Author: Press Room
California, 1967. If your mind immediately goes to Jefferson Airplane, Doors, Mothers Of Invention, Quicksilver Messenger Service you are off track, at least for the duration of this playlist. The year is the same, the place too, the influences (in part) too, but the tones are quite different: if the psychedelic rock of the Summer Of Love is impetuous, dilated, mocking, often dark or at least inebriating, its polite and pop counterpart is – to the extent possible for years in which everything was in contact with everything – quite the opposite. The sunshine popthis is the expression with which…
Mick Jagger has admitted that the idea of a big-screen Rolling Stones biopic “interests” him. The legendary frontman was asked about the possibility of the band receiving the biopic treatment in a new interview with GQ, in the context of Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-film Beatles project. “Yeah, it interests me,” Jagger replied when asked whether a similar treatment for the Stones would appeal to him. “I don’t want to impart it to you, but, I know how I see it,” he continued. “There’s lots of ways of doing biopics. So most of the time when you do a biopic, you do one small section of someone’s life bookended by some other stuff.” Jagger then pointed to…
The winter season has always been a source of inspiration for songs and sounds of all kinds and types. A classic trend is that of acoustic “winter songs”, bare ballads, often ghostly or desolate, the genre of which Leonard Cohen is the undisputed luminary and which over the years has been carried forward by multitudes of disciples, represented here by top-class authors such as Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Vashti Bunyan, Marissa Nadler, Bill Callahan, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Sarah McLachlan, Balmorhea and our own Fabrizio De André. But the fairy tale (more or less Christmassy) is also a winter classic,…
Messi and Co. are back tonight for a final Group J match against Jordan. Here’s where to stream it without cable If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The reigning World Cup champions are back on the pitch tonight when Argentina takes on Jordan at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Even though Argentina has secured its spot in the next round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup (the Round of 32), Lionel Messi is still expected to play against Jordan. The GOAT is currently leading…
Lands with a great pop tradition, flourishing research in metal and rich experimentation in jazz and its surroundings, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland are countries that have also allowed the flourishing of female authorial voices, very often of great appeal, almost always devoted to the search for a unique, peculiar, immediately recognisable language. Moving through the decades, the languages (although English remains dominant) and the styles, the present selection of twenty songs draws on the best that the singer-songwriters from the Deep North have been able to offer and continue to offer. Clearly without any pretense of completeness (the list…
Vanilla Ice’s headline set at Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 State Fair was cancelled less than two hours before he was due on stage. The ‘Ice Ice Baby’ rapper – real name Robert Van Winkle – had been due to perform as part of the troubled ‘I Love The 90s!’ concert at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Friday (June 26), but Freedom 250 announced in the late afternoon that the fair would be closed for the rest of the day “due to inclement weather”. “The safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority,” the organisation wrote on X, adding that it was “actively monitoring conditions” and that…
The rock legend is headed to Madison Square Garden for the superstar's big day, according to multiple sources Stevie Nicks will be at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding, sources confirm to Rolling Stone after reports surfaced Saturday morning. One source says the rock legend is expected to perform on the big day. Swift's wedding will be held at Madison Square Garden during the Fourth of July weekend, according to a New York Times report earlier this week. The Times reported that festivities will kick off on July 2 with “an intimate gathering of about 100 people” followed by a…
The state they're inone might say, paraphrasing the song from which Belle And Sebastian's entire career began. That there are – and how could it be otherwise? – in this playlist that tries to take stock of what the ever-bubbling Scottish scene is giving birth to in recent years. The “state of things”, therefore, is a zigzag path between well-known but not very well-known names (did someone say Franz Ferdinand? Well, we have deliberately excluded those) such as Arab Strap, the aforementioned Belle And Sebastian and Mogwai, young promises known to a much more limited segment of the public, hidden…
Weezer will hit a rare milestone Aug. 21, releasing their 20th studio LP The Gold Album, after maintaining a relatively stable line-up for most of their existence — bassist Scott Shriner is still the newest member, and he joined 25 years ago. Even more impressively, the album — co-produced by Kenneth Blume, who worked Geese’s Getting Killed, and Klas Åhlund — is strong from start to finish, living up to the first two singles, “Shine Again” and “We Might As Well Be Strangers” featuring the band Wednesday. In a new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, founding members Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson…
For some time now, the public and professionals have been wondering whether the new realities of the post-post-punk scene are overtaking the old school. If the much talked about names that appear on the covers of magazines around the world have at least part of the talent of their myths: Joy Division, Fall, Gang Of Four, PIL, Wire. In reality the point is another, and one certainly cannot avoid addressing it: a new fierce group of bands from all over the world is bringing new life to this musical genre. From the United Kingdom to the United States, from Ireland…
