Thanksgiving is all about the buildup. You wait for it, that long weekend that you know will include family, maybe some football, plenty of food, and then leftovers and sales the day after that. Everything looks great in those weeks leading up to the fourth Thursday in November, until it …
Read More »Neil Young Preps Legendary Unreleased 1975 LP 'Homegrown' For 2020 Release
Neil Young‘s legendary unreleased album Homegrown will finally come out in 2020. He recorded it in 1975 and was on the verge of releasing it, going as far as commissioning cover art, when he decided at the last minute to shelf it in favor of Tonight’s The Night. “A record …
Read More »Sam Hunt Arrested for DUI in Nashville
UPDATE (11/22): Hunt has issued a statement and apology via Twitter addressing the events that led to his DUI arrest. Explaining that he had been out at a friend’s show, he says driving in his inebriated condition was a “poor and selfish decision and I apologize to everyone who was …
Read More »Cannabis Legalization Bill Passes Historic First House Committee Vote
The House Judiciary Committee approved a new bill to end cannabis prohibition Wednesday, marking the first time a marijuana legalization bill has been approved by Congressional committee. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act passed out of committee by a vote of 24 to 10. Two Republican representatives, Matt …
Read More »The Black Keys: The Rolling Stone Interview
The Black Keys sit down with Rolling Stone senior editor Patrick Doyle in Nashville to discuss their three-year break, hatred of mainstream pop and “misunderstanding” with Jack White. They also confirm a 2020 tour in our “The Rolling Stone Interview” video series, presented by Dodge. After Doyle arrives at Keys …
Read More »Henry Lee Lucas Confessed to 600 Murders, But Was He Telling the Truth?
Henry Lee Lucas confessed to killing hundreds of people in the Eighties — but it’s unclear whether he actually killed all of them. As such, he is single-handedly responsible for hundreds of unsolved murders; he likely confessed to murders he didn’t commit, thus ending investigations into cases that should not …
Read More »Ricky Martin, Residente, Bad Bunny Fuse Salsa and Trap at Latin Grammys
Ricky Martin, Residente, and Bad Bunny joined forces for a cross-generational celebration of Puerto Rico’s musical heritage at the Latin Grammys on Thursday. The three stars performed their new collaboration “Cántalo,” which attempts a bold merger of canonical salsa, radio-friendly reggaeton and window-shaking trap. “Cántalo” opened with full-throated singing from …
Read More »A Deluxe Reissue of the Band's Cozy Self-Titled LP (Has Surely Come)
Looking back all these years later, it’s shocking that the Band made their self-titled second LP in a Hollywood hills pool house and not a steamy log cabin in the woods. Four out of five of the Band’s members were Canadian, recording songs about struggle and strife in rural early …
Read More »Halsey, Lady Antebellum Perform 'Graveyard'/'What If I Never Get Over You' Medley at CMAs
Halsey joined Lady Antebellum onstage at the 2019 CMA Awards on Wednesday night, performing a medley of Lady A’s “What If I Never Get Over You” with her latest hit, “Graveyard.” With Dave Haywood on piano, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley led “What If I Never Get Over You,” beautifully …
Read More »Lee Ranaldo, Rosalia Collaborator Team for New Album 'Names of North End Women'
Lee Ranaldo had an epiphany about his new album while wandering through a neighborhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Each street on his journey was named after a woman — just their first names — and as he walked by Lydia, Kate, Dagmar, Harriett and Juno, Ranaldo wrote those names down. He …
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