Cass McCombs gathered an unlikely cast of collaborators — Bob Weir, Angel Olsen, and Noam Chomsky — to help out on his new song, “Don’t (Just) Vote.” The track is a remake of McCombs’ 2009 song “Don’t Vote” (from his album Catacombs), in which he tackles and tries to counter …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of October 26th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Ross Cooper, “South of the Angels” …
Read More »More Than 70 Science and Climate Journalists Challenge Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
The following op-ed has been signed by dozens of leading climate and science journalists, listed below. We are science and climate journalists. We are researchers and weavers of information, creating a fabric that explains the work of scientists who themselves are working to describe our natural world and universe. We …
Read More »Hear Grandaddy's Piano Version of 'Underneath the Weeping Willow'
Grandaddy have shared their “wooden piano” version of “Underneath the Weeping Willow” from the band’s upcoming 20th-anniversary reissueofThe Sophtware Slump. For the reissue, frontman Jason Lytle rerecorded the entire LP during quarantine on a “wooden piano,” scaling back the LP’s songs to capture “the totality of that original vision.” “Underneath …
Read More »Flashback: Sacha Baron Cohen Interviews Donald Trump as Ali G
The new Borat movie hasn’t even officially come out yet, but it’s already making major waves in the political world due to a scene in which Rudy Giuliani lays down on a bed in a hotel room and appears to put his hand in his pants after interacting with an …
Read More »Gary Oldman Stars as 'Citizen Kane' Screenwriter in 'Mank' Trailer
Gary Oldman stars as Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz in the new trailer for Mank, the latest film from director David Fincher (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). The film will premiere in select theaters this November, followed by a global release on Netflix on December …
Read More »Rumaan Alam's 'Leave the World Behind' Captures the Universal Horror of the Apocalypse
Novelist Rumaan Alam refuses to be confined to one race, gender, or sexuality when he picks up the pen. In his newest novel, Leave the World Behind, he slides easily into an array of personas, which proves that when it comes to the end of the world, we all pretty …
Read More »Brian Wilson, Al Jardine Disavow Donald Trump's Beach Boys Fundraiser
Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have disavowed Donald Trump’s Beach Boys campaign fundraiser, held on Sunday in Newport Beach, California, and headlined by fellow founding member Mike Love’s touring version of the band. “We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,” Wilson and …
Read More »Watch the Mavericks' Raul Malo Cover Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'
For the 30th installment of his group’s ongoing “Quarantunes” series, the Mavericks’ frontman Raul Malo takes a solo turn for a cover of Sam Cooke’s classic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come.” In previous installments, the band has tackled songs by Neil Diamond and Simon & Garfunkel in addition to …
Read More »Yungblud Can't Keep Hands to Himself in 'Cotton Candy' Video
Yungblud has a sexy sleepover in the bright and colorful “Cotton Candy” video. The track will appear on his upcoming sophomore albumWeird!, which is out November 13th. On “Cotton Candy,” Yungblud has his many dalliances, but there’s one girl he can’t help but get lost in. “And I wanna get …
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