On Friday, Rolling Stone published court documents that revealed the NRA claims it’s being shut out of the financial system in a way that could render it “unable to exist.” The reaction in the days since has been split. Some have taken the legal filing at face value. New York …

Anyone buying Kamasi Washington‘s latest album, Heaven and Earth, expecting four LPs’ worth of shimmering spiritual jazz was in for a surprise: There was actually a fifth. Sealed inside a perforated pocket in the center of the package is The Choice, an unannounced record (or, on smaller racks, a CD) …

Seeing nearly any musical act that reached the pinnacle of their success decades earlier is often a nostalgic event to some degree. But Weezer kick off the set on their ongoing summer tour with a moment of such intense, overpowering nostalgia that it almost threatens to rip a hole in …

Things are getting a little strange in Castle Rock. Granted, there’s been no shortage of oddness in the show so far: the guy who decapitated himself with his own car; a feral kid convict found kept in a cage; the occasional dog corpse in a suitcase or container filled with …

Dev Hynes’ Blood Orange project released videos for two new songs, “Charcoal Baby” and “Jewelry,” from his upcoming albumNegro Swan, out August 24th via Domino. On “Charcoal Baby,” Blood Orange captures the vibe of a slick R&B pop song – silky vocals, soaring saxophone – but deftly tweaks the formula …

Maria Butina is 29 years old, and a very millennial sort of alleged Russian agent. Butina, who is currently jailed without bail, has found herself at the center of the latest twist in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing Russia investigation. Far from maintaining cloak-and-dagger secrecy as she infiltrated the NRA …

Jimmy Kimmel teased marijuana enthusiasts on Venice Beach with an “incredible edible” that was actually just a regular piece of candy on a new installment of “High Witness News” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday. Kimmel’s “incredible edible” is a variation on the tried and true placebo prank, which has been …

Janelle Monáe made her Late Show With Stephen Colbert debut Friday to perform her Dirty Computer rave-up “Americans.” The performance featured the singer rallying around a group of dancers, including Pose actress MJ Rodriguez, to celebrate Monáe’s all-inclusive redefining of patriotism. “Don’t try to take my country, I will defend …

Lin-Manuel Miranda will make his film directorial debut with an adaptation of Rent playwright Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical Tick, Tick… Boom! Dear Evan Hansen writer Steven Levenson will pen the script and Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will produce the musical, which focuses on a songwriter named Jonathan’s attempt to …

Def Leppard recorded a nearly note-perfect rendition of the title track of their 1987 blockbuster album Hysteria, as well as a heavy cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus,” at Spotify’s recording studio for the streaming service’s “Spotify Singles” series. “Hysteria” features a little bluesier guitar soloing here and there and …