Hours after the Killers unveiled the video for their new single “Caution,” the band’s Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. performed the song in a bathroom as part of Jimmy Kimmel’s daily Quarantine Minilogue Friday. Prior to the performance from the “sterile location,” Kimmel, a fellow Las Vegas native, asked …
Read More »Michael Brun Helps J Balvin Connect to the World on 'Colores'
There are three immediate standouts on J Balvin’s new album Colores: “Azul,” with its relentlessly hummable hook written in part by the formidable Justin Quiles, “Gris,” which weaves pinprick guitar lines around a gnawing beat, and “Arcoíris,” which transforms Buena Vista Social Club’s classic “Chan Chan” into a modern dancefloor …
Read More »Secret Recording Exposes Intelligence Chairman Warning Donors About Coronavirus 3 Weeks Ago
UPDATE: ProPublica reported on Thursday that Sen. Burr sold off up to $1.56 million in stock on February 13th, as he was reassuring the public about coronavirus preparedness. At the time, Burr and the Intelligence Committee were receiving daily briefings about COVID-19. Original story below. *** Three weeks ago, the …
Read More »Fox News, Still a Danger to Public Health
The coronavirus has struck virtually every age group throughout the world, but it has proven more lethal to older people. Those aged 60 and older have accounted for the majority of deaths in the United States, and medical experts have warned the public for weeks of the pandemic’s intensifying danger. …
Read More »Yes, People Still Use DVD Players. These Are the Best Ones to Get
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. DVDs may seemingly be a thing of the past, but there are still a number of reasons why it’s worth keeping a DVD player around. Whether you’ve got …
Read More »The Best St. Patrick's Day Song of All Time
The Irish have put up with a lot of bullshit over the years. There’s England. The Troubles. The kittening of the Celtic Tiger. Enya. It’s not been an easy history. And black people, those living in mostly white countries anyway, they’ve put up with a whole bunch of bullshit, too. …
Read More »Marcus Mumford: The Rolling Stone Interview
During Mumford & Sons’ 13 years as a band, Marcus Mumford has rarely done extensive solo sit-down interviews. He likes his band to operate as a democracy writing songs, and doing interviews, together. But Mumford made an exception for our video series, “The Rolling Stone Interview,” which has recently included …
Read More »'My Brilliant Friend' Season 2: A Study in the Source of Female Rage
The first season of My Brilliant Friend, the excellent HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, introduced viewers to Lila and Lenu, two bright little girls in 1950s Naples whose paths diverge when Lenu’s family allows her to enter middle school and Lila’s does not. In the second season, which …
Read More »A Healthy Person's Guide to Staying Safe and Sane During COVID-19
Anxiety is soaring across the country as the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb. City, state, and federal governments are scrambling to contain the virus, also known as COVID-19. The government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has lagged behind that of other affected countries, raising …
Read More »Does Music Touring Insurance Cover Coronavirus? It's Complicated
Coachella is on hold for six months. Concert giants Live Nation and AEG are pausing all tours. As festivals, shows, and other music events flounder due to the global coronavirus outbreak, many in the music business are scrambling for answers from tour insurance — only to find that insurers don’t …
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