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Our prettier Jesus has risen again, this time with a tender gem about getting older and contemplating your decisions. 2021 is the year of songwriters dropping heart-wrenching ballads as singles — Lucy Dacus’ “Thumbs,” Clairo’s “Blouse,” and now, Lorde’s “Stoned at the Nail Salon.” We knew when Lorde revealed the …

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor recently kicked off a solo trek dubbed the CMFTour, playing his first real concerts in over a year while following Covid-19 safety protocols. He explained why he wanted to get back on the road so quickly in an op-ed for Rolling Stone in …

Sarah Tudzin was pissed. With her second album as Illuminati Hotties nearly finished and poised to serve as her breakthrough, she was stuck watching as the small label she called home implodedamid accusations of late royalty payments and inconsistent communication. So Tudzin, who’d spent years patiently building a dual career …

Nickodemus, Kiko Navarro, and Cole Williams reimagine a Nina Simone deep cut on their new collaboration “Obeah Woman,” whipping up an afro-house storm of steadily increasing intensity. Simone closed her 1974 album It Is Finished with “Obeah Woman,” a take on Exuma. It’s a slow-burn — “Gotta take my time …

It’s a late-May afternoon, and Polly Samson and her husband, former Pink Floyd frontman David Gilmour, are seated side-by-side for a Zoom interview in what looks like a Greek restaurant with brick walls and windows fashioned in ornate geometric shapes. It’s the perfect setting to discuss Samson’s latest novel, A …

Shannon and the Clams finished recording their upcoming album, Year of the Spider, right before Nashville was hit by a tornado and the music world ground to a halt due to Covid-19. The record — produced by Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach — stayed in limbo throughout 2020, but on Wednesday, …

Last year, Jessie Ware reset her sound at the exact right time. What’s Your Pleasure? the British singer asked in the title of her fourth album, and answered her own question with the irresistibly joyful club-pop grooves inside. It was a smart move, steering Ware back to her rightful place at the …

Usually, the Oscar nominations for Best Original Song are pretty predictable: There’s almost always a Disney torch song, a pop star trying to break the mold, and a tune by Diane Warren, who has been nominated 12 times now with no wins so far. But this year, among songs by …

About a week after he watched footage of George Floyd’s death, seasoned Chicago bluesman Dave Specter did something he’d never done before — he wrote a topical song. “It was such a strange time,” he recalls. “Things were in a very dark place. The music business was shut down, and …