Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Dead & Company, the Black Crowes and Lizzo are among the hundreds of artists that will welcome the Jazz Fest back to New Orleans this October following its pandemic off-year. Demi Lovato, H.E.R., Brandi Carlile, the Beach Boys, Isley Brothers, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Elvis Costello …
Read More »'Rolling Stone on Twitch' Presents Pride 2021 Celebration
Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark,Jakes Shears, Pom Pom Squad, and Kat Cunning are among the artists scheduled perform this weekend on the official Twitch channel for Rolling Stone. The three-day digital celebration, aligning with NYC Pride weekend, will be livestreamed from the PMC Studio in Midtown Manhattan beginning June 25th and …
Read More »Our Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Heat is entropy. Heat is chaos. The hotter something gets, the more kinetic energy it has: molecules vibrate, relationships change, life overheats, things die. You can see that out west right now. Last week, a heat dome formed over the Great Plains all the way out to the California coast. …
Read More »Method Man Links Up With Rap Duo Jones Ink for New Song 'Day Ones'
Method Man has hopped on a new track with Massachusetts rap duo Jones Inktitled “Day Ones.” The track is a punchy, at times poignant ode to the power of life-long friendships: “I gotta know who’s gonna ride with me?” goes the hook, “I’m taking off, who’s tryna fly with me?/No …
Read More »Watch Garbage's Frenetic New Video for 'The Creeps'
Garbage have shared the new video for “The Creeps,” a track off the band’s recently released album No Gods No Monsters. Like the previous visuals for album tracks “Wolves” and “The Men Who Rule the World,” “The Creeps” was directed by Chilean film director, animator, and painter Javi.MiAmor. Like those …
Read More »Can Psychedelics Help Make Dying Easier?
This column is a collaboration withDoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. Erinn Baldeschwiler had already been having a rough go of it. A mother of two teens, she was going through a divorce, moving out of her house, and splitting from her …
Read More »Cedric Burnside Grew Up Steeped in Mississippi Blues. Now, He's Helping to Ensure Its Future
A few years ago, Cedric Burnside was sitting with his acoustic guitar on the front porch of his home in Ashland, Mississippi, listening to the birds and thinking about grief and perseverance. For Burnside, the prior decade had been one of mourning and recovery; in 2012 he’d lost his brother, …
Read More »JioSaavn's CEO and Music-Streaming Power Broker Rishi Malhotra — Future 25
This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. Spotify had a plan to rule the world — before Rishi Malhotra messed it up. When rumors began to bubble in …
Read More »FBI Warns Lawmakers of More 'Real-World Violence' From QAnon Followers
The FBI is warned lawmakers earlier this month that adherents to QAnon could engage in violence against their political opponents, as adherents of the deranged conspiracy become even more fanatical in their belief that the world is governed by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles continues. The two-page threat assessment, titled …
Read More »Lin-Manuel Miranda Responds to 'In the Heights' Colorism Criticism
Lin-Manuel Miranda has responded to criticism that new film In the Heights, which is based on his hit Broadway musical, failed to represent Washington Heights’ Afro-Latino community. As The Hollywood Reporter reports, host and producer Felice León from The Root spoke with director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, …
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