If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Giant leaps in display technology made it possible to transition from big, heavy CRT tube TVs to huge, high-definition flatscreens over the past 15 years. Bigger TVs offer …
Read More »Celebs Are Bored: Cobie Smulders Revives Robin Sparkles for Quarantine Parody
As much of America continues to self-quarantine, the propensity to go stir crazy increases with each passing day. Celebrities are no different: bored out of their minds while sitting at home indefinitely. Maybe they are ceaselessly launching Instagram Lives just for some human connection. Maybe they’re teasing us with some …
Read More »Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello to Perform on Jazz Foundation Livestream
The Jazz Foundation of America will be presenting an online video concert,#TheNewGig, on May 14th to support artists through its COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund. Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Robert Cray, Angelique Kidjo, Stanley Jordan, Milton Nascimento, Davell Crawford, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ivan Neville, Kim Wilson and others will …
Read More »Jehnny Beth Is Her Own Role Model on 'Heroine'
Jehnny Beth dropped “Heroine,” the new single from her upcoming LP, To Love Is to Live, out June 12th. “All I want is to never fall in love again,” the Savages singer claims in the opening lines over a chaotic, throbbing beat. She refrains “All I want” in each line, …
Read More »The Best Whiskey Stones to Use If You Take Your Drink On the Rocks
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Whether you prefer to drink your whiskey neat, with a splash of water, in a cocktail, or on the rocks, there’s no right or wrong way to enjoy …
Read More »Devo's Jerry Casale Looks Back at Kent State 50 Years Later: 'Time Stood Still'
It was 50 years ago today that the Ohio National Guard opened fire at a protest on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio, killing four students, wounding nine others and leaving one paralyzed for life. The massacre was the culmination of fiery protests all across America in response …
Read More »Drive-By Truckers Sing a Social-Distancing Love Song in New 'Quarantine Together'
Despite being separated by the global pandemic, the members of Drive-By Truckers unite for a bona fide quarantine love song. “Quarantine Together” imagines dating in the social distancing age, with Patterson Hood promising that if his new love interest will just come over to his place, he’ll stay six feet …
Read More »Jon Pardi Offers Candid Look at Life in Quarantine in CMT's 'On the Road'
Jon Pardi offers an unvarnished look into his life during quarantine in a new installment of CMT’s On the Road digital series. Retitled Off the Road — since Pardi and none of his peers are touring — the mini-documentary captures the “Heartache Medication” country singer at his Goodlettsville, Tennessee, home. …
Read More »What Is Justin Amash Thinking?
Congressman Justin Amash has a penchant for going his own way. He is one of the few unwavering critics, in either party, of government mass surveillance programs and forever wars under the guise of “protecting the homeland.” He was the lone Republican in Congress to conclude that President Trump had …
Read More »Alt-J, Grouplove, and Others Cover Bob Dylan's 'Shelter From the Storm'
Alt-J, Grouplove, and other artists from Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records/Parlophone covered Bob Dylan‘s “Shelter From the Storm” for COVID-19 relief. Alt-J’s Joe Newman and Gus Unger-Hamilton appear in the clip, joined by Briston Maroney, Jealous of the Birds, Benjamin Scheuer, and Michelle’s Sofia D’Angelo. “And if I pass this way again, …
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