In 2017, two of the most popular singles in America were bilingual: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” featured a yearning guest verse from Justin Bieber, while J Balvin’s club missile “Mi Gente” gained incendiary power thanks to a Beyoncé cameo. In both cases, the English-speaking singers made notable effort …
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One month ago, The Denver Post editorial board made news with a package of columns clustered around a tell-it-from-the-mountain screed decrying the degradation of local journalism at the hands of the out-of-state hedge fund and the yes-people that run the newspaper – and dozens of other papers across the country. …
Read More »Hear Alice in Chains' First New Song in Five Years, 'The One You Know'
Alice in Chains released their first new song in five years, the eerie “The One You Know.” The single previews the alt-metal band’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled sixth LP, due out later in 2018. Guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall anchor the track with a series of grungy, dissonant riffs. “Tell me …
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Rudy Giuliani hurt President Trump and his lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen Wednesday night if he told America something about those Stormy Daniels hush-money payments that federal prosecutors didn’t already know. But of course they knew. Even before Giuliani’s disastrous Hannity interview, I believe Mueller and his larger team could have proven …
Read More »How CBD Became the Unexpected Star of Legalized Pot
These days, a significant number of cannabis users aren’t getting stoned – and they’re not trying to. Instead, the products they’re consuming are high in cannabidiol, or CBD, a compound found in marijuana and hemp plants that offers the medical benefits of cannabis without the accompanying high. CBD is a …
Read More »Maren Morris, Zedd Perform 'The Middle' Live for First Time
One of country music’s most eclectic stars fully embraced her electronic side early Sunday morning. Just two weeks removed from her performance on the Academy of Country Music Awards stage in Las Vegas, Maren Morris returned to town to perform again, but this time at a house music nightclub. Honky-tonk, …
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ROLLING STONE READER SURVEY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED. SWEEPSTAKES BEGINS AT 12:00 A.M. (ET) ON APRIL 30, 2018 AND ENDS AT 12:00 P.M. (ET) ON JUNE 15, 2018 …
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Stephen Colbert delved into Kanye West fledgling bromance with President Donald Trump on The Late Show Wednesday. The host recounted West’s surprising string of tweets, in which he showed off his signed Make America Great Again hat and proclaimed his support for the President, calling Trump “my brother.” In turn, …
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Members of ‘NSync and the Backstreet Boys will participate in a new documentary about the notorious boy band impresario, Lou Pearlman. The film, tentatively titled The Lou Pearlman Project, is expected to premiere on YouTube Red this year. The film will chronicle Perlman’s remarkable rise and fall, from one of …
Read More »System of a Down Guitarist Talks First Solo Music in Eight Years
For the past six years, System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian has been sitting on an entire album with no plans of releasing it. He recorded it entirely himself with the intention of putting it out under the name Scars on Broadway, a side band he launched during System’s …
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