If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Amazon’s “Echo” line of smart Bluetooth speakers has become enormously successful over the past few years thanks in large part to Alexa, the company’s smart assistant. But while …
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Jennifer Lopez led a singalong of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” to kick off Global Citizen’sVax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, a Covid-compliant event at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium that marked for many both onstage and in the crowd their first concert since the pandemic began. “We’re all here …
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Amythyst Kiah delivered a potent version of “Black Myself” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday night. The lead single off her upcoming label debut, Wary + Strange,is a newly arranged rock rendition of the song Kiah first wrote for the supergroup Our Native Daughters‘ 2019 debut, Songs of Our Native …
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In 1967, Van Morrison recorded 31 perverse one-minute ditties in order to fulfill his record contract. The off-the-cuff songs, brimming with contempt for just about everything in the young singer-songwriter’s orbit — the Sixties, rock & roll, scoring a surprise hit with “Brown Eyed Girl” — established a young Morrison …
Read More »Modest Mouse Announce New Album 'The Golden Casket,' Drop 'We Are Between'
Modest Mouse are set to return after a six-year hiatus with The Golden Casket, due out June 25th via Epic Records. Isaac Brock and company also shared the LP’s first single “We Are Between.” The Golden Casket, Modest Mouse’s first album since 2015’s Strangers to Ourselves, was produced by Dave …
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The DJ-producer Rich Medina serves up a mellow call-to-arms for dancers in “This Thing,” a collaboration with Jimpster that zips and flutters like a brisk summer breeze. Jimpster excels in this zone: His 2018 remix of Peter Matson’s “Roma Norte” achieved a similar blend of propulsive and soothing, with intricate …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A fireproof safe is one of those things everyone needs, but may put off buying. After all, they can be bulky, and (hopefully) you’ll never see the resulting …
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Laufey evokes Roberta Flack oldies and early Tracey Thorne on “I Wish You Love,” a swooning cover of a standard thatappears onTypical of Me, the 22-year-old singer’s debut EP. Many of the tracks were written in Laufey’s dorm room while she was a student at Berklee College of Music. “I …
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Two years ago, Todd Snider returned to his troubadour ways on Cash Cabin Sessions Vol. 3. It was his first album full of the type of sardonic Nashville hippie storytelling Snider’s best known for (and has long mastered) since 2012’s post-Occupy opus Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. After a year …
Read More »Lil Yachty's 'Michigan Boy Boat' Pays Tribute to the Hottest Rap Scene in the Country
There is no regional music scene that has flourished the past two years like Michigan rap. And there is no bigger fan of Michigan rap than Lil Yachty. During this period, Yachty has spent a disproportionate amount of time hanging out in the recording studios and gas station parking lots …
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