https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/drake-take-5bae4278-c51c-419b-840e-3554f9b6dcc1.jpgAs arguably the biggest artist of the post-Kanye era, Drake has exerted a transformative influence on how pop music works, what it does, how it can matter. Hip-hop used to be all...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/greenwood-012edc59-9349-4ede-8d73-153f5c7c8537.jpgFor the past 15 years, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has enjoyed another professional life as a film composer. Now, a decade after the Academy disqualified his score for There...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-876271560-31c06841-3aa4-4e33-83b2-2e231a642f98.jpgA$AP Rocky unveiled a striking new song, “☆☆☆☆☆ 5IVE $TAR$.” The rapper shared the track on SoundCloud with the note,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-820505814-5c266fea-6255-4e28-83c2-12d0fc258be6.jpgPhish will embark on a summer tour across the United States. The 21-show trek starts with two gigs at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys in Stateline, Nevada,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-87865887-a92753e7-977a-48e3-bf49-54dbe8ff8424.jpgThe family of late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray secured a settlement for the rocker’s 2010 death from a drug overdose, the Des Moines Register reports. The Gray family...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/jazzfest-e127c447-02b3-4572-ba1d-516ad1301925.jpgAretha Franklin, Aerosmith, Jack White, Sting and Beck top the stacked lineup for the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The annual event will take place over two weekends,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-634832346-f1d4efee-964b-4cf4-8500-a2c3364dfa02.jpgNeil Diamond stunned his fans on Monday by announcing that he was retiring as a live performer after getting diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. His 50th...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/harper-b0f5b722-3a61-49ad-9483-faec2540ceaf.jpgBen Harper and harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite unveiled a smoldering new song, “No Mercy In This Land,” the title-track from their forthcoming album, out March 30th....
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/dolores-oriordan-b3521564-26e6-4adb-8f2f-6687452c84a2.jpgDolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan, 2013 Kip Carroll/eyevine/Redux Dolores O’Riordan appeared to be in good spirits the second weekend in January. On the 12th, the...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/hugh-masekela-dead-jazz-legend-read-a37ace0d-7127-4422-8d89-f1ad2c353935.jpgSouth African trumpeter and jazz musician Hugh Ramopolo Masekela, who had a Number One hit with his version of “Grazing In the Grass,” died...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/slayer-north-american-tour-034e1177-5f50-4224-aff1-c0229e156bc6.jpgAfter nearly 40 years of having their logo spray-painted walls and, in one instance, carved into human flesh, thrash-metal firebrands Slayer will call it quits. The...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/nup_181498_2054-644edb81-bc91-40f7-8061-bf0cb3a6faac.jpgThe War on Drugs demonstrated their trademark mix of weary vocals and highly polished rock during a performance of “Pain” on The Tonight Show on Monday. The single...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/mike-joyce-reunion-smiths-drops-out-2018-read-ec89c906-2149-47ae-8a07-ee1e9d6bce14.jpgUPDATE: The planned “Classically Smiths” shows have been canceled. “In response to recent comments in the press, the planned...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/erick-sermon-epmd-e9bef97b-136a-41b4-9dc8-e4c003151b30.jpgErick Sermon, the rapper and producer best known as one-half of the seminal hip-hop outfit EPMD, unveiled a biting new song, “Come Thru,” featuring Craig Mack,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-877240650-678bd6f4-e554-46e1-94f0-0f081904c790.jpgMembers of Sonic Youth, Negativland and the Flying Lizards have all taken part in a new recording of composer John Cage’s music with pianist Tania Chen. Electronic...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/unknown-mortal-orchestra-umo-7e95e2ae-dbd4-44f5-81d9-788b01aef4d1.jpgUnknown Mortal Orchestra released a psychedelic new single, “American Guilt.” Throughout the track, mastermind Ruban Neilson warbles and moans over...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/migos-9f83aef5-644f-4372-af82-8639ef75674e.jpgOffset, Takeoff and Quavo (from left) Theo Wenner for Rolling Stone The hip-hop one-percenter life is a gated mansion in Atlanta that sits on more than two acres and has two Bentleys in...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/mensa2-3196eba6-f483-4591-9f77-c03198d9ced6.jpgVic Mensa dreams of a better world – without racial, religious or political barriers – in his poignant video for “We Could Be Free,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. The...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/ap_298760464187-31d7007c-7c89-405a-ad04-f381e5302e6e.jpgFormer Smiths bassist Andy Rourke denies that he is reuniting with the band’s drummer Mike Joyce for a series of orchestral concerts scheduled for this summer. Hours...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-666117362-dd901295-7985-4144-9f12-c7eab66e4797.jpgPearl Jam will play a pair of Seattle concerts this summer to help aid the city’s homelessness initiatives. Dubbed “The Home Shows,” the two stadium...