Dalex’s new album, Unisex, opens with “Oh Ma,” a dubby cut that captures the upbeat, EDM-inspired direction that reggaeton has been moving toward — only the Puerto Rican vocalist, whose style has always been heavily indebted to R&B, smooths out the corners with his lighter vocal delivery. Across the rest …
Read More »Hayes Carll Casts God as a Woman, Says We're All Gonna Die on His Surprisingly Reassuring New Album
Hayes Carll is in Galveston, Texas, watching the shrimp boats return from the Gulf of Mexico to empty their nets. Later that night, the singer-songwriter will play the first of two shows at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café, a folk club that originally operated in nearby Houston until it closed …
Read More »My Experience Living and Working in These Three Places as a Digital Nomad
Digital nomads are a unique bunch. No longer bound by the constraints of physical space in order to work, we are the hyper-mobile children of the digital age. Many of us have carefully — and often painstakingly — created a lifestyle that allows us to choose where we spend our …
Read More »Greg Abbott Is Wasting Billions in Taxpayer Money on Razor Wire and a New Wall Along the Southern Border
Greg Abbott is “throwing” billions of his state’s taxpayer money at securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a job usually reserved for the federal Border Patrol and Homeland Security. Meanwhile, experts are warning that the state is not fully prepared for another winter freeze like the one this past February that left …
Read More »Josh Homme Testifies at Brody Dalle Contempt Trial As Judge Rejects Sons' Restraining Orders
A criminal contempt trial that could land Distillers founder Brody Dalle in jail amid her ongoing custody war with ex-husband Josh Homme kicked off in Los Angeles Friday, the same day the judge overseeing the case dismissed the pending restraining order petitions filed against Homme on behalf of the former …
Read More »RS Recommends: The Best Vintage-Style Record Players
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re looking for a vintage-looking turntable, you have a lot of options to choose from right now. These turntables blend the best classic looks of early phonograph-type …
Read More »Hear Billy Joel's 'New York State of Mind' From Upcoming 1975 Live LP
Ahead of the release of Billy Joel’s The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1, Rolling Stone exclusively presents the rendition of the Piano Man’s “New York State of Mind” that features on the box set’s unreleased live LP, Live at the Great American Music Hall – 1975. This rendition — recorded at …
Read More »Nile Rodgers to Auction Guitars Behind Countless Dance Hits
Before Nile Rodgers became the virtuoso writer-producer-arranger behind canonical dance hits for Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Madonna, and more, he was just an eager student looking to buy his first guitar. While he was still in school, he trekked down to the local pawn shop to hunt for a …
Read More »Wilco Covers 'Underground Band' the Beatles' 'Don't Let Me Down,' 'Dig a Pony'
Wilco have dropped previously unreleased Amazon Original covers of the Beatles‘ “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Dig a Pony.” Both Let It Be-era tracks appear on Amazon Music’s [Re]dux 057: the Beatles, which is part of a playlist series that spotlights artists’ seminal music alongside their influences as well as …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: Four on the Floor
A review of this week’s Succession, “Mass in Time of War,” coming up just as soon as these are relevant donuts… A fair amount happens among the broader supporting cast this week. Marcia extracts her pound of flesh in exchange for publicly reconciling with the philandering Logan. Ewan returns to …
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