While America was consumed with the Brett Kavanaugh drama last week, the Washington Post unearthed a crazy tidbit in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) latest environmental impact statement. The study predicts a rise in global temperatures of about four degrees Celsius, or seven degrees Fahrenheit, by the year …
Read More »'Big Mouth' Season 2 Review: A Stinkin' Funny Whiff of Preteen Spirit
“I’m horny all the time, and I’m makin’ bad choices,” says Andrew (John Mulaney), but that lament could come from any of the confused and perpetually aroused animated middle schoolers on Netflix‘s Big Mouth, which returns Friday for a delightful second season. (I’ve seen all 10 episodes.) The show is …
Read More »Best Movies and TV to Stream in Oct: 'Making a Murderer 2,' 'Romanoffs,' 'Sabrina'
This month, Hulu looses an unnatural force on a gaggle of teenage girls and partners with Blumhouse for a yearlong calendar of holidays from hell. Meanwhile, over at Netflix, they’re pulling out all the stops: sadistic island cults, witches, demons, IRL terrorists and murderers. And Amazon, to their credit, goes …
Read More »Cynical Decision to Hire 'Female Assistant' Rapidly Backfiring on Republicans
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, nervous about the optics of an all-male panel interrogating an alleged victim of sexual assault, gambled and hired a “female assistant” to question Christine Blasey FordThursday on their behalf.All 11 members of the Republican majority — including Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who called for …
Read More »'The Old Man & the Gun' Review: Redford Robs Banks — and Steals Your Heart
Sometimes a movie arrives that charms its way into your heart — and The Old Man & the Gun is just such an unassuming, exuberant gift. Only afterwards do you see that its roots go deeper, that its evocation of the past points to an uncertain future. In this self-proclaimed …
Read More »Watch GoldLink, Miguel Wreak Supernatural Terror in 'Got Friends' Video
Rising D.C. rapper GoldLink and Miguel turn a mundane night into a nightmare in the new video for “Got Friends.” The Christian Sutton-directed clip begins with an extended sequence set inside a diner. A trio of women walk into the restaurant, order and eat, while Miguel and GoldLink attempt to …
Read More »'Fantastic Beasts 2': Watch Wizarding, Human Worlds Collide in Final Trailer
A young Albus Dumbledore guides the “magizoologist” Newt Scamander through his quest to defeat the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the new trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The film opens November 16th. The latest clip for the second installment in the Harry Potter spin-off opens with Dumbledore …
Read More »Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Previews New Solo LP 'Warm' With First Single 'Some Birds'
Jeff Tweedy has added to his already-busy autumn with a new solo album titled Warm, the Wilco frontman’s second solo LP following the retrospective Together at Last in 2017. Warm arrives November 30th via Tweedy’s dBpm Records. The album was recorded at Chicago studio The Loft alongside collaborators like Glenn …
Read More »Billie Eilish Reveals Style, Musical Inspiration During NYFW Interview
While Billie Eilish was in town for her first New York Fashion Week, the 16-year-old singer-songwriter sat down to discuss her writing process, style and forthcoming projects during this year’sRolling Stone Styled conversation series at Manhattan venue VNYL. She’ll be touring with Florence and the Machine this fall. Eilish greeted …
Read More »Hear Minus the Bear's Surging Song 'Viaduct'
Seattle indie rock group Minus the Bear have unveiled new song “Viaduct.” The track appears on their forthcoming final EP, Fair Enough, which will be released on October 19th via Suicide Squeeze. “Remember the night when we became one?” Jake Snider sings over surging melodies. “Oh, it’s a long time …
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