For hip-hop, and the larger music industry, it’s an agonizingly familiar story: a promising young artist, gone way too soon. In the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brendan Klinkenberg and Simon Vozick-Levinson join host Brian Hiatt for a look at the life and music of genre-crossing rapper Juice …
Read More »Darlene Love Calls out 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center' Snub
Darlene Love criticized Brad Lachman Productions for allegedly snubbing her and asking other artists to sing her hit “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” at the annual Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting ceremony. “Such an insult and let down!” Love wrote on Facebook. “They book these young artists who can’t even hit …
Read More »The 2010s Brought Us Peak TV — and the Next Decade Promises Much, Much More of It
Once upon a time, television was known as (to quote former FCC chairman Newton Minnow) “the vast wasteland,” where anyone thirsting for exciting, substantive programming was expected to go on wandering and wandering. By the start of the 2000s, ambitious and thoughtful series like The Sopranos and The Wire had …
Read More »David Crosby, Graham Nash Plot Separate 2020 Tours
David Crosby and Graham Nash are both hitting the road in 2020 — just not together. Starting on March 4th at the Strand Theatre in York, Pennsylvania, Graham Nash will be touring in support of his 2018 release Over the Years… The set will also include Crosby, Stills & Nash …
Read More »'I Lost My Body' Review: Talk to the Hand
It takes a little while to meet the main character of French animator Jérémy Clapin’s extraordinary, dreamlike I Lost My Body; first, we get to know our protagonist’s previous owner. That would be Naoufel (voiced by Hakim Faris — or Dev Patel if you opt for the dubbed alternative, though …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Feel 'Like It's Christmas' on New Holiday Song
Jonas Brothers are getting into the Christmas spirit with bubbly new song “Like It’s Christmas.” The boy band reunited earlier this year to release the album Happiness Begins. Over hand claps, the married JoBros tell a love story about how the people they’re with make it feel like the holiday season …
Read More »'Watchmen' Recap: She's Got Their Number
A review of this week’s Watchmen, “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” coming up just as soon as I rule out extremist gophers… Early in “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” FBI agent Dale Petey(*) gets in trouble with his boss, Farragut, for inserting a page from Rorschach’s infamous journal …
Read More »Hear Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias Join Y2K, bbno$ on 'Lalala' Remix
Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias have teamed up with artist/producer Y2K and rapper bbno$ for the official remix for their viral hit “Lalala.” The track, originally released in June, now opens with a verse from Jepsen, who replaces the original vocals, and then leads into a Spanish verse from …
Read More »Watch Kanye West Perform 'Use This Gospel' With Kenny G and Clipse
Kanye West held another Sunday Service performance following the (delayed) release of his new album Jesus Is King, this time at the Los Angeles Forum. Backed by his Sunday Service choir, which is led by Jason White, West performed several tracks off the album, including “Use This Gospel” with Kenny …
Read More »The Black Madonna Pulls Out of Amazon-Backed Music Festival
The Black Madonna has pulled out of her performance at Las Vegas’ Intersect Festival after the DJ learned of the music and tech fest’s connection to Amazon Web Services. On Thursday, a “furious” Black Madonna turned to social media to tell fans she was unaware of Amazon’s sponsorship of Intersect …
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