F Is for Family, Season Four The animated comedy’s new season promises plenty of Lamaze classes, brawls on the hockey rink, and a lifetime’s worth of family resentment. As Frank Murphy (voiced by Bill Burr) prepares for the birth of his fourth child, he’s confronted by the return of his …
Read More »Kelleigh Bannen Wrote a Song About Relationships. Quarantine Changed Its Message
Kelleigh Bannen didn’t really have the spirit-draining aspects of quarantine in mind when she wrote her new song “The Optimist.” The Nashville native, who also hosts Apple Music’s streaming radio show Today’s Country, was thinking more of transformative relationships than national crises when she penned the ballad with Will Bowen …
Read More »Yusuf/Cat Stevens Re-Records 'Tea for the Tillerman' for 50th Anniversary
This November will mark the 50th anniversary of Cat Stevens‘ landmark album Tea for the Tillerman, which features “Wild World,” “Father and Son,” “Where Do the Children Play?” and other classics. To celebrate, the songwriter (who now records under the name Yusuf) has re-recorded the entire album with original producer …
Read More »RS Charts: Future Powers Past Drake on Artists 500 Chart Following 'High Off Life' Release
Future was the most streamed act in the country last week, taking the top spot on the Artists 500 chart. His jump from Number 19 to Number One was powered by the release of High Off Life, which included popular tracks like “Solitaires,” featuring Travis Scott (13.3 million streams), “Trillionaire,” …
Read More »Twitter's Jack Dorsey Is Giving Andrew Yang $5 Million to Build the Case for a Universal Basic Income
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire CEO of Twitter and mobile-payment company Square, is giving $5 million to Humanity Forward, a group launched by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, to build the case for a universal basic income. Dorsey, who plans to give away $1 billion of his wealth through a …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Is a One-Woman Army in the Animated Video for 'Savage'
Megan Thee Stallion infiltrates an evil organization in the new animated video for “Savage,” off of her recent EP, Suga. Directed by Jude MC, the “Savage” video boasts a style that sits somewhere between anime and the retro aesthetic of older 3D video games. In the video, an animated Megan …
Read More »'In My Room' With Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
Dawes‘ Taylor Goldsmith shared a charming set of unplugged tunes, including an extremely apt Willie Nelson cover, in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s In My Room, a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. Goldsmith set up in what he described as his “weird office, guitar, …
Read More »The Sound of the Coronavirus Quarantine Is an Acoustic Guitar
Millions of listeners have been coping with the loneliness, moral fatigue, and existential boredom of a global pandemic to the beat of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” so many that the song took the top spot on the RS 100. Yet overall, Americans have been seeking solace not in synthetic beats, …
Read More »Fred Willard, 'Best in Show' and 'A Mighty Wind' Actor, Dead at 86
Fred Willard, the prolific and beloved comic actor and master of the mockumentary genre who stood out in ensemble comedies like Best in Show, For Your Consideration and This Is Spinal Tap, died Friday at the age of 86. Willard’s rep Glenn Schwartz confirmed his death toRolling Stone,adding that the …
Read More »Hear the Rolling Stones' Bouncy Alok Remix of 'Living in a Ghost Town'
The Rolling Stones teamed up with Brazilian DJ Alok for a bouncy remix of their surprise new song, “Living in a Ghost Town,” their first original track in eight years. Although the bluesy song was released in response to the coronavirus quarantine, Alok applied a buoyant dance-music sheen and propulsive …
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