Most bands wouldn’t dare give their new album the same name as a 2016 blockbuster starring Ryan Gosling, but Guided by Voices have never been most bands. “La La Land” was a phrase before Faye Dunaway mistakenly said the film won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars, and Robert Pollard …
Read More »Ankhal Is Back and Stronger Than Ever
The Puerto Rican rapper Ankhal started 2022 with unbeatable momentum. He’d burst onto the music scene just a few years before and had attracted fans at breakneck speed, becoming known across the industry for his dangerous, unapologetically explicit rhymes about street life, delivered in his distinct, throaty baritone. He’d collaborated …
Read More »Director Ryan Coogler Almost Quit Filmmaking Following Chadwick Boseman's Death
The death of Chadwick Boseman hit Black Panther director Ryan Coogler harder than most. In a new interview, Coogler told Entertainment Weekly that Boseman’s tragic death in August 2020 caused him to rethink his entire career. “I was at a point when I was like, ‘I’m walking away from this …
Read More »Pearl Jam, Wet Leg, Mac DeMarco Feature on Upcoming Abortion Rights Benefit Album
Pearl Jam, Wet Leg, Mac DeMarco, Death Cab For Cutie, David Byrne and Devo, R.E.M. and Fleet Foxes are just a few of the artists contributing exclusive recordings for a new abortion rights benefit album set to release this week. The album, Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to …
Read More »Watch Loretta Lynn Sing 'Don't Come Home a Drinkin” at Her Final Full Concert
On April 22, 2017, Loretta Lynn took the stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall, a small theater outside New York City. Lynn, who died on Tuesday at the age of 90, had celebrated her 85th birthday a week earlier with a triumphant two-night run at the Ryman Auditorium, but this …
Read More »Hear Japanese Breakfast Cover Brandi Carlile's 'The Story' for The North Face's New Campaign
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Japanese Breakfast‘s Michelle Zauner has teamed up with The North Face to launch the brand’s new fall campaign, dubbed “It’s More Than a Jacket.” The outdoor gear company …
Read More »'House of the Dragon' Recap: The Royal Rumble
A child runs across the moonlit sands. As the stars shine down into the ocean nearby, the boy approaches a dragon asleep on the beach — Vhagar, massive and ancient, the largest and oldest animal in Westeros. Determined to seize what he feels is his birthright, he braves the beast’s …
Read More »Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist Who Gave Brando's Oscar Rejection Speech, Dead at 75
Sacheen Littlefeather — the Native American actress and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar win for The Godfather on his behalf and was blacklisted in Hollywood— died on Sunday at the age of 75, as The Hollywood Reporter reports. In March 2018, she disclosed that she had been diagnosed …
Read More »Beyoncé Leaves Studio 54-Inspired Club in a Trance in 'Summer Renaissance' Visual
Summer isn’t over just yet. As part of her partnership with Tiffany & Co., Beyoncé is keeping the sticky hedonism of the season alive with a lavish party thrown at a Studio 54-inspired club in the first official visual released for the Renaissance era, “Summer Renaissance.” Descending upon the dancefloor, …
Read More »Activists Filing Ethics Complaint Against Marjorie Taylor Greene for Allegedly Kicking Teen
Activist group Voters of Tomorrow announced on Monday that it is filing a formal complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene with the Office of Congressional Ethics after footage captured the congresswoman allegedly kicking one of their staffers and directing xenophobic remarks at their executive director. The complaint is expected to accuse …
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