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Taylor Swift had a lot to say in our recent cover story (on newsstands now),tracing her eventful path to Lover,her political views and many other topics in a lengthy, revealing interview. There was even more to the caffeine-fueled conversation, which Swift made it through on four hours of sleep after …

Noah Cyrus examines her state of mind on the earnest, powerful new ballad “Lonely.” This is Cyrus’ second new song of the year, following up the similarly moody “July.” “Lonely” is a piano ballad, written by Cyrus. On it, she questions what she’s doing with her life. “I’m slowly killing …

Longtime Linda Ronstadt manager and producer Peter Asher joins host Brian Hiatt to offer an intimate look at the singer’s music on a new episode of our podcast Rolling Stone Music Now. Rolling Stone’s David Browne and Angie Martoccio (who recently interviewed Ronstadt) also join our panel to trace one …

Charli XCX and Jimmy Fallon performed a live mashup on The Tonight Show Wednesday night, as part of the late-night program’s Live Show series running this week. The pair combined Depeche Mode‘s 1981 song “I Just Can’t Get Enough” with Charli and Icona Pop‘s 2012 single “I Love It,” written by …

Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a sizzling rendition of the Cars‘ “Just What I Needed” during a concert in Singapore Sunday. The cover pays tribute to frontman Ric Ocasek, who died unexpectedlySeptember 15th at the age of 75. In the video, a shirtless Anthony Kiedis and Flea take the reigns …

Tegan and Sara have unveiled the new confessional ballad “Don’t Believe the Things They Tell You (They Lie),” from their upcoming album, Hey, I’m Just Like You, out September 27th. The song — originally written when Tegan and Sara were in high school — examines the ways lies and deceit …

When the Doors‘ producer, Paul A. Rothchild, suggested adding orchestral strings and horns to guitarist Robby Krieger‘s song “Touch Me,” Krieger was not happy. It was two years after Sgt. Pepper, and he says he was wary of the band being seen as copycats. “I said, ‘Oh, God. Now we’re …

What’s Harry Styles really like? In the wake of his intimate cover story on one of the most singular artists in modern music, Rob Sheffield joins host Brian Hiatt and Brittany Spanos on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast to share even more. Sheffield breaks down his time with the …

Quirky, catchy melodies have always been Pixies‘ calling card and on Beneath the Eyrie, their third post-reunion album, the alt-rock icons indulge everything from jaunty, old-timey Kurt Weill oom-pah rhythms to 10-foot waves of surf guitar. Frontman and chief songwriter Black Francis has said that the group embraced their most …

Prince delivers a delirious rendition of “1999” in a previously unreleased clip from his December 29th, 1982 concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas. The entire show will be released on DVD as part of a new 1999 reissue, out November 29th. “1999” frequently, and fittingly, served as the final …