Former Daily Show coworkers Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart reunited on Friday’s Late Show to reminisce about their Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear — which occurred exactly 10 years ago, on October 30th, 2010 — and discuss the upcoming election. “I remember that [rally],” Colbert said when Stewart surprise-called …
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The last day to confidently mail in an absentee ballot, in time to have it received by Election Day, November 3rd, has passed. (October 27th was the cutoff set by the Postal Service.) But don’t panic. If you, like millions of Americans, still have a ballot in hand, you have …
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At 23, Nija Charles has already established herself as one of the most sought-after songwriters in hip-hop and R&B, penning tracks for Beyoncé, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, and Summer Walker. Even as the walls between genres are becoming more porous in the streaming era, professional songwriting can often be …
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The Avalanches have teamed with Leon Bridges for their new track “Interstellar Love,” the latest single from the Australian duo’s upcoming album We Will Always Love You. The track features a sample of Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” and is inspired — like the album itself — by …
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There’s a gentle life-lessons ballad called “Little Stuff” that wraps up Brent Cobb‘s latest album Keep ‘Em on They Toes in which he sings about seeing “heaven in the clouds.” It’s not a metaphor. Cobb, a proponent of natural mind-altering substances, was on a mushroom trip beneath a tree near …
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In 2003, Rolling Stone released its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Since then it’s been the most popular – and most argued-over – list in the magazine’s history. But a lot can happen in 17 years: New artists arrive, tastes change radically, history gets made and …
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John Oliver has covered U.S. immigration policy — and its related injustices — many times on Last Week Tonight. But this week, he chose to highlight the Trump administration’s aggressive stance toward asylum seekers and how it’s only gotten worse during the pandemic. “The asylum process has never been easy, …
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This column is a collaboration with DoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. At this point, there’s no question: researchers, investors, and stakeholders agree that psychedelics will be legal as pharmaceuticals in the next decade. The FDA has already granted both MDMA, the …
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Metallica and My Chemical Romance will headline the 2021 Aftershock festival. Both bands had been scheduled to topline this year’s edition before it was canceled over safety concerns; Metallica will play two unique sets during the four-day event. Rancid, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, L7, and Limp Bizkit, among others, will …
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Plenty of artists have taken to shooting their music videos at home during Covid-19, but for Miranda Lambert, the unfortunate circumstances of the pandemic have presented a unique opportunity to flex. In her new music video for “Settling Down,” directed by Trey Fanjoy, Lambert shows off her impressive farm outside …
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