In 1961, a young Jerry Garcia met another struggling artist: writer and musician Robert Hunter. For more than 30 years until Garcia’s death in 1995, the two were friends and songwriting partners; with Garcia supplying the music and Hunter the lyrics, out came most of the Grateful Dead’s most enduring …
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A blood-soaked fable, the latest from South Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja) starts simply: The dirt-poor Kim Ki-Taek (the superb Song Kang Ho, a Bong regular) is out of work. He and his wife Chung Sook (Jang Hye Jin) squeeze into a dumpy sub-basement where strangers …
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Kim Gordon unveiled a cacophonous new ripper, “Hungry Baby,” from her forthcoming debut solo album, No Home Record, out October 11th via Matador. The song boasts pummeling drums, a bass line that could register on the Richter scale and a wash of feedback that Gordon molds into something that teeters …
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Lil’ Kim has announced a new release date for her delayed album 9; the record is now set to come out Friday, October 11th. It will be her first album in over 14 years. Along with the news, Kim also shared the single “Pray for Me,” featuring Rick Ross and …
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Rolling Stone’s “In Conversation” discussion series, a partnership with Ralph Lauren, began its first installment in conversation with Mark Ronson on September 25th. Live and decked out in Polo Ralph Lauren attire, Ronson chronicled his journey through the music industry and answered questions from staff writer Patrick Doyle. The two …
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Natalie Portman is a good actress, but is she good enough for The Tonight Show‘s segment “Mad Lib Theater”? Host Jimmy Fallon challenged Portman to join him in acting out a Mad Libs the pair completed after their interview — and things got ridiculous. In the clip, the pair fills …
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According to producer Johnny Jewel, “Music is medicine.” Or at least that’s what the sparse statement that came with the band’s surprise release says. On Tuesday at midnight, Chromatics unveiled Closer to Grey, the follow-up to 2012’s much-anticipated Kill for Love. Closer to Grey comes after seven years of delayed …
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Kelly Clarkson performed a dynamic version of Lizzo‘s hit single “Juice” on her daytime talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show.In a segment titled “Kellyoke,” Clarkson was joined by a live band and a back-up singer for the performance as her audience danced and clapped. Clarkson has also recently covered several …
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Dire Straits called it quits as a band in 1995. But in 2019, the back-catalog of the British rock band is reeling in more money than ever — thanks to an investment scheme that may help take the oft-in-turmoil music industry into a smooth financial future. The band’s longtime manager, …
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For its seventh year, musicians and activists came together for the Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park in an effort to end poverty by 2030 and combat climate change. This year’s five-hour festival featured a lineup of Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams and OneRepublic, …
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