When we last heard from them, the buzzy New York art-rock band Godcaster were making unsettling, doomy noise on their self-titled 2023 album and conjuring one of the freakiest spectacles at SXSW 2024. But it’s always been clear that they’re a band with little interest in doing any one thing …
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Unlike the other New York Dolls — the band he didn’t quite invent but came to personify after he was recruited when geeky bassist Arthur Kane and doomed drummer Billy Murcia knocked on his door in 1971 and asked if he’d join — David Johansen grew up solidly middle class …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If there’s one thing we know about GloRilla (besides the fact that she’s from Memphis), it’s that her upcoming tour is going to be one of the biggest …
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Diane Warren’s streak of Oscar losses continues, as the songwriter — on her 16th Best Original Song nomination — once again lost in the category for The Six Triple Eight’s “The Journey.” Despite the 16 nominations — and eight consecutive Best Original Song nominations, dating back to 2017’s “Stand Up …
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Willie Nelson‘s annual 4th of July Picnic is coming to the Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, this year with a lineup that includes Bob Dylan, the Avett Brothers, the Mavericks, Asleep at the Wheel, and Tami Neilson, in addition to Nelson and his Family Band. Ticket go on sale …
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The 2025 Brit Awards honored Liam Payne on Saturday. Payne died in October 2024 at the age of 31. During the emotional tribute, which took place towards the end of the ceremony, host Jack Whitehall told the audience that it was time to “take a moment to remember a very …
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Goodbye to David Johansen, the last jet boy standing from the New York Dolls. It wasn’t just his madman energy that helped invent punk rock — it was his warmth and soul. He got a loving send-off in the final weeks of his life, after his daughter Leah Hennessy announced …
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Tate McRae‘s second Saturday Night Live musical guest spot saw her perform two tracks from her new album, So Close to What, which came out last month. The first was “Sports Car,” which McRae has said was “such a fun song to write.” “I wrote it with Julia Michaels, Ryan …
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Travis Scott made an in-ring appearance Saturday at the WWE Elimination Chamber event in Toronto, with the rapper taking part in John Cena’s surprising heel turn against Cody Rhodes. Scott, who made his WWE debut at a Raw event in January, entered the ring with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — …
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Three years ago, in the midst of researching my book Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital, I knew I had to talk to David Johansen. Not because Johansen — who died Feb. 28 at the age of 75 —was one of those …
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