Sep 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Classic rock legends The Rolling Stones have officially announced their new album, Hackney Diamonds, and shared its first single, “Angry,” via a music video starring actress Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, White Lotus). Hackney Diamonds is the band’s first new album of original material in 18 years and their first since the 2021 death of longtime drummer Charlie Watts. It was announced via a livestream event hosted by Jimmy Fallon. More

May 31, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has shared a cover of The Rolling Stones’ 1969 song “You Got the Silver.” The new cover follows the release of her latest album Covers, which came out in January via Domino. More

May 12, 2022 By Austin Saalman

Nearly two years in the making, The Rolling Stones’ sprawling double LP Exile on Main St. was greeted with mixed reviews upon its release, Rolling Stone’s Lenny Kaye lamenting, “The great Stones album of their mature period is yet to come.” Indeed, the album felt to some like a backward stumble, rather than the great leap forward anticipated in the wake of the previous year’s masterful Sticky Fingers. More

Dec 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

For the seventh and final installment of our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide we feature reissues, box sets, and vinyl. Included are a lot of nicely packaged vinyl soundtracks from Mondo and others, as well as reissues of albums by Supergrass, U2, The Rolling Stones, Nirvana, and The Doors. There’s plenty to choose from for last minute gifts for music fans and movie buffs. More

Oct 22, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Today, The Rolling Stones release the new reissue of their 1981 album Tattoo You in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The reissue features the original album remastered, as well as nine previously unreleased tracks, one of them being “Come to the Ball,” a song from the Tattoo You sessions. More

Sep 30, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Rolling Stones have shared the previously unreleased track “Troubles A’ Comin.” The song is a cover of the 1970 original from R&B quartet The Chi-Lites, and it was recorded by the band in Paris in 1979. It will be featured on the upcoming 40th anniversary reissue of their 1981 album Tattoo You, due out October 22 via Polydor/Interscope/UMe. More

Aug 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Charlie Watts, iconic drummer for The Rolling Stones, has died at age 80. More

Apr 13, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has shared a new pandemic-themed song titled “Easy Sleazy,” which features instrumental contributions from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. The song humorously speaks to the frustration we’ve all shared after being stuck inside for the last year, but also looks to the future. A performance video has also been shared, featuring Jagger at home and Grohl in the Foo Fighters studio. More

Aug 14, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

The Rolling Stones have shared a remix by The War on Drugs of their previously unreleased song “Scarlet” from the forthcoming reissue of their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. More

May 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

One of the bigger music industry injustices of the 1990s has finally been rectified: Richard Ashcroft has been given back the songwriting credits and publishing rights to his most famous song “Bittersweet Symphony,” by his former band The Verve, returned to him by The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. More

Apr 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Kurt Vile released a new album, Bottle It In, back in October via Matador. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. Now he has announced some more tour dates. He has also covered The Rolling Stones’ “No Expectations” in a session for Spotify, where he also performed his own “Loading Zones.” More

Jul 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has released two new songs, “Gotta Get a Grip” and “England Lost” (featuring Skepta). He has also shared videos for both songs, with the “Gotta Get a Grip” one starring Jemima Kirke (Jessa from Girls) and the “England Lost” one starring Luke Evans (Gaston from Beauty and the Beast). More

Oct 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Rolling Stones haven’t released a new studio album in 11 years, since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, but that changes on December 2nd when they release Blue & Lonesome via Interscope. It’s an album of covers of classic blues songs mainly from the 1950s and ‘60s. The band has shared a snippet of the album’s opening track, a cover of Little Walter’s “Just Your Fool.” More

Feb 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has covered The Rolling Stones’ “Emotional Rescue” for the soundtrack to the new film A Bigger Splash. The film stars Tilda Swinton as a rock star and also features Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, and Dakota Johnson. Luca Guadagnino directed the film, which is out today in U.K., but not out in the U.S. and Canada until May 13 (via Fox Searchlight). More

Jan 08, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Leave it to Johnny Depp to assemble an all-star line-up of musical artists for the purpose of putting together a compilation of sea shanties. More

Nov 30, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Performing in London last night celebrating their 50th anniversary The Rolling Stones brought out Florence Welch as a special guest to lend her wailing pipes to the band’s classic number “Gimme Shelter.” More

Nov 21, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with five massive shows, a documentary, and new hits compilation, The Rolling Stones have premiered a music video for their first piece of new music in over seven years. More

Apr 02, 2017 By Frank Valish

In addition to the band’s first new recorded music in over a decade, 2016 also saw The Rolling Stones release Havana Moon, a 2 CD/DVD set documenting the band’s first live performance in Cuba. More

Jul 28, 2015 By Frank Valish

On July 5, 1969, half a million people, or so it was reported, flocked to Hyde Park in London to see The Rolling Stones for a free gig two days after the death of Brian Jones. More

Jan 20, 2012 By Frank Valish

Live in Texas 1978 is a wonderful complement to the recent deluxe reissue of Some Girls, finding the Stones stripped down to its essential elements in a concert that featured seven songs from that album. Don’t be fooled by the disco song. This is rock and roll at its most vital.

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