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Massachusetts indie rocker Squirrel Flower, a.k.a. Ella O’Connor Williams, isRolling Stone‘s latest Artist You Need to Know. In a new video for the series, Williams cooks risotto, gives a tour of her home, and discusses her great debut album, I Was Born Swimming. “The weather was perfect, in my opinion,” …

On Friday, Chris Stapleton gave a performance in Nashville that received a whole arena’s worth of hallelujers. The singer was in attendance at Tyler Perry‘s Madea Farewell Tour stop in Nashville when he surprised the crowd by standing up and giving a brief rendition of his signature song “Tennessee Whiskey.” …

Swizz Beatz may have been at the Grammys to support his wife Alicia Keys — who hosted this year’s appropriately toned-down affair— but it was the hip-hop producer’s son (and Keys’ stepson) who took social media by storm. Nineteen-year-old Nasir Dean (Beatz’ legal name is Kasseem Dean), got the comic …

The Grateful Dead announced a massive box set titled June 1976 on Thursday. They’ve also shared a nine-minute version of “Friend of the Devil,” recorded live at New York’s Beacon Theatre. Produced by Dead archivist David Lemieux, the 15-CD set contains complete performances from June 1976: Boston Music Hall (June …

One of North America’s most scenic concert venues is the focus of the new documentary Enormous: The Gorge Story, a film about the picturesque George, Washington, amphitheater that has become a favorite of artists like Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and others. Ahead of the documentary’s one-night-only theatrical release on …

The riotous peak of the Strokes’ get-out-the-vote concert rally with Bernie Sanders on Monday night came at the very end, when the opening notes of “New York City Cops” ripped through the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire. Within seconds, fans were storming the college hockey arena’s stage, and …

Lil Wayne launched eight songs from his new album Funeral onto the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The leader was “I Do It,” a booming single featuring verses from Big Sean and Lil Baby, which arrived at Number Six thanks to 14.2 million streams. “Mahogany,” a sinuous track …

Code Orange boasts a reconfigured lineup in their new video for “Swallowing the Rabbit Whole,” the second single off the metal band’s upcoming album Underneath. For the first time since the band’s formation over a decade ago, founding drummer and lyricist Jami Morgan steps out from behind the drum kit …

Have you ever wanted a bloody, headless bat permanently etched onto your bicep? How about the Alamo with a yellow blotch in the middle? Well, in celebration of the Prince of Darkness’ upcoming album, Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne is offering fans a chance to get an “Ozzy-inspired” tattoo at a …

Adam Lambert has announced a new album, Velvet, out March 20th. The singer also dropped the funky lead single, “Roses,” featuring Nile Rodgers of Chic. “You’re like a knife cuz your looks could kill/Hold my breath every time we kiss,” he sings over Rodgers’ guitar. The Seventies disco pioneer can …