Brent Cobb celebrates both family bonds and the natural beauty of his native Georgia in a new three-part performance series. In the first video, premiering today, Cobb strips down his song “Come Home Soon” — which gives the series its name — and sings the homesick track, off his album …
Read More »The FBI Declared QAnon a Domestic Terrorism Threat — and Conspiracy Theorists Are Psyched
QAnon believers have had a rough summer. Trump’s July 4th rally, when many believed the late John F. Kennedy Jr. would emerge from hiding to claim his rightful role as Trump’s running mate, came and went. So did July 31st, the projected date of “declas,” or the moment when the …
Read More »Democratic Primary Debate: Final Grades for Every Candidate
After the two night, six hour marathon of the Democratic 2020 primary debates in Detroit, the dust has settled. Here, Rolling Stone presents our consolidated letter grades for the performance of all 20 candidates, over both nights, assessing the contenders’ effectiveness of message, their clarity of purpose, the sting of …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Yola, 'Faraway Look'
In the final scene of Hulu’s Veronica Mars revival, Mars drives off into the sunset after a series of both triumphs and tragedies leave her life hanging by a thread. As she drives, Yola’s “Faraway Look” plays in the background, a song so good it almost steals focus from the climactic scene …
Read More »Country Music Landmark to Be Demolished for a Margaritaville Hotel
Update: On August 8th, A Fulton County Judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing a demolition crew from continuing to tear down the historic building. “Tough a sizable chunk of building was destroyed Thursday,” writes theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, “the facade and much of the front end remains intact.” On Tuesday, plans …
Read More »Talk Talk Musicians Plan Mark Hollis Tribute Concert for London
Several surviving Talk Talk contributors will honor the band’s late frontman, Mark Hollis, this fall with a tribute concert in London. The musicians will perform material from throughout the band’s catalog at the event, set for November 26th at London’s Royal Festival Hall. According to the venue’s website, as-yet-unannounced “special …
Read More »Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls Out Trump's 'Hate Agenda,' Fact Checks His Economic Bragging
On CNN’sState of the Union,Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) spoke with host Jake Tapper about her reaction to the president’s racist tweetsabout Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and his Baltimore district, which Trump described as “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” “I don’t want to project, but he very easily could …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator's 'Butt Sex' Freestyle Revives an Artform
There is no meeting of the minds more necessary to the good of the collective culture than Tyler, The Creator and Funkmaster Flex. The two men, both prominent figures in hip-hop forvery different reasons,are diametrically opposed on almost every conceivable level, but work in the service of the same goal. …
Read More »William Barr Orders Executions for 5 Prisoners, First Use of Federal Death Penalty in 16 Years
Attorney General William Barr has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions for five federal inmates in the next six months, the first time in more than 16 years that the federal government will use capital punishment. The Department of Justice announced Barr’s order in a statement on Thursday. …
Read More »Two Canadian Teens Are Wanted for the Murder of Three People
Two Canadian teenagers from the town of Port Alberni, British Columbia are considered suspects in the deaths of three people in rural British Columbia, including a couple in their early 20s and a middle-aged man found dead in rural Saskawetchan. The teenagers have not been seen or heard from by …
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