Lorde appears as a guest vocalist on the new Disclosure single “Magnets.” A new video for the song is basically one long makeout session starring the New Zealand sensation—with a dramatic twist ending. (Rolling Stone) When EDM artist Oscar Powell e-mailed Steve Albini to ask the famous producer’s permission to use a vocal sample from Albini’s tenure with the…

Fresh off his recent visit to the U.S., Pope Francis has announced that he’ll release a rock album. Wake Up!, which will be released on Nov. 27, “features the Pontiff delivering sacred hymns and excerpts of his most moving speeches in multiple languages paired with uplifting musical accompaniment ranging from pop-rock to Gregorian chant,” explains Rolling Stone. As Billboard…

Concerts and festivals this past weekend brought out a number of unexpected duets. In Phoenix, Foo Fighters were joined on stage by Jewel, and together they covered Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” (Rolling Stone) In Nashville, Steven Tyler joined Taylor Swift for a rendition of Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” (Rolling Stone)…

The Girls Rock Camp Foundation is raising funds for girls’ music education by selling prints of their campers remaking the covers of classic albums by artists such as David Bowie, Kendrick Lamar, and U2. Their remake of Blondie‘s Parallel Lines cover stars the niece of Beth Ditto (Gossip). (Pitchfork) Vladimir Putin called Elton John—no, for real this time. After a pair of…

Adele hasn’t made an official announcement, but multiple sources—including the New York Times—are reporting that her next album will likely be released on Nov. 20 or thereabouts. Other details are still under wraps, but fans are reasonably speculating that the album’s title will be 25. Morrissey‘s debut novel List of the Lost is out today in the…

After Ryan Adams released his song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift‘s album 1989 on Monday, Father John Misty followed suit by releasing covers of Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Welcome to New York,” performed in the style of the Velvet Underground. The songs soon, however, disappeared from Father John Misty’s Soundcloud. Some speculated that Swift was responsible, but her camp denies that;…

Foo Fighters say that they were invited by the Television Academy to become “the first ever rock band on the Emmys,” playing a track from their documentary series Sonic Highways. Fox, however, “refused to allow the band to play a full song from the Emmy-winning Sonic Highways,” according to the band, who then opted not to…

John Malkovich announced that he’ll release an album as a Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl exclusive. The album, as Rolling Stone describes, “finds Malkovich reciting classical musician Eric Alexandrakis‘ version of Plato‘s Allegory of the Cave over original material composed and produced by Alexandrakis.” The musical material was then mixed by collaborators including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, Dweezil…

It’s not a joke—or, if it is a joke, it’s a joke you’ll soon be able to listen to in its entirety. Ryan Adams has announced that his entire song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift‘s album 1989 will be available digitally on Monday. For her part, Swift is ecstatic. “Ryan’s music helped shape my songwriting,” she tweeted. Hear Adams’s cover…

Keith Richards says the Rolling Stones recently held a group meeting and made “definite plans” to record a new album—though the specifics of where and when are yet to be determined. Which just makes you wonder: what else is on the agenda when the Rolling Stones have group meetings? (Rolling Stone) A psychedelic Porsche formerly owned by Janis Joplin will be…