Juice WRLD‘s “Lucid Dreams” was fraught and wounded, a stinging narrative of betrayal softened, slightly, by a sample of the actual Sting. Streamers gobbled it up — “Lucid Dreams” became the most-streamed single of 2018 not made by Drake — and commuters stuck in traffic enjoyed it too: “Lucid Dreams” …
Read More »Review: Foals' Apocalyptic Epic 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 1'
On their debut Antidotes, produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, Foals stepped from their stalls with shifty post-punk grooves, kinetic percussion, and nervous, sulky vibes. By 2013, with Holy Fire, they smoothed and super-sized their sound with production from U2 vets Flood and Alan Moulder. Their latest LP …
Read More »'I'm Here to Change People's Minds': Remembering Kevin Fret, Gay Trapero
When asked how he visualized himself during a radio interview last April, Kevin Fret — Latin trap’s most unapologetically, and perhaps first openly gay artist — conjured a hippodrome: “Once you let horses free from their stables,” said Fret, “It’s difficult to catch them.” Posing the question was DJ Candy …
Read More »What Drives a Man to Kill His Own Family? Inside the Psychology of Family Annihilators
Last year, Chris Watts, a 33-year-old Colorado man, murdered his pregnant wife Shannan and two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste, and buried their bodies in an oil work site. Although Watts initially denied having any involvement with his wife’s and daughters’ deaths, he later confessed to strangling Shannan and …
Read More »Ben Folds, Violent Femmes Line Up Joint Summer Tour
Ben Folds and Violent Femmes announced a co-headlining summer tour. The 14-date U.S. trek launches July 28th in Uncasville, Connecticut and concludes August 16th in Kansas City, Missouri. An artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, March 5th at 10 a.m. local time. General public tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, …
Read More »The First Time: Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
At just 16 years old, Greta Thunberg has galvanized an international youth movement against Climate Change. The Swedish teenager first staged a “School Strike for Climate” in front of Parliament in August, handing out fliers with messages like “You Grownups don’t give a shit about my future.” She gained international …
Read More »Pharrell Taps Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, Migos for Debut 'Something In the Water' Fest
Pharrell will launch a new multi-day music festival, Something In the Water, this spring featuring performances from Missy Elliott, Migos, Janelle Monáe, Travis Scott and more. The festival will take place on the beach in the musician’s hometown, Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 26th through 28th. The lineup for Something in …
Read More »Jay Inslee Wants to Be the First Climate President. Is America Ready?
On a recent Sunday morning, Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington state, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. He was part of a group of governors who had come to meet with EPA chief Andrew Wheeler, the face and leader of President Trump’s all-out …
Read More »Maluma Takes Aim at 'Douchebags' in New Single, 'HP'
Maluma released “HP,” the latest in a long line of hooky pop-reggaeton singles, on Friday. It will appear on his upcoming album, titled 11:11. “HP” started “three months ago in a hotel room in Bolivia,” Maluma tells Rolling Stone. “I have friends in Colombia where I’m from, and these girls …
Read More »Carl Anderson Mixes Heartache With Resilience on New Song 'Roses'
“I ain’t exactly been feeling like myself these days,” sings Carl Anderson on the introspective “Roses,” the lead single from his newly announced EP, YouCan Call Me Carl. Despite the alluring melody, Anderson finds himself stuck in a rut with all of his good luck beginning to run dry. With …
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