Drake jumped to Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, racking up 119.7 million streams for the week of April 3rd through April 9th. The rapper and streaming heavyweight is a mainstay on the chart, typically hovering somewhere in the Top Five, and the release of his new …
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Burning Man announced Friday that the 2020 festival — scheduled for August 30th through September 7th in the Nevada desert — has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020. …
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Few artists loved John Prine more than Iris DeMent. The Arkansas singer-songwriter was one of the very first that Prine took under his wing when DeMent was an emerging artist nearly 30 years ago. When she released her first album in 1992, he wrote liner notes about how her music …
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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for another sojourn through Europe in The Trip to Greece, the fourth installment in the British actors’ culinary and comedic travelogue series. Ahead of the fourth film’s stateside arrival on video-on-demand and (potentially) movie theaters on May 22nd, IFC Films has shared the official …
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Greg Offner never wanted a gun. Growing up, Offner, 38, attended military school in Wayne, Pennsylvania, where he was first taught how to safely operate firearms. As an adult, he was no stranger to the firing range, but he happily relinquished his rented handgun or shotgun to the clerk at …
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The Weeknd won a very close race for Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. His After Hours album earned 146,500 album equivalent units, just enough to squeeze by 5 Seconds of Summer‘s Calm, which arrived at Number Two with 144,300 units. After Hours enjoyed robust …
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A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Bagman,” coming up just as soon as my strip steak is marinating in a secret blend of herbs and spices I call Old El Paso… “That’s the price.” —Jimmy If last week’s “JMM” gave us the Better Call Saul equivalent of Walter …
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The Strokes have released their latest new wave-y single from their forthcoming albumThe New Abnormal, due out April 10th. The track, “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus,” sees lead singer Julian Casablancas meditating on memories, from old friends to the “Eighties bands” of his youth. He wants to form new relationships but …
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Steve Earle joinsRolling Stone for “In My Room,” our new IGTV series that features artists performing music from their own homes during quarantine. The singer-songwriter tuned in from his home in Fairview, Tennessee, with just a guitar and a microphone set up. “This isn’t my room, it’s my living room, …
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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. Recording your own original music is exhilarating. The opportunity to finally get your songs produced for the whole world to hear. But listen closely, because nothing stops the …
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