Forty years ago on July 8th, 1981, Stevie Nicks issued “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” as the lead single from her debut solo album Bella Donna. The song was penned by Mike Campbell and Tom Petty, who joined Nicks as a featured vocalist on the cusp of his own widespread …
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Jason Isbell and Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers cover each other on a new split seven-inch single for charity out Wednesday, July 7th via RCA Records. The single will feature Isbell covering Bleachers’ “45,” which will appear on the latter band’s upcoming album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. And Bleachers …
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Matthew McConaughey gave a reflective address to Twitter in honor of the Fourth of July, noting that America is going through “growing pains.” “As we celebrate our independence today, as we celebrate our birth as a nation, the day that kick-started a revolution to gain our sovereignty, let’s admit that …
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Kabza De Small is a foundational figure in amapiano, a subgenre of South African house music that’s taking over that country and poised to blow up worldwide. Alone and as a part of Scorpion Kings with DJ Maphorisa — a super-producer with Drake and Major Lazer credits, whom Kabza once …
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Nas, Freddie Gibbs, and Cordae have collaborated on a new track, “Life Is Like a Dice Game,” available exclusively on Spotify. The song is adapted from a freestyle of the same name that Nas recorded during theIllmatic sessions back in 1993. The rapper had high hopes for the original track …
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For the past four years or so, the story has been that pop music is dying, comatose, or at the very least, suffering a yearslong debilitating hangover. In 2017, rap overtook pop;2018 killed the pop star. Last year around this time, hip-hop dominated our midyear rankings of the biggest albums. …
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“I live in the darkness,” John Darnielle warns us on the Mountain Goats‘ latest. That Darnielle needs to spell that out so clearly ought to be cause for alarm, since he hasn’t exactly been Mary Poppins up to this point. One of the most charming songs he ever wrote, 2005’s …
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Queen Latifah was the Lifetime Achievement Award honoree at this year’s BET Awards. To commemorate her pioneering work for generations of female rappers to follow, four of her acolytes took the stage Sunday night to perform a medley of the Queen’s biggest hits. Rapsody kicked things off with “Ladies First,” …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With summers getting hotter, air conditioning is becoming a necessity. But they’re not always a good fit — both physically in your living space, or for your electric …
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John McAfee was a genius, a scoundrel-criminal, a gun fanatic, a possible murderer, and a man who liked to mix morning tequila sunrises with hands dirtied by throwing mattresses against his windows to ward off imaginary hit men. He also ran for president. Yesterday, he finally ran out of road. …
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