The Star Trek franchise enters a Rick and Morty-like universe in the new trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated comedy series heading to CBS All Access this summer. The show, developed by Rick and Morty vet Mike McMahan, “focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s …
Read More »How Margo Price Shook Up Her Sound and Tapped Into a New Fire
Not too long ago, Margo Price was offered the chance to collaborate with a more famous artist. Some people around her thought it was a good idea, but Price wasn’t sure. “I love collaborating with people, but I’m not going to do it just because somebody’s famous,” she says. “I …
Read More »Beabadoobee Blasts Off Into the Alt-Rock Stars
Three years ago, Bea Kristi uploaded a low-fi love song called “Coffee” to YouTube. Little did most listeners know it was the first song she’d written, ever. “I came home from school one day, and I think my dad had noticed that I was getting depressed and kind of bored, …
Read More »From Lady Gaga to HBO, Justin Tranter Is Writing Music to Celebrate Pride Every Day
2020 is shaping up to be Justin Tranter’s year. The songwriter started it off penning tracks on two major albums, Lady Gaga’s Chromatica and Selena Gomez’s Rare, and recently worked on country staple The Chicks’ long-awaited, upcoming album. Tranter also co-wrote “I Am America” with Shea Diamond — an anthem …
Read More »Neil Young Says Donald Trump Plays His Music 'With No Regard for My Rights'
Donald Trump has been playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his rallies for the past few years despite Neil Young‘s fervent objections, and over the weekend he added “Cowgirl in the Sand” and “Like a Hurricane” into the mix at an event near Mount Rushmore. Young initially called Trump …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks: Week of July 6th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Dave Hause featuring Amythyst Kiah …
Read More »Music at Home: Songs for Your Plants
Since May, Rolling Stone has brought you “Music at Home,” a weekly playlist series for the pandemic era. Whether it’s feel-good pop jams, songs for lonely nights, or a collection of classics from October 1980, these playlists are meant to ease isolation and make you forget that your daily consumption …
Read More »Seattle Police Reclaim Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Seattle police announced Wednesday that they would begin the process of evacuating the city’s CHOP — the Capitol Hill Organized Protest that became the epicenter of Seattle’s George Floyd protests — following a string of violent incidents in the autonomous zone. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan also issued an executive order …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Shares 'Smiling' Video With 'Jagged Little Pill' Cast
Alanis Morissette is getting cathartic in quarantine in the new video for “Smiling,” one of the original songs she wrote for the jukebox musical based on her work, Jagged Little Pill. Filmed by Morissette and the cast of the Broadway show, the video shows everyone getting freaky in their own houses, …
Read More »Why Chief Justice Roberts Upheld Abortion Rights
When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised to appoint justices to the United States Supreme Court who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. His running mate, Mike Pence, vowed the same. Today, it seems that the president may have followed through with his promise … but was stopped …
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