-and-white music video opens with the singer dancing solo as lights flash around her and she sings: “Heart beats so loud that it’s drowning me out/Living in an April shower/You’re pouring down, baby. Drowning me out/You’re just like a river/You go on forever.” Soon, however, the camera cuts to Cyrus surrounded by shirtless men as a cascade of water falls on them,...
The black-and-white music video opens with the singer dancing solo as lights flash around her and she sings: “Heart beats so loud that it’s drowning me out/Living in an April shower/You’re pouring down, baby. Drowning me out/You’re just like a river/You go on forever.” Soon, however, the camera cuts to Cyrus surrounded by shirtless men as a cascade of water falls on them,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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It’s time to go on vacation. On the heels of releasing her eighth studio LP, Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus is celebrating her new music by performing the lead single “Flowers” and a handful of tracks in a new special airing on Disney+.
Dubbed Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), the musical event is streaming now on Disney+, and according to the streamer, “provides insight to...
It’s time to go on vacation. On the heels of releasing her eighth studio LP, Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus is celebrating her new music by performing the lead single “Flowers” and a handful of tracks in a new special airing on Disney+.
Dubbed Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), the musical event is streaming now on Disney+, and according to the streamer, “provides insight to...
- 3/9/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
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