In honor of Rolling Stone’s Climate Crisis Issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the …
Read More »Drink Your Weed: How Cannabis Beverages Finally Took Off
About a year ago, when Lyden Henderson took a sip of a nonalcoholic, cannabis-infused beer, he discovered something was amiss: The beverage was chunky — bits of cannabis floated throughout the beer, creating an unpleasant consistency. “It tasted kind of like I was drinking milk that had been sitting in …
Read More »How to Celebrate 4/20 Online
While COVID-19 cases peak and stay-at-home orders remain in place, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is advising cannabis consumers with access to legal weed to stock up on product in advance of April 20th, and weed lovers are figuring out new ways to celebrate the most …
Read More »From Dusk Till Dawn, Fuego Sets a Seductive Mood With 'Nightshift'
A talented música urbana practitioner with a catalog 15 years deep, Fuego rarely disappoints. Since linking with Universal Music a couple of years back, the enduring Dominican American singer-rapper has seen his already strong sound evolve into something even more polished and enticing. That approach served him well on 2019’s …
Read More »'That Thing You Do!': Watch the Wonders Reunite For the First Time
The tragic news that songwriter-producer Adam Schlesinger died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 52 caused an outpouring of grief and a renewed appreciation for his vast body of work. And although many fans remembered the music he made with his band Fountains of Wayne or his songs for …
Read More »Sam Smith, Demi Lovato Announce 'I'm Ready' for Love With New Song
Sam Smith and Demi Lovato are ready to accept love on with empowering new single “I’m Ready.” The track will appear on Smith’s upcoming album, which they recently postponed. On the song, Smith and Lovato detail what they’re looking for in their ideal partners: someone who is loyal, strong and …
Read More »The Walkmen's Walter Martin, National's Matt Berninger Drop Bonkers COVID-19 Song
Walter Martin and the National‘s Matt Berninger teamed up for “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” a hilarious new track about life in self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. The former Walkmen member is asking for donations to City Harvest, which will help feed New York City’s children and families. “I was feeling weird/ …
Read More »Kid Cudi *Hums* Has Finally *Humming Intensifies* Returned
Kid Cudi has a knack for timeliness. For the last 12 years, the mush-mouthed Cleveland musician has always been a half-step ahead of popular music’s curve of influence. There are the obvious examples, like abandoning the classic strictures of mainstream rap for more melodic pastures, and harder-to-pin-down one, like his …
Read More »Watch Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Re-Create '24 Frames' in Quarantine
400 Unit, assemble. Like Ron Burgundy, Jason Isbell rallies the members of his band, scattered about Nashville in quarantine, to perform and record a remote version of their song “24 Frames.” A live favorite off of Isbell’s 2015 album, Something More Than Free, “24 Frames” gets a more subdued treatment …
Read More »'If It's Not True, Don't Put It on TV': A Former TV Exec on How to Save Live News in the Trump Era
Many Americans are disturbed that TV networks air the Trump White House’s misinformation-filled coronavirus briefings live and in primetime. One of those people is Mark Lukasiewicz, a former executive at NBC News who also happens to be an ideal person to consult to try to understand why the networks and …
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