Best Music of 2025: Staff Picks

Rolling Stone staffers pick their favorite albums of 2025, from Bad Bunny to Clipse to Rosalia to Taylor Swift to Wednesday to Geese to Lady Gaga ...

The Fleetwood Mac Song Stevie Nicks Wrote When Everything Started Falling Apart

As Fleetwood Mac began to fracture, Stevie Nicks poured heartbreak and isolation into Storms, creating one of the most ...
American Songwriter

The Rolling Stones Song That Introduced Their New Ballad Style in 1968

The Rolling Stones once favored baroque pop ballads. "No Expectations" found them on a dustier slow-song road.

The Beatles' 1967 Song From 'Sgt. Pepper' Was Initially Banned but Went on to Change Rock Music

This 1967 Beatles song from Sgt. Pepper was banned at first but went on to redefine rock music and inspire countless ...

The Rolling Stones Hit A Billboard Chart For The First Time With A Sudden Smash

Satisfaction Skank” by The Rolling Stones and Fatboy Slim debuts inside the top 10 on Billboard's Dance Digital Song Sales ...

Rob Sheffield’s Top 20 Albums of 2025

Rob Sheffield's favorite albums of 2025 came from Wednesday, Lifeguard, Taylor Swift, Geese, Clipse, Addison Rae, Rosalia, Billy Wwods, and many more ...

Donovan on Macca, Dylan, John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

Bob Dylan introduced Donovan to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and ...

The Rolling Stones Score A Rare Hit On An Unexpected Chart

The Rolling Stones reach the U.K.'s dance singles chart for only the third time as “Satisfaction Skank” — a collaboration ...