Outdoor accessories brand, YETI, says it raised more than $135,000 for out-of-work touring crews last week, thanks to a special auction of 42 of its signature coolers, each signed by a popular rock or country artist. Artists including Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Green Day, The National and Jason Aldean all …
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14 August
'Project Power' Review: Superheroes, Only a Pill Away (Side Effects May Occur)
Set over a day and night in New Orleans, Project Power (now streaming on Netflix) pivots on a hot new street drug called Power that you swallow like a pill and kaboom! You’re a superhero. Well, you’re a superhero for five minutes … and the damn thing can kill you. …
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13 August
Dolly Parton to Sing With Miley Cyrus, Michael Bublé on 'A Holly Dolly Christmas' Album
Dolly Parton will release a new holiday album, A Holly Dolly Christmas, featuring solo songs and duets with Michael Bublé, Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, and her brother Randy Parton. The LP arrives October 2nd via Butterfly Records in partnership with 12Tone Music. The album is …
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12 August
Bruce Hornsby Drops Reworked 'Anything Can Happen' Featuring Leon Russell
Bruce Hornsby‘s upcoming album, Non-Secure Connection, contains a rerecorded duet with Leon Russell called “Anything Can Happen,” the title track to the late musician’s 1992 album. That version dropped Thursday in advance of Hornsby’s upcoming record, featuring an array of collaborators — from Russell to James Mercer. Hornsby recently told …
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11 August
Sturgill Simpson to Release 'Sound & Fury' Graphic Novel in November
When Sturgill Simpson released the album Sound & Fury in 2019, it arrived with a companion anime film on Netflix. Colorful, intense, and wildly violent, the movie focused on a shadowy muscle-car driver and his bloody mission of vengeance. In November, Simpson and Z2 Comics will probe the driver’s origin …
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10 August
Shirley Manson on Hosting 'The Jump' Podcast, Future of Garbage
When Shirley Manson began hosting The Jump last year — a podcast in which she interviews artists on one song that represents their artistic moment of truth — she was incredibly nervous. “It caused me a lot of stress, truth be told,” the Garbage frontwoman tells Rolling Stone. “The first …
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7 August
Rico Nasty Joins Kali Uchis on Thundering, Bilingual 'Aquí Yo Mando'
Kali Uchis embraces the brute-force 808s and chattering hi-hats of trap on her new single “Aquí Yo Mando.” Uchis is casually commanding here, making her control clear in the song’s opening lines: “You do everything that I say,” she raps in Spanish. “If you’re with me, only I call the shots.” Uchis …
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6 August
Watch the New Rolling Stones Video 'Scarlet,' Starring Paul Mescal
The Rolling Stones have released a video for “Scarlet,” the recently unearthed song they recorded in 1974 with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on guitar. Normal People actor Paul Mescal stars in the video, which was “filmed with a socially distanced shoot” at Claridge’s hotel in London. “Scarlet” is one of …
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5 August
Go Track-by-Track Through Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' on Our New Podcast
Folklore is a dramatic step forward for Taylor Swift, and the newest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast takes an in-depth, song-by-song look at the surprise album. Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt to explain why Swift’s collaboration with Aaron Dessner and other members of …
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4 August
The Last Word: Martin Short on the Secret to Great Comedy and How Ed Grimley Saved His Marriage
Steve Martin recently said that he has known only two perfect people: Carl Reiner and “that son of a bitch Martin Short.” Short and Martin were supposed to hit the road this summer for the type of comedy variety tours they’ve been staging since 2016 — in which they tell …
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