Rolling Stone returns to Chicago for their ninth annual event at the not-yet-opened Dance Studio on Saturday, August 3rd. The daytime party will have special performances from acts including Pink Sweat$, Harry Hudson, Jade Bird, and Caylee Hammack. Vivid Seats is returning for its second Rolling Stone Live event with …
Read More »The Iowa Circus
Listen to an audio version of this story below: Traveling hundreds of miles across Iowa, passing cornfields and covered bridges, visiting quaint small town after quaint small town, listening to the stump speeches of Democrat after would-be Donald Trump-combating Democrat, only one thought comes to mind: They’re gonna blow this …
Read More »Will Smith Hunts Down His Clone in New 'Gemini Man' Trailer
Ang Lee’s upcoming action thriller Gemini Man has shared its latest trailer ahead of the film’s arrival in theaters October 11th. Will Smith stars as Henry Brogan, a government-hired assassin who is mysteriously pursued by a savvy young operative. As made clear in the first trailer, that operative is also …
Read More »Empath Prep Debut Album Reissue, Announce Fall Tour
Just three months after the highly anticipated release of Empath‘s debut album Active Listening: Night on Earth, the psychedelic-punk band have announced a rerelease of that LP, out October 4th. The reissue will be a dual-release with Fat Possum Records, their new label, and Get Better Records, their previous one. …
Read More »Sen. Kamala Harris Introduces Law to Federally Legalize, Tax Marijuana
On Tuesday, Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced that she is teaming up with House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler to co-sponsor the MORE Act of 2019, a bill that would decriminalize marijuana on the federal level and expunge low-level marijuana possession convictions. If enacted, the bill would also …
Read More »Hear Quaker City Night Hawks Talk Texas, Mark Twain on Chris Shiflett Podcast
Chris Shiflett‘s Walking the Floor podcast returns today with a new episode spotlighting Quaker City Night Hawks. Recorded several months ago amidst the chaos of the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, the interview captures the Texas-based band during the seventh week of a promotional tour in support of their …
Read More »The 'Old Town Road' Goes on Forever
“Old Town Road” is so much more than a hit at this point — it’s like centuries of American music were all building up to these 113 seconds of genius. Lil Nas X’s yeehaw manifesto has been the great national obsession ever since it blew up in March, which feels …
Read More »Hear Boy Band Why Don't We's Cover of Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams'
Los Angeles boy band Why Don’t We talked about their decision to cover a song by rapper Juice WRLD on this week’s edition of Spotify Under Cover. The pop group’s rendition of “Lucid Dreams” is a simplified acoustic version — they harmonized and slowed down the tempo for a gentler …
Read More »Jon Stewart Tees Off on Rand Paul for Blocking 9/11 Victim Bill
On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked an effort to unanimously pass a bill to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Jon Stewart was not happy. “Pardon me if I’m not impressed in any way by Rand Paul’s fiscal responsibility virtue signaling,” a visibly disgusted Stewart told Bret Baier on …
Read More »'Veronica Mars' Review: A Teen Heroine Grows Up
Early in Hulu’s revival of Veronica Mars, the title character (Kristen Bell) visits one of the many men she put behind bars as a teenager. Realizing that she’s still working as a private investigator, he snipes, “That was your job in high school, right?” Television shows are a product of …
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