When New York congressperson Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and rapper Princess Nokia interviewed each other over Zoom this week, as part of Rolling Stone‘s Fridays for Unity video series, they were quick to point out how muchthe internet loves to joke about the similarities between their appearances. “I’m looking at my …
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Sam Smith’s latest late-night raid on Heartbreak Mountain opens in the very wee small hours with “Young,” an a cappella ode to loving, crying, drinking, and kissing boys, consequences be damned. The forlorn, unadorned sweep of Smith’s singing evokes torch-song crooning at its most elemental, yet their voice is subtly …
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If you’re a grade school kid who needs an adult to help you with their American history homework, it’s not so bad to have John Fogerty for a grandfather. On Thursday, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman posted a video to his Instagram where he assists his granddaughter Via in giving …
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NBC’s Peacock has released the first look at theirSaved by the Bell reboot, featuring four of the original show’s cast members reprising their roles as adults alongside a new cast of high school students. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez, and Elizabeth Berkley are all back as Zack Morris, Kelly …
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Offset discusses his complicated but cathartic path to the voting booth in a new get-out-the-vote PSA ahead of the 2020 elections. The spot was partially inspired by some recent conversations Offset had with Common in which Offset explained that after his first felony conviction as a 17-year-old, his parole officer …
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Steve Martin has played the banjo for nearly 60 years now. The instrument was a major part of his early stand-up comedy routines, and after he got more serious about it in the past two decades, his playing has won him multiple Grammys. Once he started touring and witnessing the …
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A recording of Neil Young‘s surprise performance at New York’s Bottom Line on May 16th, 1974 has circulated in fan circles for decades, but it’s finally coming out officially in early 2021 as part of Young’s new official Bootleg Series. He’s calling it The Bottom Line – “Citizen Kane Jr. …
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As Yusuf/Cat Stevens prepares to drop the rerecorded Tea for the Tillerman² in honor of the album’s 50th anniversary, the singer-songwriter shared a stop-motion video for “Father and Son.” The new version of the beloved track features Yusuf duetting with his younger self — he sings the role of the …
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Pearl Jam have partnered with the online fundraising platform Omaze in an effort to protect voting rights and encourage Americans to cast their ballots in the 2020 election. Everyone that donates through Omaze.com/PearlJam will be entered into a sweepstakes where the winner (and a friend) will be flown to Seattle …
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It was 50 years ago today that Elton John played the first American concert of his career at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. He was largely unknown in the States at that point even though he’d already released two records, but his self-titled LP was generating a lot of industry …
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