My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James will embark on a short North American tour this fall to encourage voter turnout in competitive swing districts. “The Future Is Voting Tour” comprises six nonpartisan, multi-artist shows and kicks off October 7th with a gig at Emo’s in Austin, Texas. The trek will also …
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Drake has filed a lawsuit against a woman who allegedly falsely stated that she was impregnated by the rapper and then accused him of sexual assault after the “baby scam,” as the lawsuit phrases it, failed. The suit, filed Tuesday at the Superior Court of California and obtained by Rolling …
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Americans have been suffering since President Trump decided to ignite a global trade war earlier this year. As things tend to do in this administration, the problem is about to get worse. On Monday night, Trump officially imposed a new round of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. The …
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Michael Che tried to right several decades-worth of Hollywood wrongs by handing out “Reparations Emmys” to overlooked black actors and actresses during the 2018 Emmy Awards. The pre-taped bit opened with Che presenting an actual Emmy trophy toThe Jeffersons‘ Marla Gibbs. “Your role as Florence the maid is the reason …
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The Toronto International Film Festival is a grab-bag — all fests are, of course — but the 43rd annual edition of what’s arguably the major North American film event of any given year felt like an especially whiplash-inducing, something-for-every-film-nerd get-together this year. You could walk out of a prestige-seeking, Oscar-courting …
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Even as the majority of Americans have embraced legalizing marijuana either for medicinal or recreational use, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have remained staunch opponents of weed. Now led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, they’ve done everything they can to maintain the nation’s dysfunctional marijuana regulatory system, one that’s pitted …
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Fire can signify destruction, but it can also mark a rebirth. On Wednesday night at London’s Brixton Academy, flames gave rise to a new beginning for Twenty One Pilots. Branded as “A Complete Diversion,” the one-off show opened with a blaze. As the lights dimmed, drummer Josh Dun emerged from …
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Jason Isbell reinforced his status as the king of the Americana genre at the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards. The Alabama singer-songwriter won in three categories on the strength of his latest album The Nashville Sound, which was named Album of the Year. Isbell also triumphed in the Song of …
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On November 2nd, indie country-soul outfit Hiss Golden Messenger will release Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children, a four-LP box set that includes reissues of three previously released albums and a new rarities compilation. The North Carolina-based group is the main vehicle for the songs of introspective singer-songwriter …
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Heading into the 2004 SNL appearance that culminated in a now-notorious lip-sync snafu, Ashlee Simpson knew she was in trouble.“During that time, I’d gotten two nodes, and I woke up and I couldn’t talk,” the singer, actor and reality-TV star tells Rolling Stone. In retrospect, she would have handled everything …
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