The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now pays tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen, with never-before-heard audio from a 2008 interview with the guitarist that traces his early years as a musician and beyond. Why did the electric guitar last so long as rock’s defining instrument? “You can’t …
Read More »Listen: 10 Batshit Things Trump Told Rush Limbaugh Today
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh interviewed President Trump on Friday in what Limbaugh called a “virtual rally.” During the two-hour-long mutual back rubbing segment, the president went after LeBron James and Black Lives Matter, blamed Fox News for his campaign failures, and much, much more. Discussing the California …
Read More »Be Afraid: Mike Pence Refused to Commit to a Peaceful Transfer of Power
President Trump last week refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election. Mike Pence is right there with him. “If Vice President Biden is declared the winner and President Trump refuses to accept a peaceful transfer of power, what would be your role and …
Read More »Best Albums of September 2020: Alicia Keys, Neil Young, Toots and the Maytals, and More
Each month, the editors and critics at Rolling Stone compile a list of our favorite new albums. Our picks for September include the final LP from late reggae legend Toots Hibbert, a synth-pop stunner from Sad13, protest songs from Neil Young, and reissues of albums by Prince, the Rolling Stones, …
Read More »Mac Davis, Country Singer and Elvis Presley Songwriter, Dead at 78
Mac Davis, the country-music artist and songwriter behind some of Elvis Presley‘s most indelible recordings, died Tuesday at 78. Davis became “critically ill following heart surgery in Nashville,” according to a tweet from his family on Monday. His manager confirmed the entertainer’s death in a statement. Born in Lubbock, Texas, …
Read More »In Defending Hunter, Biden Showed Us His Potential
“Black Pill” is internet slang that has gained prominence in 2020. It’s an alternative to the Matrix’s red/blue pill binary, and, as opposed to “opening your mind,” it refers to something that makes you look to the future with harsh and utter pessimism. Last night’s debate was a bulky and …
Read More »Poetic Drama 'Residue' Makes Gentrification Personal
At the center of Residue, writer-director Merawi Gerima’s debut feature, there’s a crisis born out of a familiar ritual: coming home. Jay (Obinna Nwachukwu) is a D.C. native who’s just returned home from college in Los Angeles. The experience is immediately rendered strange, right in front of his own doorstep. …
Read More »In Final Call to Woodward Trump Touts Stock Market Gains (Never Mind the Dead Americans)
Throughout his presidency, Trump has made it abundantly clear what is most important to him: money and how he is perceived. And during his final recorded phone call with Bob Woodward, true to form, the president reaffirmed that notion. Trump expressed concern about how he’d be portrayed in the journalist’s …
Read More »How a 'F-cking Nobody' From Philly Got Dave Grohl to Jam With Him on Instagram Live
When Covid-19 shut down the live music industry and screwed Pat Finnerty out of his job as a working musician, the 40-year-old Scranton, Pennsylvania, native started fucking around on Instagram live. For the first two months of quarantine, he challenged himself to see if he could learn every part to …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Was Meant to Channel Eighties Stevie Nicks
If the lady’s feelin’ just like the moon she loves, then Miley Cyrus is lighting her path beneath the “Midnight Sky” with the brightest, fullest moon possible. The 27-year-old Disney darling-turned-pop provocateur has returned with yet another bold reinvention, looking to the raw arena rock vocals and the pristinely glossy …
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