Pierre Kezdy, the bassist for the influential Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, died Friday, the Chicago Sun Times reports. He was 58. The cause of death was cancer, and Kezdy reportedly died at a hospice in Glenview, Illinois. In September, Kezdy’s family and friend/Naked Raygun manager Lou Lombardo, launched a …
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Fans have been mourning the death of Eddie Van Halen by streaming and buying his band’s music en masse — so much so that two of their albums have already returned to the charts. Van Halen‘s self-titled debut, which ranks 27th on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 100 Best Debut …
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WASHINGTON —In a little-noticed ruling on Friday evening, the Trump administration rejected a petition by a coalition of labor unions that had asked the federal government to require passengers to wear masks on airplanes, trains, and other major forms of transportation. The Department of Transportation told the Transportation Trades Department …
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Drake secured yet another week at the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, pulling in 118.1 million song streams for the week of September 4th through 10th. Once again, the rapper’s latest single, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, anchored his always reliable streaming numbers. The track …
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Phoebe Bridgers and Arlo Parks teamed up to perform a cover of Radiohead‘s “Fake Plastic Trees.” The artists’ stripped back, piano-led version was recorded for Phil Taggart’s Chillest Show on BBC Radio 1. Filmed in a church, the pristine acoustics enhance their tender rendition of The Bends classic. Bridgers takes …
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Taylor Swift‘s Folklore enjoys a fifth straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, marking the longest consecutive run at Number One in the chart’s history. Swift’s eighth studio album saw more than 38,000 sales and 55 million streams last week. Folklore was followed on …
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Agents of Chaos Russia’s alleged interference with the 2016 election has sparked a tirade of conspiracies and public reactions. Now, just in time for the 2020 election, the new HBO documentary cuts through the chaos and confusion to show what truly happened and what that means for our democracy. In …
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TikTok is suing the Trump administration for threatening to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app in the United States. The lawsuit concerns an executive order that President Trump signed earlier this month, which prevented the company from conducting “transactions” in the U.S. after September 20th. TikTok argues that it was …
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Gearing up for the reissue of Elliott Smith‘s 1995 self-titled album, Palehound dropped a searing rendition of “Southern Belle.” The cover arrives on August 6th, which would have been Smith’s 51st birthday. Palehound intensifies the song’s bustling acoustic rhythm with an electric guitar riff. “I don’t want to walk around/I …
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Michelle Obama will interview her husband, former president Barack Obama, on the first episode of her new Spotify podcast series, premiering July 29th. The show, broadly, is about the relationships that shape people, from family and friends to mentors and our relationships with ourselves. Per a press release, the Obamas’ …
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