It’s a beautiful summer day, and Tom Jones‘ voice is so close to your ear that it feels like he’s breathing on your brain, slowly whispering, “What’s new, pussycat?” No, you’re not on mushrooms — but you might be calming down. As the world keeps getting weirder, the music industry …
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We’ve all seen a million comedies with the Groundhog Day premise — someone down on their luck who is forced to repeat the same day over and over again — but the two protagonists of Palm Springs put a unique and raucous spin on the classic setup. In a new trailer …
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Lush yet still head-rattling, simple but deceptively complex, horny and consensual: There are few songs in existence better than “Back That Azz Up.” Juvenile’s 1999 song has it all — the New Orleans rapper kindly requesting his paramour “back that ass up” instead of demanding it, a blistering Lil Wayne …
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Two weeks ago, singer-songwriter Caleb Caudle was at Johnny Cash’s rustic cabin-turned-studio outside of Nashville, excitedly gearing up for the April 3rd release of his new album, Better Hurry Up. The North Carolina native recorded the record there during what he calls a “peaceful and joyous” time in his creative …
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TikTok is backing out of Austin’s South By Southwest global music-tech festival, the company has confirmed to Rolling Stone. Joining Facebook and Twitter, TikTok — which has been exploding in both user growth and employee count around the world in recent months — is the latest major tech company to …
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The drama around Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s unexpected ouster from her post last week continues to rapidly unfurl. On Tuesday, Dugan filed a 46-page discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, contesting her exit from the Academy and accusing members of sexual harassment and assault. In it, Dugan …
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On Tuesday, most of Andy Fales’ friends at work were laid off. Fales holds down one-half of “Murph and Andy,” a sports talk radio show that airs every afternoon on Des Moines, Iowa’s KXNO. That morning, Fales rolled into work, like numerous iHeartMedia employees around the country, only to find …
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On Thursday, October 17th Rolling Stone will join Mondo.NYC as part of its four-day event at the Williamsburg Hotel. Rolling Stone editors and writers Emily Blake, Brittany Spanos, and Amy X. Wang will curate panels centered around critical topics around the “Business of Music.” Mondo.NYC festival and global business conference …
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Of the top ten grossing tours in the first half of 2019, just one hailed from hip-hop. But of the top ten songs, ranked by on-demand audio streams, eight were rap singles. That disparity between people’s concert interests and their home-listening preferences is partially the result of longstanding biases in …
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