For the first minute and 45 seconds of his new, self-titled album, Zach Bryan lays out his vision for a life well-lived. There are no pickup trucks, no girls in bikinis or short shorts, no football games, or fishing boats. There is only the vastness of the land, from the …
Read More »The Right Would Like All Women to be 1950s Housewives, Please
Over Labor Day weekend, a podcaster and minor TikTok influencer named Julia Mazur posted a video describing what her Saturday morning looked like for her as a single, child-free 29-year-old woman. After going to a Beyoncé concert the night before, she recounted, she woke up slightly hungover and stayed in …
Read More »'Bottoms' Exclusive: Watch Ayo Edebiri's Hilarious Improvised Speech
One of the downright hilarious comedy films of the year so far is Bottoms, filmmaker Emma Seligman’s teen sex romp about a pair of lesbian high school pals, PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), who have never done the deed — and are desperate to. PJ and Josie have …
Read More »The (Other) Georgia RICO Case That Could Threaten the Right to Protest Nationwide
On Tuesday morning, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced that a state grand jury had indicted 61 people allegedly connected to the Defend the Atlanta Forest movement, slapping a serious and shocking slate of RICO charges onto a decentralized movement that has sought to derail the construction of a massive …
Read More »Their Band Ended in Tragedy. 20 Years Later, the Last Surviving Member Is Ready to Talk
J uly 19, 2003: It’s well after midnight in San Francisco, and the Exploding Hearts — Adam Cox, Terry Six, Matt Fitzgerald, and Jeremy Gage —are ready to play for a packed house at a bar called Thee Parkside. The show is a “last-minute thing,” Six, the band’s guitarist, remembers. …
Read More »Inside MTG and Kari Lake's 'Death Race' To Become Trump's VP
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake have been locked in what one source close to Donald Trump describes to Rolling Stone as a “death race” to become his 2024 vice presidential pick. In public, the far-right congresswoman from Georgia and the failed Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate are happy to present …
Read More »Gary Wright, 'Dream Weaver' Singer and George Harrison Collaborator, Dead at 80
Singer-songwriter and synth pioneer Gary Wright, who penned the massive hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive” and became George Harrison‘s longtime friend and collaborator, died Monday morning. He was 80. Wright’s son, Justin, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was Parkinson’s disease and Lewy …
Read More »Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour Birthday Show Was the Ultimate Celebration of a Living Legend
Beyoncé‘s Renaissance tour functioned as the ultimate birthday party for the reigning queen of Virgo season. On Monday evening, 60,000 BeyHive members — including dozens of celebrity guests — spilled into Inglewood’s SoFi stadium in glimmering outfits to celebrate her 42nd birthday. Attendees likely figured the night would be special …
Read More »Nirvana's 'In Utero' Anniversary Reissue Will Feature Over 50 Unreleased Live Recordings
Nirvana have unearthed a trove of unreleased live recordings — including two full concerts — for a new In Utero 30th anniversary edition, set to arrive Oct. 27. The deluxe edition of the reissue will feature 53 unreleased recordings, anchored by Live in Los Angeles, recorded in 1993, and Live …
Read More »Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves Score Their First Ever Number One Songs on the Hot 100
Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves‘ “I Remember Everything” is the Number One song in the country, Billboard announced on Tuesday, topping the Hot 100 chart this week and dethroning Oliver Anthony‘s unexpected viral populist anthem “Rich Men North of Richmond” for the top slot in the process. Bryan’s self-titled new …
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