On the day Stephon Clark’s family buried his bullet-mangled body, several dozen protesters gathered on the corner of 9th and G Streets in downtown Sacramento, in front of the office of the county district attorney, Anne Marie Schubert. I recognized many of the diverse faces – young and old, black …
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Gavin Rossdale and Chris Traynor, of the alternative rock band Bush, performed an unvarnished mini-set in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s ‘Take One’ series. The acoustic treatments showcased Rossdale’s vocal range and the raw emotionalism of their rock ballads, new and old. Rossdale began with what he called a …
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The new Thirty Seconds to Mars album, their fifth, has what frontman Jared Leto calls a “rather, um, loaded title,” and he’s not kidding: It’s America. It’s also the most electronics-heavy album for the band since its self-titled 2002 debut, and its most pop-friendly LP ever, complete with guest appearances …
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Robert Earl Keen ought to be sick of Christmas. He hasn’t had a break from the holiday for the past 24 years, thanks to “Merry Christmas From the Family,” a wildly irreverent song that’s taken on such a life of its own that he has trouble sticking to his rule …
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The chants started early, ricocheting through the ornate United Palace Theater in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood: “Conejo! Malo! Conejo! Malo! Conejo! Malo!“ It means “Bad Bunny,” and it was the very first headlining tour of the United States for the Puerto Rican singer-rapper born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. Though it …
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For all Taraji P. Henson fans out there – and I’m a card-carrying, dues-paid-up member of the club – the bad news is that her latest feature, following on the heels of this year’s hitwoman horror show Proud Mary, sucks this glorious actress down into more cinematic quicksand. Tyler Perry‘s …
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Oh, April – not quite the end of late-winter prestige section, not quite the official kick-off month of summer moviegoing! Assuming such seasonal categories even mean anything any more – the month’s big-ticket events are no less than the Marvel Universe’s ultra-mega-super-crossover-apaloozaAvengers: Infinity Warand the Rock and a giant ape …
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Joan Baez honored the victims of the 2015 Charleston church shooting and Barack Obama‘s tearful eulogy at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the new video for “The President Sang Amazing Grace.” The song appears on Baez’s new album, Whistle Down the Wind. Filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher directed …
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Steely Dan will perform a run of full-album shows during their newly announced fall residency at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. The nine-date October run will include concerts dedicated to 1973’s Countdown to Ecstasy, 1976’s The Royal Scam, 1977’s Aja, 1980’s Gaucho and frontman Donald Fagen’s 1982 solo LP, The …
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Country powerhouse Jason Aldean shares another new track off his upcoming Rearview Town album with “Gettin’ Warmed Up,” a fire-breathing party-starter with a splash of tailgate rap thrown in. Written by Josh Mirenda, Jaron Boyer and Cole Taylor, the track is dominated by heavy-metal guitars, pounding drums and steady synth …
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