“It’s been a long, strange year/ everyone is sad,” Natalie Mering notes near the end of her musical project Weyes Blood’s fifth album. That observation comes at the outset of “The Worst Is Done,” which finds Mering taking stock of recent history’s bleakness and casting a weary glance upon any …
Read More »Skittles Reminds Fans to Keep Their Candy to Themselves After Harry Styles Injured by Flying Skittle
Skittles wants to know what happened to treating people with kindness. The candy company took to social media to voice their support for Harry Styles, who was injured after a fan at one of his Los Angeles shows tossed a handful of Skittles on stage and at his face – …
Read More »How Roc Marciano Became King of the Rap Underground
For those with a deep knowledge of indie rap, the Hempstead, Long Island native Roc Marciano is basically the scene’s godfather. His solo discography, especially albums like Marcberg, Rosebudd’s Revenge, and Mt. Marci, are canonical exhibitions of storytelling and dense lyricism. And despite his career grappling with the music industry’s …
Read More »Aerosmith Donate Vehicles to Red Cross to Assist Hurricane Relief
Aerosmith have donated a pair of new Community Emergency Vehicles to the Red Cross to help serve Florida communities hit by the recent Hurricanes, Ian and Nicole, joining an effort to help those who will be impacted by future storms. The two 2023 Chevrolet Silverados, emblazoned with the Aerosmith logo, …
Read More »YSL Trial Will Call 300 Witnesses to Testify in January
Fulton County prosecutors plan to call “around 300 witnesses” in the YSL trial, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Today, prosecutor Adriane Love informed Judge Ural Glanville of their extensive witness list during a hearing where Glanville stated that trial on the 56-count RICO indictment will begin on January 9th. …
Read More »Camilo Calls Wife Evaluna the 'Place I Can Be With No Masks' on New Audible Podcast
With his wife Evaluna Montaner, Camilo can be 100 percent himself. In a Rolling Stone exclusive clip of Audible‘s Origins podcast, which launched today, the Colombian star opens up about the impact of finding love for the first time in his life. “Meeting Evaluna was for me an encounter with …
Read More »The Archive of the Folklorist Who Unplugged Bob Dylan at Newport Is Headed to the Smithsonian
A trove of sound recordings, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera from the blues and folklore archive of Robert “Mack” McCormick will get a new home at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. McCormick’s daughter, Susannah Nix, gifted the archive to the Smithsonian, which plans to start making it available to scholars …
Read More »Turnstile on How Their Grammy Noms in Both Rock and Metal Categories Break 'Arbitrary Rules'
Brendan Yates describes it as feeling like Christmas morning. After being roused by their manager’s repeated calls, the members of Turnstile assembled in the lounge of their tour bus — parked on an off-day in North Carolina — in their pajamas, where they learned that they had been nominated for …
Read More »Bob Dylan's 'Time Out of Mind' Focus of Latest Bootleg Series
As promised, the next installment of Bob Dylan’s The Bootleg Series will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his 1997 masterpiece Time Out of Mind. Available as both a 5CD or 10-LP set, Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 boasts a freshly remixed version of …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers, Master of Holiday Covers, Takes on the Handsome Family's 'So Much Wine'
It wouldn’t be the holidays without Phoebe Bridgers dropping her annual cover. This time, she’s released a delicate rendition of the Handsome Family’s “So Much Wine.” “I had nothing to say on Christmas day,” Bridgers sings in the opening line. She keeps her version similar to the 2000 original, yet …
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