The Weeknd has released an alternate video for “Can’t Feel My Face,” in honor of the sixth anniversary of Beauty Behind the Madness. Whereas the original video featured Abel Tesfaye performing the track to a club before he’s engulfed in flames, the alternate clip simply shows the singer and a …
Read More »'Impeachment: American Crime Story': A Cartoonish Take on the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal
It’s been so long since FX’s American Crime Story debuted (Obama was still president!) that it’s easy to forget how much trepidation surrounded that first season, The People v. O.J. Simpson. The O.J. trial was a circus at the time it unfolded. Producer Ryan Murphy‘s track record seemed even more …
Read More »The 10 Greatest Mississippi Artists of All Time
Arguably no other state has contributed as much to American music and culture as Mississippi. Situated smack in the middle of the Americana music triangle, whose anchor points are Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans, Mississippi is the cradle of blues, country and rock & roll music. It’s easy to overlook …
Read More »Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ Series to Premiere This September
Jon Stewart is set to return to television this September with The Problem With Jon Stewart, the former Daily Show host’s long-awaited Apple TV+ series that was first announced in October 2020. The streaming service said the Stewart-hosted weekly current affairs program “is a multiple-season, single-issue series,taking adeep-diveon the most …
Read More »Willie Nelson, George Strait Join Asleep at the Wheel for 'Take Me Back to Tulsa'
Asleep at the Wheel mark 50 years together as a band with the upcoming album Half a Hundred Years. It’s an all-star project, with artists like Lyle Lovett and Lee Ann Womack joining Wheel leader Ray Benson and his big Texas band. For “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” released on …
Read More »Flashback: The Rolling Stones Play 'Not Fade Away' on 'Mike Douglas' in 1964
Less than two weeks after the Rolling Stones arrived in America for the first time back in June 1964, they headed to The Mike Douglas Show to perform their cover of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away.” This was the pinnacle of Beatlemania, and the segment features predictable interview questions (“Do …
Read More »Alex and Ernie Isley on Aaliyah's Intergenerational Appeal
Good music can time travel. Aaliyah Dana Haughton was fifteen years old in 1994, when she released her cover of the Isley Brothers “(At Your Best) You Are Love.”The song debuted in 1976, almost three years before Aaliyah was born. In young adulthood, she’d take what was then a modest …
Read More »My Morning Jacket Grapple With Modernity on 'Regularly Scheduled Programming'
My Morning Jacket have returned with a new song, “Regularly Scheduled Programming,” from their upcoming self-titled album, out October 22nd via ATO Records. “Regularly Scheduled Programming” starts with a swooning intro but soon settles into a sprightly beat that builds to a rich, chaotic and ultimately cathartic conclusion. The song …
Read More »Pixies Cancel U.S. Tour Due to Covid Concerns
UPDATE (8/23): Pixies have decided to cancel their September tour of the United States due to concerns over the current surge in Covid cases spurred by the Delta variant. The list of canceled dates — which includes festival sets at Summerfest in Milwaukee and Riotfest in Chicago — is below. …
Read More »RS Recommends: Beats Studio Buds Beat the AirPods Pro for One Simple Reason
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The true wireless earbud competition is fierce out there right now, and even though we keep returning to the Apple’s AirPods Pro as our all-around standby, that title …
Read More »