Music

One Los Angeles evening in 1975, Neil Young gathered a few friends together at the Chateau Marmont to play them some music. He had two new albums in the can, and wasn’t sure which one to release. Sitting inside the same bungalow that John Belushi would die in just seven …

A month after Buju Banton announced the impending arrival of his new album Upside Down 2020, the reggae superstar revealed Friday that his first LP in 10 years will be released June 26th. Banton also shared his new single “Blessed” from Upside Down 2020, which marks Banton’s first full-length album …

Over the last week, N.W.A‘s fierce indictment of racial injustice, “Fuck tha Police,” has become the anthem of a revolution, as thousands all over the world have taken to the streets in outrage over the wrongful killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Protesters have scrawled the …

Victor Willis, vocalist and co-founder of disco greats the Village People, told President Donald Trump to stop using two of the group’s most famous songs, “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man,” at his rallies. In a Facebook post last week, Willis said the decision came after Trump had law enforcement officers clear …

Could your weekend playlist could use some more Afro-Latinx artists? Most definitely! Rolling StoneLatin selects some of the best new music from Black artists across Latin America and the Caribbean. Keep track of the latest in Latin via our playlist on Spotify. ChocQuibTown, “Humano” As chants of “Black Lives Matter” …

Last week, Man On Man, a new rock duo created by Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his musical partner and boyfriend, Joey Holman, released the video for their first single “Daddy.” The clip, which featured Bottum and Holman embracing in their tighty-whities, sharing a banana Lady and the …

Gunna‘s Wunna coasted to Number One on the latest Rolling Top 200 Albums chart. Wunna features verses from Travis Scott, Roddy Ricch, and Young Thug, along with beats from Wheezy, Tay Keith, and Turbo; the album’s 18 songs earned almost 130 million streams. In addition, Wunna sold 5,000 copies and …

With eight musicians in their current touring incarnation — bagpiper very much included — Boston roots-punk gods the Dropkick Murphys are one of the only bands who practically qualify as a mass gathering in their own right. But with their Streaming Outta Fenway show Friday night, they managed to put …

Update (7/14): Orville Peck‘s Show Pony EP will officially be released August 14th after being delayed from its original June 12th street date. The masked singer tweeted the information on Tuesday, along with photos of him hanging out with pop-country superstar Shania Twain, with whom he sings on “Legends Never …

DaBaby has notched yet another Number One as his latest single, “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, completed its rise to the top of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart for the week of May 15th through the 21st. The song debuted at Number Two on the chart back in April, …