If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. While Philips isn’t particularly well-known for their earbuds, they busted through the true wireless sound category with the announcement of the newest entry into their Hi-Fi line, the …
Read More »Families of Robin Williams and George Carlin Say Pandora Needs To Pay Up for Streaming
The estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin say Pandora has been “willfully” streaming the late comedians’ recorded routines without proper licensing or even “a fraction of a penny” in compensation to the trailblazing comics’ heirs. In new copyright infringement suits filed Monday alongside related complaints from fellow funnymen Andrew …
Read More »Syl Johnson, Revered and Oft-Sampled Soul Singer, Dead at 85
Syl Johnson, the Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose 1967 track “Different Strokes” became one of most sampled songs in hip-hop history, has died at the age of 85. Johnson’s family announced his death Sunday; no cause of death was provided. The singer’s death comes just days after his …
Read More »Chesca Embraces the Single Life on Bachata-Trap Fusion 'Soltera'
Chesca has released her first single of 2022, and like the Lunay song that shares the same title, the bachata-trap bop “Soltera” embraces the power of being single. It also celebrates femininity. The Puerto Rican singer premieres the track’s music video with Rolling Stone. “The music video captures three rebel …
Read More »Julia Roberts Exposes Watergate Scandal in 'Gaslit' Trailer
Julia Roberts embodies Martha Mitchell in the trailer for Gaslit, Starz‘s forthcoming limited series that takes a new spin on the Watergate scandal. The actress is joined by Sean Penn, who plays Nixon’s loyal Attorney General and Martha Mitchell’s husband, John Mitchell. The series, premiering April 24, centers on Martha …
Read More »'The Book of Boba Fett': The Gang's All Here
A review of this week’s The Book of Boba Fett, “From the Desert Comes a Stranger,” coming up just as soon as my big smile lets me get away with anything… Return of the Jedi was perhaps the most memorable moviegoing experience of my childhood — the sequence in and …
Read More »India Arie to Pull Music From Spotify Due to Joe Rogan's Comments on Race
India Arie is the latest musician to announce plans to remove their catalog from Spotify in support of Neil Young, who took the first step in doing so after the streaming service failed to properly address streamer Joe Rogan’s spread of Covid-19 misinformation on his podcast. But for Arie, the …
Read More »House Republican Enjoys Lazy Sunday Tweeting Neo-Nazi Meme
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie on Sunday afternoon tweeted an image of a massive hand crushing a cluster of small bodies, accompanied by a quote attributed to Voltaire. “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize,” it read. “You mustn’t question Fauci, for …
Read More »The Omicron Olympics: Behind the Scenes of a Covid 'S-tshow' China Doesn't Want You to See
He’d traded his 10-year residency at Burning Man for the hermetic existence of an Olympic athlete, his all-nighters in Ibiza for goggles and a facemask in the open air. And still Benjamin Alexander could not escape the damn virus. He’d traced an initial bout with Covid-19 this time last year …
Read More »Hear James Blake, Labrinth Join Forces for 'Pick Me Up'
James Blake has unveiled an ethereal new song, “Pick Me Up,” off the upcoming soundtrack to the newest season of the hit HBO show, Euphoria. The delicate track, which features an appearance by British singer-songwriter Labrinth, sees Blake fantasizing about running away with a love interest. “I have packed my …
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