“Notoriously shy” is one of the first phrases used to describe Courtney Barnett in Anonymous Club, Danny Cohen’s documentary-cum-tour-diary, and if you only knew this Australian singer-songwriter from her live shows, the words might come as a low-voltage shock. Sensitive, sure. But shy? Onstage, Barnett has a knack for demonstrating …
Read More »The Many Lives of PJ Sin Suela: How a Local Doctor Became One of Puerto Rico's Most Exciting Rappers
During the peak of the pandemic, the Puerto Rican rapper PJ Sin Suela spent countless hours in the hospital. He intubated hundreds of people. He pulled back-to-back 24-hour shifts. He checked pulses and oxygen levels nonstop. He delivered good and bad news to families. He got Covid and recovered. And …
Read More »Disgraced Lawyer Alex Murdaugh Indicted For Allegedly Murdering His Wife and Son
Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been indicted on murder charges in the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son. He has been charged with two counts of murder, and two counts of possessing a firearm during a crime. According to indictments handed down on Thursday from a …
Read More »Beyoncé Joins TikTok and Shares First Video Thanking Fans for Releasing the 'Wiggle'
Beyoncé isn’t two years late to TikTok, everyone else was just early. On Thursday, Queen Bey made her debut on the video-sharing platform to celebrate her single “Break My Soul” and thank fans for posting videos using her new track. “Seeing y’all release the wiggle made me so happy!” the …
Read More »Travis Barker Returns to the Stage for the First Time Since Hospitalization at Machine Gun Kelly Show
Travis Barker is officially back to work. After suffering an unexpected medical condition that landed him in the hospital late last month, the Blink-182 drummer made a surprise appearance at Machine Gun Kelly‘s show at the Forum in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. With Barker on drums, the two performed …
Read More »Trump Is Looking to Announce 2024 Run in the Next Few Months: Reports
Former President Donald Trump is looking to announce his 2024 presidential bid sometime this year, according to reports. In an interview with New York magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi, Trump stated that he had “already made that decision,” presumably to run, “so nothing factors in anymore. In my own mind, I’ve already …
Read More »The Year of Doris Anahí: How a Rising Music Manager Became a Star in Her Own Right
Doris Anahí is sitting in a cafe in Mexico City, talking to Rolling Stone on the phone, when a tiny hummingbird lands directly in front of her and flutters its wings. “It’s my ancestors saying, ‘What’s up!’” she says with a laugh. She’s been in Mexico for a few weeks; …
Read More »Megadeth's 'Countdown to Extinction' at 30: How the Thrashers Finally Proved Themselves
When Dave Mustaine looks back on making Countdown to Extinction, the 1992 album that propelled Megadeth into the mainstream, he’s thankful for his clarity of mind at the time. After years of alcohol and drug abuse, the eternally redheaded singer, guitarist, and songwriter had gotten sober before the making of …
Read More »The Far Right's Next Target for a Bullshit Moral Panic: Antidepressants
“If you have teenage kids in Washington state, watch this video,” Eli Holt’s video begins. In it, Holt, who goes by the handle @mr.notnew, alleges that he received a call from a counselor at a high school in Snohomish, Washington, who said that his 15-year-old child (actually his nephew for …
Read More »King Crimson's Robert Fripp Sets Fall Release for Band Doc. But Another Tour? 'Only to Prevent World War III'
In the universe of King Crimson, one of rock’s most challenging art-prog bands, nothing was ever easy: personnel changed as often as time signatures. Now the same seems to be true of In the Court of the Crimson King, the documentary about the band’s 50th anniversary tour in 2019 that …
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