Watch St. Vincent Cover Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life”
St. Vincent has a wide array of covers up her sleeve: Rihanna , Tool , Lou Reed , Metallica . The past couple nights, she performed Billy Strayhorn’s 1948 jazz standard “Lush Life.”
St. Vincent has a wide array of covers up her sleeve: Rihanna , Tool , Lou Reed , Metallica . The past couple nights, she performed Billy Strayhorn’s 1948 jazz standard “Lush Life.”
Known for his warm, welcoming timbre, his "Greetings, citizens!" address, and fandom of the Grateful Dead, Robert was the last DJ
It’s cold and it’s dark early, which means it’s time for depressing music, especially the kind about feeling alone. Voila! Lucky for us Omaha indie rockers Neva Dinova are back with a haunting new tune called “Alone.”
Faye Webster loves the orchestra. In 2022, the viral indie darling unveiled Car Therapy Sessions , an EP of orchestral reimaginings of previously released songs of hers. Last year, she released her latest record, which was called Underdressed At The Symphony . Now she’s
The SZA-assisted hit topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for 13 weeks, but its potential successors in the genre were either nixed following rule changes or appear below Number 40
Minneapolis punks VIAL released their full-length burnout last year. A few months ago, they followed it with a fun single called “ Creep Smoothie .” Today, they unleash their new song “Idle Hands,” which seems to be a one-off single for now. It’s a hooky blast of grunge-pop,
Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio is a huge fan of the Real Housewives franchise. Last year, after publicly extending an invite to the cast of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City , the show’s Heather Gay joined the band onstage for a game of cornhole during their Kilby Block
For many years, the French artist Melody Prochet has been making gorgous psych-pop under the name Melody’s Echo Chamber. Near the end of the year, she’ll release her new album Unclouded , and she’s already shared the lead single “ In The Stars ” and the El Michels Affair collab
In the latest installment of Rolling Stone ’s Role Roulette , the girl group envision how they would navigate winning the lottery, going on blind dates, and setting the tone on aux
Show Me The Body bassist Harlan Steed is making his solo debut. You can never know what to expect with the raucous NYC band, so it would be hard to guess what Steed’s lone foray would be. It turns out, at least for today’s “Meet Me In The Graveyard,” he’s going full goth.
It’s been a while since we last heard from Now, Now. The indie rock duo returned from hiatus in 2017 and shared the album Saved the following year, and released some songs and celebrated 10 years of their excellent sophomore effort Threads in 2022. Then KC Dalager made her
A judge previously dismissed the lawsuit filed against Universal Music Group, stating Kendrick Lamar’s allegedly defamatory lyrics in "Not Like Us" qualified as “nonactionable opinion”
Experimental indie rock group Ulrika Spacek will release their fourth album, EXPO , in February. They’ve announced this new project today with the lead single “Build A Box Then Break It.” It’s cosmic and a bit warped, with viscous synths and spiked guitars.
"The Hits Just Keep on Comin’" is a single from their Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 album, with a clip starring a U.S. water polo Olympic athlete
We now have evidence that Luigi Mangione may have had himself a Brat summer. Back in May the internet’s favorite alleged murderer turned 27 years old in jail, where he’s still facing second-degree murder charges following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Look, the world is a cold, confusing, and chaotic place. You think you’ve got things figured out, and then some new burst of nonsense comes along and fucks everything up. But once in a while, things will come together and tie themselves into a bow. You’ll be reading the ‘Gum,
The legendary duo appeared on Song Exploder to discuss the Buckingham Nicks track “Frozen Love”
Sage Elsesser is one of those people whose resume makes him almost annoyingly cool. He’s a pro skateboarder, multidisciplinary artist, and occasional model from Los Angeles, and he raps and produces under the name Navy Blue. He’s part of the same lo-fi and casually heady
The pretty bad but fun-to-watch new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is in theaters now, and it mostly seems pretty factually faithful to Springsteen’s experience recording the album Nebraska . But any work of biography is at least partly a work of fiction, and
What should we call this person? He has many names, and we don’t know the real one. We’re talking about the anonymous South Korean musician who releases gorgeous, idiosyncratic shoegaze under the name Parannoul. This prolific artist has only played live a handful of times, and
Newly-announced performers and presenters also include Mick Fleetwood, Janelle Monáe, and Nancy Wilson
Most people wait until later in life to write their memoirs. UK indie-poppers the Tubs haven’t been around for a very long time; they were a Stereogum Band To Watch just a couple of years ago. But co-leader Owen Williams has done plenty of other things, as well. He makes his
On Halloween, Anna von Hausswolff unveils her new album Iconoclasts . So far the Swedish musician has released “ Stardust ,” “ The Whole Woman ” with Iggy Pop, and “ Struggle With The Beast ,” and today she’s sharing the final preview with the magnificent Ethel Cain collab
The country songwriter fell and struck his head in 2010, suffering a head injury that not only diminished his writing but affected his personality
The frontman of Chicago’s Lifeguard unveils a bright, melodic new burst of psychedelic pop sunshine from his solo project
Yes yes yes, it’s the Gum posting GUM. You figured it out. You’re very clever. GUM is the solo project from Jay Watson, touring Tame Impala member and co-leader of the Perth psych-rock band POND. GUM’s last solo album was 2023’s Saturnia . After that he teamed up with King
Last year, singer-songwriter Faye Webster held her first-ever YoYo Invitational event in Berkeley. Over the weekend, Webster brought another YoYo Invitational to her Atlanta hometown, and she expanded on the previous year’s version. This time around, the whole thing wasn’t just
Read an excerpt from Alan Light’s upcoming book Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, about how a 2011 TV episode helped a classic album reach a new audience
“Selena’s voice has this aching vulnerability that made the scene feel even more raw,” show creator Erin Foster tells Rolling Stone
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones , and it’s for members only. Thank
The reggaeton star teases a “very special surprise” during the ceremony.
If you’re looking for a tidal wave of sounds to consume you this morning, I would direct you to the new Lemondaze single “polari.” Here, the Cambridge, England-based quartet — Isis de Chastelain, Rosie Heard-Edwards, Finn Fox, and Jonty Freeman — has unlocked that
DITZ know how to hook you. It’s one of the many reasons we dubbed them a Band To Watch . The Brighton combo released Never Exhale , one of the best albums of the year so far, and are not done yet. Today, they’ve dropped two new singles “Don Enzo Magic Carpet Salesman” and
A few months ago, Blood split up . The Austin-founded, Philly-based had been going strong for eight years and only got around to releasing their very good debut album Loving You Backwards last year. But, as sad as band breakups are, these goodbyes usually lead to glorious new
The Beths, one of New Zealand’s national treasures, just made their US late-night TV debut. The power-pop/indie-pop greats previously performed on American television in the morning, promoting 2022’s tremendous Expert In A Dying Field with an appearance on CBS Saturday Sessions
The 40th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony takes place next weekend. The list of presenters and performers for the Saturday, Nov. 8 event has been getting a gradual reveal, with Chappell Roan and the Killers getting announced yesterday. Now we have more
Cam’ron is taking J. Cole to court for allegedly failing to hold up his end of the bargain over their song “Ready ’24.” According to TMZ, the Dipset legend has filed a lawsuit against the Dreamville star claiming that he appeared on Cole’s Might Delete Later track in exchange
In a new interview, the singer says her emotional new album, West End Girl , came from her “trying to process things”
The musician also discussed performing 154 weddings on stage during her recent tour
The singer moved her concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Nov. 7 to ensure she can “perform safely”
The country singer performed the national anthem ahead of the only two 18-inning games in championship history