Rico Nasty talks primal scream therapy, her idol Rihanna, and crying to Titanic in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “The First Time.” The rapper kicked things off by discussing the origins of the name Rico Nasty and the first time she performed live. She also touched on learning about …
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Word-of-mouth has long been touted as one of the best ways to attract new customers. Prospective consumers want to know how your product or service can directly and positively impact their lives, and customer testimonials can clearly demonstrate that value. However, it can be challenging to build up a loyal …
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Ever since Kurt Cobain‘s death in 1994, Nirvana fans have hypothesized about the music he would have made had he lived. But other than “You Know You’re Right,” the scabrous, throat-shredding meditation on confusion that Nirvana recorded a few months before his suicide, and a few comments he told confidants …
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Once per episode, Gangs of London will grab you by the scruff of the neck, hurl you against a wall, and remind you with repeated blunt force that the show comes from Gareth Evans, one of the great action directors alive. (If you haven’t seen them yet, put The Raid: …
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It was the running joke of the Trump administration that seemingly every other week was “Infrastructure Week.” But despite Trump’s bona fides as a builder and alleged prowess as a deal-maker, he failed to broker any major bill to invest in the nation’s decrepit roads and bridges. Every time his …
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London art-rock band Dry Cleaning rock out in a vacant carpet shop in the video for “Unsmart Lady,” the latest single from their upcoming debut album,New Long Leg. The song pairs one of the band’s heaviest grooves with lead vocalist Florence Shaw’s spoken lyrics about body image (“Fat, podgy, non-make-up/Unsmart …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of March 29th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
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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. Until recently, the 5.1 Surround System was the pinnacle of home theater audio. But Dolby, the company responsible for releasing the first consumer surround sound format in 1982 …
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Lil Nas X has released a new single, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” together with a provocative, self-directed video with Tanu Muino. “In life, we hide the parts of ourselves we don’t want the world to see,” Lil Nas X says in the voiceover to the video’s intro. “We …
Read More »Elton John Celebrates 74th Birthday With Six Vintage Songs
Elton John turns 74 Thursday, March 25th, and he’s marking the occasion by sharing six rare songs from his 2020 box set Elton: Jewel Box on streaming services for the first time. One of them is 1967’s “Scarecrow,” the first song he wrote with Bernie Taupin. “Scarecrow’ will always have …
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