Eddie Vedder has released a new single, “Cartography,” along with “Cartography (Nick Zinner RFK remix),” on digital platforms as part of Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 5. Vedder originally recorded the instrumental track for the soundtrack to Eric Becker’s 2018 documentary film Return to Mount Kennedy, following Senator Robert Kennedy and his guide …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Donald Trump and the Bob Woodward Bombshell
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Juan Passarelli, a documentary filmmaker who recently released The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange. For this week’s Democrats Suck, Matt offers a clip of Democratic Vice Presidential nominee …
Read More »Maggie Rose Finds a Glimmer of Hope in Gorgeous New Ballad '20/20′
“Everything I do is a temporary fix,” Maggie Rose laments in her new song “20/20,” written and recorded in the early days of the quarantine. Beginning as a gentle solo piano ballad, “20/20” transitions into a full-band swoon, with the Nashville soul singer finding a glimmer of hope in a …
Read More »Why Did Facebook Keep a Man's Livestreamed Suicide Up for Hours?
Joshua Steen wasn’t particularly surprised when he saw his friend Ronnie McNutt, 33, on Facebook Live on August 31st. “He often used a livestreaming platform as his form of therapy,” Steen tellsRolling Stone about his friend, who he met during a community theater production of Footloose and with whom he …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Night Shop feat. Waxahatchee, 'In the Twilight Sun'
Justin Sullivan has spent the better part of two decades as a touring drummer for a variety of indie bands, and as a member of Flat Worms and the Babies alongside Kevin Morby and Cassie Ramone. He stepped out into the spotlight in 2018 with In the Break, his solo …
Read More »Eric Burdon on Trump Using 'House of the Rising Sun': 'A Tale of Sin and Misery Set in a Brothel Suits Him So Perfectly'
Eric Burdon of the Animals is the latest artist to take issue with Donald Trump using their music without permission for campaign purposes. On Wednesday, the Animals’ classic “House of the Rising Sun” played over the speakers at a Wilmington, North Carolina airport as Air Force One taxied down the …
Read More »Sting, Melody Gardot Duet on New Song 'Little Something'
Sting and Melody Gardot narrate a casual fling on their new song, “Little Something,” from Gardot’s newly announced upcoming albumSunset in the Blue. On the duet, backed by Spanish guitar, Sting and Gardot describe a no-strings-attached relationship — “Don’t call me lover/stop thinking ’bout it, thinking ’bout it” — but …
Read More »Bond Is Back in New Trailer for Long-Awaited 'No Time to Die'
The long-awaited Bond flick, No Time to Die, is set to drop this fall and, Thursday, fans got a fresh look at the film via a brand-new trailer. The second trailer features all the staples of a Bond movie: death-defying stunts, blazing guns, swooping aircrafts and plenty of smirking from …
Read More »Erick Morillo, DJ Behind Nineties Smash 'I Like to Move It,' Dead at 49
Erick Morillo, the producer and DJ behind the club hit “I Like to Move It,” was found dead at his home in Miami Beach Tuesday, September 1st, news nation Local 10 reports. He was 49. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Miami Beach Police Public Information Officer Ernesto Rodriguez …
Read More »GOP Congressman Slammed for Sharing 'Manipulated' Video of Activist Who Uses Computerized Voice
Following blowback, Louisiana Republican congressman Steve Scalise finally deleted a doctored video that he posted on Twitter that manipulated the words of progressive activist Ady Barkan. On Sunday, Barkan, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and uses a computerized voice to speak, called out the House Minority Whip before Twitter …
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