Following New York’s passage of the Marijuana Legislation and Taxation Act Wednesday, Jay-Z applauded his home state for legalizing weed. “The news of cannabis legalization in New York is incredibly exciting,” Jay-Z said in a statement to the Grio Friday. “It represents a long overdue opportunity for New Yorkers, for …
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In the past couple of years, Michael Stipe has fallen back in love with music. “I had to really step away from it for a while, after R.E.M. disbanded,” he says, in the latest edition of our “Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition” video series. “As kind of a lead singer/control …
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Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie and Savages singer Jehnny Beth have announced their upcoming collaborative album Utopian Ashes. Ahead of the LP’s release on Third Man Records on July 2nd, the duo has shared the first single “Remember We Were Lovers.” The track and the album are inspired by the …
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“Marvin Used to Say” has the tone of a soul lullaby, with muted funk bass, snapped fingers, and lightly strummed acoustic guitar. But this is not a cradle song — instead, all those soft textures serve as a backdrop for Raheem DeVaughn‘s pointed reflection on racist violence. The track opens with …
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The R&B singer Giveon enjoyed the highest debut on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, arriving at Number Seven with When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time. The 13-song set — which combines two 2020 EPs, Take Time from March and When It’s All Said and Done …
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The organizers for Outside Lands have announced that the 2021 festival will be held on Halloween weekend (October 29th through 31st) as opposed to its traditional August dates, in order to ensure the safest possible environment in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We have been eagerly anticipating our return to …
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Japanese Breakfast performed their slick new single, “Be Sweet,” as well as the very appropriate 2017 track, “Jimmy Fallon Big!” on The Tonight Show Monday. The performances were filmed at the Brooklyn venue, National Sawdust, and “Be Sweet” opened with Michelle Zauner strolling through the venue as her band jammed …
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When Bob Dylan fans picked up copies of Bringing It All Back Home in 1965, they weren’t just struck by the electrified folk-rock of “Maggie’s Farm” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Some were also intrigued by its cover, where a dapper Dylan was seen joined by a mysterious brunette in a …
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Spoon has revealed two Tom Petty covers, recorded earlier this year at the Catacomb in Austin, Texas. In the video above, Britt Daniel grooves through “Breakdown” from Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1976 debut album. They scale it back for Full Moon Fever‘s “A Face in the Crowd” (below), with Daniel …
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Gwen Stefani has dropped her new song “Slow Clap,” the singer’s first single of 2021 and follow-up to her throwback track “Let Me Reintroduce Myself.” Like that previous single, “Slow Clap” once again sees the singer returning to the reggae and ska roots of early No Doubt. Lyrically, Stefani addresses …
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