If you’ve spent some time on TikTok, you’ve probably come across the VIP List, two influencers who post — let’s say exuberant — New York City restaurant reviews on the app. The ladies behind the VIP List, Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens, are longtime friends who started posting old nightlife …
Read More »Bomba Estéreo's 'Deja' is a Party Record for a World In Crisis
On “Tierra,” one of the most arresting moments of Bomba Estereo’s new album Deja, vocalist Li Saumet offers a bleak list of crimes against the planet: “They took away the sea, sky, and wind,” she sings. “They took the wind from us, they burned the jungle, they sold the lands, …
Read More »New Bobblehead Release Commemorates Day Jimi Hendrix Set His Guitar on Fire
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been more than 54 years since Jimi Hendrix memorably set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, and now, merch and collectibles brand, Kollectico is …
Read More »The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Performance Gets Showtime Documentary
The Weeknd‘s Super Bowl halftime performance will be chronicled in the new documentary The Show, out September 24th on Showtime. “The halftime show is the most-watched 12 minutes in television,” executive producer Jesse Collins says in the trailer above. “You just don’t want anything to go wrong.” The clip shows …
Read More »Duran Duran Celebrate 40 Years on 'Anniversary'
Duran Duran celebrate their longevity on “Anniversary,” the latest single from their upcoming album Future Past. Paired with a visualizer, the track opens with their signature New Wave sound — a barrage of synths and guitar — before Simon Le Bon enters: “Come celebrate this union/Come holy and unchained.” “‘Anniversary’ …
Read More »Stone Temple Pilots Announce Fall U.S. Tour
Stone Temple Pilots have announced a fall U.S. tour that will kick off following their current co-headlining summer tour with Bush. The new trek starts October 9th in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and, after a month on the road, concludes November 9th in Baltimore, Maryland. The band, now fronted by singer and …
Read More »Biden's Recommendation for a Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shot, Explained
Following another week of surging Covid-19 infections — including early data suggesting a rise in breakthrough cases among those who are fully vaccinated — the Biden administration announced their recommendation of a booster vaccine shot in a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on August …
Read More »Hear Thom Yorke's 'Man on Fire' Remix of MF Doom's 'Gazzillion Ear'
Lex Records has unearthed a second remix of the late MF Doom’s “Gazzillion Ear” created by Thom Yorke. The Radiohead singer originally remixed the J Dilla-produced Born Like This track in 2009, with his version appearing as an iTunes bonus track for the album. However, Lex Records revealed Thursday that …
Read More »Republican Senator Endorses Getting Vaccinated, Also Endorses Not Getting Vaccinated
Sen. John Kennedy went on Fox News on Thursday to make it perfectly clear that he knows how effective and important the covid-19 vaccines are. He also made it perfectly clear that that knowledge won’t stop him from cravenly caving to his party’s anti-vax fanaticism. Asked about rising Covid-19 cases, …
Read More »'How Long Gone' Podcast Plots Fall Tour, Signs Deal With Indie Label Jagjaguwar
How Long Gone, the culture and interview podcast hosted by Chris Black and Jason Stewart, has announced a North American tour and a deal with indie label Jagjaguwar. The How Long Gone trek will kick off October 1st at the Earl in Atlanta and wrap on November 9th at Schubas …
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