Chicago drill star Lil Durk‘s lawyer filed a motion on Friday to dismiss murder-for-hire charges from 2022. His team is claiming the feds gave “false evidence” to a grand jury as they presented lyrics he wrote six months before the shooting as evidence. Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged last …
Read More »The Cure Tap Paul Oakenfold, Four Tet for 'Songs of a Lost World' Remix Album
The Cure have enlisted Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, and many more for a new remix album based on their celebrated 2024 record, Songs of a Lost World. The aptly-titled Mixes of a Lost World is set to arrive June 13, and to preview the record, the Cure are sharing …
Read More »Kentucky Charity Didn't Mean to Get Swifties 'Excited' About Taylor Swift Touring in 2026
The charity organization Unbridled Eve hosts an annual gala on the eve of the Kentucky Derby. The Unbridled Eve Derby Gala runs for six and a half hours and includes both an auction and a dance party, which lasts for just over three hours. The dance party run time is …
Read More »Suge Knight Refuses to Let Lawyer Quit, Retrial Begins Tuesday
As he heads into a second wrongful death trial involving the fatal 2015 hit-and-run of Compton businessman Terry Carter, Suge Knight is digging in, refusing to let his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, withdraw from the case. A judge ruled Monday that Knight’s resistance meant jury selection for the civil retrial …
Read More »Watch Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll Join Post Malone at Coachella
Post Malone welcome several guests onstage during his headlining set at Coachella last night. After performing solo during weekend one, the musician brought out Jelly Roll and Ed Sheeran to join him for weekend two. Sheeranassisted on “Sunflower,” taking the place of Malone’s original studio collaborator Swae Lee on lead …
Read More »D.C. Punk Band Ekko Astral Reissue 2024 Debut With Five Bonus Tracks
Washington, D.C., punk band Ekko Astral are releasing a deluxe version of their buzzy debut, Pink Balloons, for its one-year anniversary. The re-release includes the full 2024 album plus five bonus tracks, which are available right now as a digital EP called Pink Balloons: Popped; preorders are also open for …
Read More »Green Day and Charli XCX's Coachella Non-Feud Gets the Goofy End It Deserves
The great Charli XCX/Green Day non-feud of Coachella 2025 has officially come to a conciliatory end. If that combination of words reads as utterly incomprehensible (or utterly inconsequential) slop — please, let us explain. Last week, after the first weekend of Coachella, Charli shared a photo dump that included a …
Read More »Kneecap Call for a Free Palestine During Uncensored Coachella Set
Kneecap returned to the Coachella stage this weekend after claiming that the pro-Palestine message they shared onstage during weekend one of the festival was cut from the official livestream. At the time, the band assured “it’ll be sorted” in time for their next set. During their Friday performance, the Irish …
Read More »Dora Jar Never Knows What's Coming Next on 'Song Shuffle.' She Likes It That Way
When Dora Jar meets Rolling Stone in New York’s Madison Square Park, her basket-like purse rests on her leg. She keeps what’s inside a secret. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” the musician quips while digging through the bag to pull out her phone. The 28-year-old might be gatekeeping her What’s …
Read More »Deadmau5 Apologizes for Drunk, 'Probably Last' Coachella Set
Performing as his alter-ego Testpilot on Friday night, Deadmau5‘s back-to-back Coachella set with ZHU was cut short after the electronic artist got visibly intoxicated behind the booth. Deadmau5 was performing at the Quasar stage, a rave-forward set-up that featured multiple lengthy, b2b DJ performances throughout the weekend. Deadmau5, as Testpilot, …
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