Billie Eilish delivered her first full concert in about a year and a half with a headlining set at the Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas Sunday, September 19th. The 90-minute set — which is available to watch in full on YouTube — came one night after Eilish performed …
Read More »Zac Brown Band Wreck Trucks, Smoke Weed in New Song 'Fun Having Fun'
Zac Brown Band combine a message of living in the moment with a sense of humor and deft bluegrass picking in the new song “Fun Having Fun,” off the group’s upcoming album The Comeback. Set to a speedy tempo and propelled by choppy mandolin, Brown and his mates recount instances …
Read More »Beaten and Maligned by Police, a Philadelphia Mom Seeks Justice Over a Thin Blue Lie
A Philadelphia mom whose child was ripped from her car by police amid a Black Lives Matter protest last year has filed suit against the National Fraternal Order of Police for casting her as an “unfit mother” and exploiting her child for Thin Blue Line propaganda. The lawsuit, obtained by …
Read More »Fat Joe, Ja Rule Trade Barbs and Bars on Latest 'Verzuz' Battle
Late-Nineties and early-2000s NYC hip-hop heroes Fat Joe and Ja Rule were the latest rappers to go toe-to-toe on Verzuz. Photographer Ismail “Calligrafist” Sayeed was on hand to document the bout and shared his photographs withRolling Stone. On Tuesday, September 14th, the pair took the stage at the theater at …
Read More »'Executioners,' 'Reapers,' and 'Banditos': Gangs of Sheriff's Deputies Are Wreaking Havoc in L.A.
At least four “secret cliques or gangs” of sheriff’s deputies — with names like the Banditos and the Executioners — continue to operate and recruit within the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, despite recent reforms intended to ban them. The persistence of illicit factions is described in a new report commissioned …
Read More »Loretta Lynn's Tennessee Flood Benefit Concert: How to Watch, Who's Performing
More than 15 inches of rain fell over August 21st in middle Tennessee, resulting in flash flooding throughout the counties of Humphreys and Dickson that claimed the lives of 20 people. Loretta Lynn lives in Humphreys County and was personally affected by the disaster: the foreman on Lynn’s Hurricane Mills …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Gray, 'Party for the Night'
Korean rapper and producer Gray has returned last month with the release ofGrayground. Although it’s his first full-length album, Gray has been a prolific artist and dominant force in Korean hip-hop. The album boasts 11 tracks, and “Party for the Night” encapsulates his trademark sound, which modernizes beats and melodies …
Read More »Nine Ways These Entrepreneurs Are Leveraging Tech to Succeed in Their Niche
Technology at its best serves as a helpful aid to businesses, entrepreneurs and everyday people looking to improve the way they function day to day. But simply using technology won’t affect much change. Those who really succeed are those who know how to leverage technology intentionally, incorporating it into thoughtful …
Read More »Horror Novel 'My Heart Is a Chainsaw' Gives Us a New Kind of Final Girl
One of the most tired tropes in horror is, arguably, the virginal good girl who vanquishes the slasher at the end of the film, her sex-amped pals left mangled and bloody in the villain’s wake. My Heart Is a Chainsaw, by indigenous horror writer Stephen Graham Jones, is both an …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Drops New Ballad 'Arcadia,' Updates 'Blue Banisters' Release Date
Lana Del Rey has released a new song, “Arcadia,” which will appear on her upcoming album, Blue Banisters, out October 22nd. Del Rey wrote and produced “Arcadia” with Drew Erickson. The song is set to steady piano and slow-rising horns, and opens with a vintage Del Rey line: “My body …
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