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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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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Boston math teacher Paul Tremblay, like many of us, is currently sheltering in place with his family, peering uncertainly into the future as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our everyday life. Unlike the rest of us, he has a book about a deadly virus of mysterious origins dropping on …
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New Order and Pet Shop Boys will embark on a co-headlining North American tour this September. The 11-date Unity Tour will kick off September 5th at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto and include stops in cities like Boston, New York, Chicago, Vancouver and San Francisco before wrapping October 2nd at …
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President Donald Trump is deploying border patrol agents from tactical units to sanctuary cities across the nation to arrest undocumented people. According to the New York Times, one hundred agents from the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), will assist local Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with arrests of undocumented people …
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WASHINGTON — Over the past several days, the president’s legal team and his allies in the Senate mounted a feeble and fact-challenged defense as part of the third impeachment trial in history. They pushed the ahistorical and widely mocked view that Trump shouldn’t be convicted because he committed no actual …
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System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan unveiled a hard-rock reworking of Radiohead’s “Street Spirit” — featuring a searing guitar solo from Tom Morello — that will appear on his upcoming solo debut, These Grey Men, out February 28th. “This song in particular is a really touching and moving song,” …
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This post contains spoilers for the You book and TV series. Joe Goldberg is coming back for book three of the You series, and this time he’s taking a page from John Mellencamp and moving to a “Small Town” — the serial killer is sick of being chaotic evil and …
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