Nandi Bushell is midway through a busy Saturday when she logs on to Zoom: She’s just spent the morning taking advantage of a rare snowfall in her home of Ipswich, England. “First, I just threw snowballs at my brother,” says the 10-year-old musician, who became an online sensation last fall …
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A few weeks ago, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state would reopen large arenas at 10 percent capacity for sports and music — spiking Google searches for “concerts in 2021” and setting off a flurry of excited chatter about live music‘s long-awaited return. “One thing is clear, we …
Read More »'Have You No Shame?' Rep. Al Green Delivers Impassioned Speech on Equality Act
As the House debated the Equality Act, legislation reintroduced by Democratic Rep. David Cicilline that would establish the first federal LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections,Rep. Al Green delivered a moving speech in support of the bill. In his remarks, Green fought back against the notion that God and religion are adequate reasons …
Read More »Can Preview New Album 'Live in Stuttgart 1975' With Mesmerizing Excerpt
German krautrock pioneers Can will release a new series of live albums, with the first installment, Live in Stuttgart 1975, arriving May 28th via Mute and Spoon Records. Mute and Spoon previewed the release with an excerpt from “Stuttgart 75 Eins,” the first track on the album. (With their freeform …
Read More »Vinyl Me, Please Launches Country Series With Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson Reissues
Music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please has announced it will kick off its country music-themed Record of the Month series in March with an exclusive reissue of Johnny Cash’s 1968 classic At Folsom Prison. The VMP Country “membership track” will also rerelease Willie Nelson‘s 1973 album Shotgun Willie in April, …
Read More »'Allen v. Farrow' Filmmakers Claim Fair Use Over Woody Allen Audiobook Dispute
The filmmakers behind the new docuseries Allen v. Farrowsaid their use of the audiobook of Woody Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing, was protected under the “fair use” doctrine after the book’s publisher attacked the series. While Allen himself did not participate in the documentary, the filmmakers use parts of the …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. In case of an emergency, a portable weather radio can be a vitally important tool to keep you informed of impending disaster, especially in situations of extreme weather, …
Read More »'Truth to Power': How System of a Down's Serj Tankian Tried to Change the World
The straw-man argument at the center of Truth to Power, a documentary about the art and activism of System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, is: “Can music change the world?” If you know anything about Tankian — or Fela Kuti, Pete Seeger, Billie Holiday, N.W.A, Ludwig van Beethoven, and …
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine Transforms Into a 'Supervillain': How to Watch the Docuseries' Premiere
Showtime‘s new docuseries, Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, will premiere on February 21st, with all episodes available on the network’s on-demand platforms starting that day. Showtime andRolling Stone,which co-produced Supervillain alongside Imagine Documentaries and Lightbox, are also presenting an exclusive advanced screening of the first episode, followed by a …
Read More »Iceage Preview New Album With 'Vendetta'
Iceage have announced their new album Seek Shelter, out May 7th via Mexican Summer. To accompany the release, the band dropped the dark new single “Vendetta.” Directed by Jonas Bang, the video features Croatian-Danish actor Zlatko Burić in various scenes — wearing sunglasses, peeling apples, and smoking cigarettes — while …
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