Drake’s Views continued its reign atop the Billboard 200, locking down the Number One spot for a fifth consecutive week on the strength of record-breaking streaming totals. The rapper’s latest LP sold another 152,000 total copies in its fifth week of release; however, 92,000 of that total came from “stream equivalent albums,”… Source: RollingStone Link: On […]
Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like The Avalanches, PJ Harvey, and ScHoolboy Q, plus brand new streaming music from Beck, Of Montreal, YG, Garbage, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music […]
Axl Rose has issued a DMCA takedown request with Google over a 2010 image used to create a viral “Fat Axl” meme. The photograph, taken by Boris Minkevich at the Winnipeg Free Press, depicts the rock legend performing at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Canada with Guns N’ Roses, hunched over and wearing a… Source: RollingStone Link: Axl Rose […]
The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, our first-ever podcast, is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or check it out below. In this week’s episode, Rolling Stone’s David Fear, Rob Sheffield and Nathan Brackett delve into Lonely Planet’s new Justin Bieber send-up, Popstar: Never Stop Never… Source: RollingStone Link: Listen […]
Vic Mensa’s unadorned video for “There’s Alot Going On” finds the Chicago rapper delivering rhymes as images from his past – both haunting and inspirational – flash behind him. The clip, co-directed by Mensa and Jake Osmun, climaxes with a gun firing bullets into an outline around his body. “I never claimed to be… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
When Rolling Stone Country caught up with Cassadee Pope last month, her new video for “Summer” wasn’t out yet and she was chomping at the bit for people to see it. “The video is very bold and daring,” she hinted, with a bit of a mischievous grin. “It shows a… Source: RollingStone Link: See Cassadee […]
After thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Kanye West’s headlining Governor’s Ball set, the rapper attempted to stage a G.O.O.D. Music pop-up concert at New York City’s Webster Hall early Monday morning. With massive amounts of fans flooding the streets, TeamKanyeDaily tweeted a clip of West trying to make contact with New York… Source: RollingStone Link: NYC Mayor […]
The year is only half over, but it seems like a decade’s worth of musical happenings have transpired since January, from the deaths of beloved icons such as Prince and Bowie to a series of high-profile album drops. And the new sounds just keep coming. Hear what we at Rolling Stone… Source: RollingStone Link: Our Favorite […]
The first two days of New York City’s Governors Ball went off explosively — though, thanks to the late-spring rain, occasionally a little wet. Day Three was moved to venues around the city, and artists like Vic Mensa and Prophets of Rage wouldn’t let the dampness dampen their mood. Source: RollingStone Link: 2016 Governors Ball: See Photos […]
Billy Ray Cyrus makes his return to network TV next week, when Still the King airs its first episode on June 12th. Starring the country singer as an out-of-luck Elvis impersonator posing as the preacher of a small-town church, the CMT show — which was partially written and produced by… Source: RollingStone Link: See Billy […]