Drake retained the Number One spot on Rolling Stone‘s Artists 500 chart with 101.6 million song streams, while Post Malone leapt three spots to land at Number Two with 86.9 million song streams for the week of July 5th through July 11th. Drake’s continued dominance was once again driven by …
Read More »RS Charts: Y2K and Bbno$'s 'Lalala' Tops Trending 25
Y2k and bbno$’s juvenile, onomatopoeic single “Lalala” is Number One on this week’s Trending 25 chart, thanks to 118% growth in audio streams. The song has become massively popular on the video app TikTok, where three different snippets of “Lalala” have been used over 900,000 times combined.Interest on the app …
Read More »Jenny Hval Leads Trance Revival in New Song 'Ashes to Ashes'
Norwegian avant-pop artist Jenny Hval released a new song on Wednesday, titled “Ashes to Ashes.” It is the lead single off her upcoming seventh studio album, The Practice of Love, due out September 13th on Sacred Bones Records. In comparison to its sinister 2016 precursor, Blood Bitch —fantastical thesis on …
Read More »Foo Fighters Unveil Archival Live EP, Tease Vault Releases
Twenty-four years and a day after releasing their self-titled debut album on July 4th, 1995, Foo Fighters have dropped a surprise live EP. “A good day to look in the Foo Files,” the band announced on Twitter. “How about a few elusive live tracks?” Mysteriously titled 00950025 — possibly alluding …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus Celebrate Bodies of All Kinds in New 'Mother's Daughter' Video
Miley Cyrus shared a bold new ode to the body in the video for “Mother’s Daughter,” a song off her latest EP, She Is Coming. Cyrus conceptualized the clip with director, Alexandre Moors, and the video splices footage of the pop star performing “Mother’s Daughter” with cheeky images that celebrate …
Read More »Watch Danny Brown Spit 'Lazy Sunday' With Lonely Island in Detroit
Danny Brown helped Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island perform their classic ode to cupcakes and film adaptations of classic children’s novels, “Lazy Sunday,” at the comedy trio’s Detroit concert Wednesday. Brown assumed Chris Parnell’s role from the original Saturday Night Live digital short, trading goofy bars with Samberg with …
Read More »Elvis Costello & The Imposters Map 'Just Trust' North American Tour
Following their co-headlining summer tour with Blondie, Elvis Costello and the Imposters will embark on their own “Just Trust” North American tour this fall. The trek is not dedicated to Costello’s 1981 LP Trust; instead, as the band explains, “The tour is entitled, ‘Just Trust’ in answer to the musical …
Read More »Cardi B Indicted on 14 Charges, 2 Felonies for 2018 Strip Club Brawl
UPDATE: Cardi B has pleaded not guilty to recent felony charges, the Associated Press via Billboard reports. The rapper was arraigned on Tuesday June 25th on the new charges stemming from her alleged involvement in a fight at a New York City strip club last August. Two other defendants connected …
Read More »Philippe Zdar, French Producer and Cassius Member, Dead at 52
Philippe Zdar, a member of French electronic duo Cassius and a prominent producer, has died, Pitchfork reports and his management confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 52. His management said in a statement to Rolling Stonethat the musician died after a tragic “accident at his home in Paris” on Wednesday …
Read More »David Gilmour's Guitars Sell for Millions at Charity Auction
Update:The purchaser of the Black Strat and the Martin D-35 was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Thew New YorkPost reports Irsay spent $5.245 million at the auction yesterday, accounting for approximately 24% of its total sales. He celebrated the purchases on Twitter: “The incomparable David Gilmour.. the greatest ‘phrasing’ guitarist …
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