Tim McGraw is following up his latest album, Standing Room Only, with a surprise EP, Poet’s Resumé. The six-track project is anchored by opening number “Runnin’ Out of Love,” a galloping power ballad simultaneously rife with angst and full of romance. “I’ve tried running away and I ran out of …
Read More »Mac DeMarco Just Handed 199 Unreleased Songs to Fans
The usually prolific Mac Demarco made fans wait an uncharacteristic four years before releasing his new album Five Easy Hot Dogs, earlier this year. On Friday, DeMarco made amends for the lengthy hiatus by data-dumping a half decade’s worth of unreleased music on streaming services. DeMarco’s One Wayne G spans …
Read More »Aaron Carter Drowned After Taking Xanax and Huffing: Coroner
A cause of death for Y2K-era pop teen idol Aaron Carter has been determined. The singer, 34, drowned after inhaling difluoroethane, also known as huffing, and taking alprazolam (a generic form of Xanax), according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner. The death was ruled as an accident. Carter died …
Read More »BMG Suing Toymaker for Turning Black Eyed Peas' 'My Humps' Into 'My Poops' Ad
In what’s an early frontrunner for the silliest lawsuit of 2023, music giant BMG has sued a toymaker alleging that a parody song based on the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” — titled “My Poops,” and used in the marketing for a line of slime-shitting unicorns — infringes on the …
Read More »Lisa Marie Presley's Cause of Death Deferred by Coroner Pending 'More Investigation'
The Los Angeles County Coroner has asked for more time to determine Lisa Marie Presley’s cause of death following the first autopsy. In a statement shared with CNN, a spokesperson for the Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said, “Presley was examined on Jan. 14, and the cause of death was deferred. Deferred …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Just Did the Most Kacey Thing Ever: Surprising a Philly Gay Bar With a Fleetwood Mac Cover
Kacey Musgraves got at least one enthusiastic “yas!” on Monday night when she surprised an intimate Philadelphia gay bar with a musical performance. Musgraves is set to play Philly’s Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night. Standing in the corner of Tavern on Camac — Philly’s longest running gay bar, according …
Read More »Keyboardist Don Airey on His Years With Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro: 10 Essential Songs
Early in his career, our February cover star, Rauw Alejandro, seemed eager to fill a void in the Latin music industry by making slippery Spanish-language R&B, inspired by performers like Usher, Chris Brown, and Justin Timberlake. His first few songs, which started getting attention in the mid-2010s, flaunted vocals that …
Read More »The Head and the Heart Dive Deep Into 'Every Shade of Blue' in New Video
The Head and the Heart return with the video for new single “Every Shade of Blue.” It’s the Seattle folk-rock group’s first new music in nearly three years following 2019’s Living Mirage. In the Jacqueline Justice-directed video, the band swim, dive around and tread water as they ride the lyric’s …
Read More »Big Thief Drop Tender Fan Favorite 'Simulation Swarm'
Less than a month before Big Thief release their massive 20-track LP Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You,the indie band have dropped yet another single. “Simulation Swarm” kicks off with sweet, fluttering guitar, as Adrianne Lenker‘s voice weaves in and out like a stream.In a recent Rolling Stone …
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