Former Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith reminisces about meeting David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and Hall & Oates, performing alongside Gilda Radner and crafting the Wayne’s World theme song in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time video series. While SNL was a revolving door of celebrities, Smith …
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Warner Records have announced several exclusive vinyl releases for part one of this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday, August 29th. The Black Keys will be releasing a 2x black vinyl 45 RPM disc version of their ninth album,Let’s Rock, pressed on two 180 gram discs, housed in a deluxe …
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In January, “Own It,” a skipping, hummable collaboration between the English rapper Stormzy and the Nigerian singer Burna Boy, reached Number One on the U.K. charts. The two reunite on “Real Life,” a highlight that appears near the end of Burna Boy’s new album, Twice as Tall. The track endears …
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Micky Dolenz has been singing songs written by his fellow Monkee Michael “Nez” Nesmith since his earliest days in the group — when producers pegged tunes like “Mary Mary” for inclusion on their TV show and studio albums. And, later this year, Dolenz is taking his love for Nez’s songs …
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Gilda’s Club NYC, the non-profit organization for cancer patients and their families, has announced their seventh annual Ten Bands, One Cause lineup of pink vinyl releases in partnership with the Orchard. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lineup for this year will be reduced to four bands, each putting out …
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The Who may have been forced to delay their 2020 tour plans due to the pandemic, but they’re trying to make it up to fans by launching Join Together @ Home on YouTube this weekend. It’s a six-week series that will showcase “live and rarely seen footage, mini videos and …
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Troye Sivan continues his new song streak with the dreamy new track “Rager Teenager!” off his upcoming EP In a Dream, due out on August 21. Sharing the track on Instagram, Sivan said “the song is dedicated to myself.” The singer’s latest celebration of youth is full of longing for …
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Artist and producer Kelly Lee Owens has teamed up with John Cale for a new song, “Corner of My Sky,” from her upcoming albumInner Song, out August 28th via Smalltown Supersound. The two Welsh musicians first met in London while Owens was collaborating on a song for Cale; they decided …
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U.S. Girls, the ever-evolving musical project of Meg Remy, has released a new video for “IOU,” off the band’s most recent album, Heavy Light. Directed by Colin Medley, the video comprises footage from the recording sessions for Heavy Light, which took place way back in the pre-COVID-19 days at Hotel …
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Disclosure have shared “Douha (Mali Mali),” the latest track from their upcoming albumEnergy, featuring lyrics and vocals from Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara. The song is a joyous ode to Diawara’s place of origin: “When you go to my home country/There is unity in my home-country/There is harmony and love in …
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