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Read More »Pop Smoke's Endless Summer Continues on 'Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon'
Last summer, you couldn’t walk a block in Brooklyn without hearing Pop Smoke’s “Welcome to the Party” or “Dior” blasting out of an apartment or passing car. Now, five months after the 20-year-old phenom was shot and killed during a home invasion — an incalculable loss for New York rap …
Read More »'The First Time' With Politician Jamaal Bowman
Jamaal Bowman may pull off a major progressive upset in his Democratic Congressional primary against Rep. Elliot Engel, who has been in Congress sine 1989. While the absentee ballots are still being counted in New York‘s 16th district, Bowman sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss how much he loves …
Read More »The New Reality for Concerts in COVID: Virtual Reality?
Jean-Michel Jarre thought livestreamed concerts were missing something. So he added virtual drugs. The French electronic music pioneer and former CISAC president has been one of the biggest champions of virtual-reality concerts — a concept that’s seeing a noticeable bump as coronavirus continues to stall the comeback of live music. …
Read More »Ricky Reed, Producer for the Stars, Previews Debut Album With 'Real Magic'
Ricky Reed released “Real Magic,” a gliding, double-time collaboration with Terrace Martin and St. Panther, on Tuesday. Reed is best known as the songwriter-producer behind Jason Derulo’s “Talk Dirty,” Lizzo‘s “Good as Hell,” and Halsey‘s “Bad at Love,” among other hits; he will release his solo debut, The Room, in …
Read More »Spotify's Stock Market Success Says Nothing About the Future of Music
Had you invested $1,000 in Spotify on January 1st this year, you could pull out $1,800 right now. Had you invested $1,000 in Spotify in the midst of market-zapping pandemic uncertainty in March, you’d have more than doubled your money. Last Thursday, Spotify’s market cap soared to an all-time high …
Read More »'Family Guy' Actor Steps Down From Cleveland Role: 'Persons of Color Should Play Characters of Color'
A pair of long-running animated series made significant casting changes Friday to promote inclusivity: Voice actor Mike Henry announced he would leave the role of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy to allow a black actor to play the character, and The Simpsonspromised that, going forward, white actors would not voice …
Read More »The Flaming Lips Get Patriotic on New Album 'American Head,' Out This Fall
The Flaming Lips are getting as patriotic as the Flaming Lips can get on their upcoming 21st studio album, American Head. The record is currently set for release on September 11 — and, Friday, they’re out with “My Religion Is You.” “The Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma. We never thought …
Read More »Dirty Projectors Share 'Self Design' Video, Drop New EP Day Early
The Dirty Projectors released their new EP Flight Tower — the second of the band’s five planned EPs in 2020 — a day early Thursday, and with it a new video for the track “Self Design.” While the video was likely shot during quarantine, singer Felicia Douglass and the band …
Read More »Ricky Martin, Carla Morrison Perform 'Recuerdo' on 'Ellen'
Ricky Martin and Mexican singer Carla Morrison performed their new duet, “Recuerdo,” on The Ellen Degeneres Show on Tuesday. Produced by Alejandro Jimenez, the track comes from Pausa, Martin’s new quarantine-themed project. In a pretaped clip, Martin and Morrison separately perform their vocals for “Recuerdo” (English: “Memory”), singing of the aching longing …
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