The marvelous Apple TV+ drama For All Mankind takes place in an alternate timeline where the Soviets put the first man on the moon, triggering a never-ending space race and a cascade of other changes from the history we know. The first two seasons dealt with US vs. USSR tensions, …
Read More »Watch Guns N' Roses Cover AC/DC's 'Back in Black' for the First Time
Guns N’ Roses debuted their cover of the AC/DC deep cut “Walk All Over You” at the June 4 kickoff of their 2022 world tour in Oeiras, Portugal, and Tuesday night in Seville, Spain, they continued the trend by breaking out “Back in Black” for the first time in their …
Read More »J-Hope Joins Metallica, Dua Lipa, Green Day as Lollapalooza 2022 Headliners
J-Hope has been added to the Lollapalooza lineup as a headliner, the festival announced on Tuesday, June 7. The BTS member, who will perform at the Chicago festival on July 31, will make history as the first South Korean artist to headline a main stage at a U.S. festival. J-Hope …
Read More »Blondie Detail Massive Box Set 'Against the Odds 1974 – 1982' Featuring Unreleased Demos
Blondie are set to release the first definitive collection of their work in the 124-track archival box set Against the Odds 1974 – 1982. The curated collection, remastered from original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios, features three-dozen previously unreleased recordings. It arrives on Aug. 26. “It really …
Read More »He Wrote a Children's Book About a Magic Wig — and Got Pulled Into a Far Right Culture War
When Jonathan Hillman was growing up in rural Wisconsin, he says he frequently felt “small.” He was a boy in a family of dirt track racers who played with Barbies, who would pull his turtleneck up over his head to make a pretend wig when he was playing with the …
Read More »Pixies Let Out a Late-Night Howl on New Song 'There's a Moon On'
Pixies add a bit of late-night psychedelia to their alt-rock bona fides on their new song, “There’s a Moon On.” The track will appear on the group’s next album, Doggerel, out Sept. 30. “There’s a Moon On” boasts a shuffling rock groove and plenty of crunchy guitars, though there’s a …
Read More »Trump's Favorite House Republican Is Married to the Gun Industry
Lots of Republicans are close with the gun lobby. But for Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking Republican in the House, the relationship is more like: Until death do us part. Stefanik’s husband, Matt Manda, is the public affairs manager for the firearm industry’s top trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation. …
Read More »Olympic Gymnasts Seek $1 Billion from FBI for Botched Larry Nassar Investigation, Lawyer Says Abuse Survivors Want 'the Truth'
The victims of Larry Nassar are begging the public — and the federal government — not to look away from what happened to them. On Wednesday, dozens of former gymnasts who say Nassar abused them as young girls brought claims against the FBI, saying the agency was negligent in handling …
Read More »Crowning Fury: New Mexico Wildfire Reignites Long-Standing Tensions
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is published here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. TIERRA MONTE, NM — The air smells of ash and the landscape is leached of color. Spots of green punctuate the valley floor in places. But along the …
Read More »As a Coming-of-Age Tale, 'Ms. Marvel' Kicks Ass. As a Superhero Origin Story, Maybe Not
The best and worst thing I can say about Ms. Marvel is that there are long stretches where it’s easy to forget it’s a Marvel show. You may have noticed that there have been a lot of movies and TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the last …
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