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 …
Read More »Kelly Lee Owens Collaborates With John Cale on 'Corner of My Sky'
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 …
Read More »U.S. Girls Capture Creation of Latest Album in New 'IOU' Video
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 …
Read More »Disclosure Drop 'Douha (Mali Mali)' From Upcoming Album 'Energy'
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 …
Read More »There's So Much Music on Spotify, Artists Are Paying for You to (Hopefully) Find Them
Jvanz is a 20 year-old aspiring artist from St. Catherines, Ontario with a flexible voice and a lancing falsetto. He released his first EP in 2019, but like thousands of artists who upload their music to Spotify daily, no one cared. “There’s a lot of competition,” Jvanz says. “You can’t …
Read More »Taylor Swift Finally Abandoned the Traditional Album Rollout
Taylor Swift hopped on Twitter on Thursday morning to announce that she had recorded an entire new album in secret over the last few months. “I’ve poured all my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into [it],” she wrote. The news of Folklore was a surprise, the release date even more …
Read More »Dawes Preview New Album With Eighties Rocker 'Who Do You Think You're Talking To'
Dawes will be releasing their latest studio album, Good Luck With Whatever, on October 2nd via the band’s new label home, Rounder Records. After working with longtime collaborators Blake Mills and Jonathan Wilson on the group’s previous two albums, Dawes teamed up with country-roots superstar producer Dave Cobb for their …
Read More »Aloe Blacc, Vic Mensa Contribute to 'Defund the Sheriff' Benefit Compilation
Aloe Blacc and Vic Mensa have both contributed to a new benefit album, Defund the Sheriff, that’s part of a campaign to shift funding from police and incarceration in Los Angeles County toward other public services. Mensa appears on much of the album, including the opening track, “Largest Jail System …
Read More »RS Charts: Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die' Scores Biggest Debut of 2020
Juice WRLD‘s posthumous release Legends Never Die landed the biggest debut week of 2020 on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart,earning 517,800 album-equivalent units. Legends Never Die saw 360 million on-demand audio streams and 238,300 sales, becoming the first album to move over 500,000 units in its first week …
Read More »RS Latin Music Picks: Week of July 13th
Could your weekend playlist use a little more seasoning? Rolling Stone Latin selects some of the best new music releases from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.Keep track of the latest in Latin via our playlist on Spotify. Lunay, “Relaciones” He famously pined after an independent woman in his 2019 reggaeton …
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