Kim Gordon unveiled the bruising new single, “Sketch Artist,” from her debut solo album No Home Record, set to arrive October 11th via Matador. The former Sonic Youth member also sahred a video for “Sketch Artist,” directed by the Berlin-based experimental filmmaker Loretta Fahrenholz. In the clip, Gordon plays a …
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Jason Aldean will make a stylish return to Las Vegas this December with a three-night engagement billed as Ride All Night Vegas. Set for December 6th to 8th, the mini-residency will be hosted by Park MGM and is an extension of Aldean’s current Ride All Night Tour. Aldean, who has …
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Highly Suspect became a rare rock band to break through with 2016’s The Boy Who Died Wolf, which Rolling Stone called “a proud throwback to the muscular, glossed-up sludge of the post-Nirvana mid-Nineties.” The Massachusetts band was championed by veteran record executives Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles, who signed them …
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On Tuesday, Roc Nation announced that it will be the new “live music entertainment strategist” for the NFL. At a press conference Wednesday at the Roc Nation offices, Jay-Z answered questions about the deal alongside NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. One of the most controversial aspects surrounding the new partnership is …
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Roc Nation and the National Football Association announced a multi-tiered partnership on Tuesday afternoon. As part of the deal, Jay-Z’sentertainment company will become the NFL‘s “live music entertainment strategist,” reports ESPN and The New York Times. The partnership will see Roc Nation assist in the league’s key events like the …
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Drake dominated a quiet week on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Care Package, a collection of songs from earlier in the decade that had never been officially released until now, debuted at Number One, powered by more than 107 million streams. The Number Two album on the chart, …
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De La Soul have announced that, after 30 years with Tommy Boy Records, the legendary rap group has cut ties with the record label following a months-long negotiation over the streaming rights of their back catalog. In February, plans to bring De La Soul’s Tommy Boy-era LPs – including classics …
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Listen to audio version of this story below: In October 1969, the writer Raymond Robinson took to the pages of the New York Amsterdam News, the city’s leading black newspaper, to pose a question. That previous summer, Harlem’s Mount Morris Park had hosted a series of free Sunday afternoon concerts, …
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Baron Wolman was beginning his career as a photojournalist in San Francisco when he got a call from Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner in 1967. “He said, ‘We’re starting this magazine,’” recalls Wolman. “‘We’re going to need a photographer. Do you want to be the photographer?’ I had no idea …
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Singer-songwriter and award-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens will have to clear some space for a new trophy come September, as she’s one of the first two recipients — along with late folk musician Frank Johnson — of the inaugural Legacy of Americana Award. The prize will be presented at the 18th …
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