For all this talk about marijuana culture going mainstream, and corporate pot developing brands that appeal to everyone from soccer moms to achy grandparents, the truth is that, in the cannabis market, sex still sells. So, for that matter, do mansion parties, celebrities, private planes, custom cars and supermodels. This …
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A vigilante movement, inspired by the slain superhero Rorschach, embarks on a deadly terror spree in the new teaser for HBO‘s upcoming adaptation of the famed graphic novel, Watchmen. An exact premiere date has yet to be announced, though the show is expected to arrive this fall. Damon Lindelof (Lost, …
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Cat Power, a.k.a. Chan Marshall, released a video for the sparkling “Horizon” from her 2018 album Wandering. The singer also announced a fall headlining tour. Directed by Greg Hunt, the video depicts scenes in both black and white and color, featuring Marshall’s loved ones—a little girl and her father, a …
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Update:Nick Cave has added a new New York date. The event will take place on September 21st at the Rose Theater. Nick Cave will return to North America this fall with his unique question-and-answer tour, answering anything his fans dare to ask him. In between the unscripted interrogations, he’ll perform …
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Adam Sandler closed out his return to Saturday Night Live by performing a touching tribute to his friend and fellow cast mate Chris Farley. Sandler previously played his Farley tribute in his 2018 Netflix stand-up special 100% Fresh, but Saturday’s rendition was especially poignant considering the two comedians were cast …
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Sleater-Kinney‘s Corin Tucker titled the second album by Filthy Friends — her side project with former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck — after a nickname for her hometown of Eugene, Oregon. She makes it sound like a desperate place on Emerald Valley, where wealthy insurgents have pushed out the area’s farmers …
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Dave Matthews Band welcomed blues singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi to the stage on Wednesday night for a searing take on Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer.” The 11-minute version of the sprawling epic, originally found on Young’s 1975 album Zuma, was performed during the band’s show at the Vystar Veterans Arena in …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Traveling with your saxophone should be as smooth as the music that comes out of it. But unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Travel can be unexpectedly rough, …
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Early one evening last month, in a charming countryside house about an hour or so away from the U.K. headquarters of Bowers & Wilkins, the 53-year-old performance audio brand was beginning to find its way again. Set among an idyllic British landscape of grassy knolls and tall trees and pools …
Read More »Field Notes From the Rock Critic Wars
Robert Christgau is one of the most influential rock critics of all time. He’s also an invaluable book critic, and now he’s releasing Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading, via Duke University Press, a collection of reviews covering everything from fiction to cultural theory …
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