We’re not exactly in Kentucky, but Kelsey Waldon‘s Bluegrass State DNA is everywhere across the cozy log cabin she lives in with her boyfriend half an hour outside of Nashville — it’s that “DNA” that she sings about in “Kentucky, 1988,” Rolling Stone‘s best country song of the year. You …
Read More »'Schitt's Creek' Final Season Trailer Boasts Laughs, Tears and Romance
The trailer for the sixth and final season of Schitt’s Creek teases emotional farewells and plenty of awkwardness ahead of its premiere next month. The final season will run for 14 episodes on Pop TV, beginning on January 7th at 9 p.m. ET. “Yes, there will be blood,” a voice …
Read More »'Cats': A Broadway Musical Adaptation Straight Outta the Litter Box
Attention, moviegoers searching for the worst movie of the year: We have a late-breaking winner. Cats slips in right under the radar and easily scores as the bottom of the 2019 barrel — and arguably of the decade. Even Michael Bay’s trash trilogy of soul-destroying Transformers movies can’t hold a …
Read More »'Cats': Meet the Woman Behind Cat School
One determined movement director and a sphinx cat were responsible for taking the entire cast of Cats to “Cat School.” “Every single person you see in the film underwent Cat School,” Sarah Dowling tells Rolling Stone. School entailed a few hours per day of lessons about basic cat anatomy and …
Read More »The Short Life and Viral Death of Bianca Devins
O n Instagram she was “escty,” the Lolita goth princess, pouting and preening next to heart-shaped handcuffs, Louis Vuitton-branded handguns, and bound-and-gagged Hello Kittys. She was also “beegtfo,” the girl next door, mugging with her sister in Christmas photos, donning pastel barrettes and holding her toddler half-sister to her hip. …
Read More »The Rise and Fall of Wax Trax!
Julia Nash felt as though she’d stepped into a Wax Trax! Records museum when she started looking through Dannie Flesher’s belongings. Flesher had cofounded the pioneering industrial label in 1980 with his life partner, Julia’s father Jim; they were responsible for putting out important releases by Ministry, KMFDM, Front Line …
Read More »Queen Pair 1984 Single 'Thank God It's Christmas' With New Animated Video
Queen have paired their rare and festive 1984 single “Thank God It’s Christmas” with a new animated video. The visual, directed by animator Justin Moon, captures the holiday season through the perspective of an apartment building, with all the tenants celebrating Christmas in their own unique ways. At video’s end, …
Read More »Julian Casablancas Flaunts Sex Dolls and Auto-Tune on New Voidz Video for 'Did My Best'
Julian Casablancas was partly inspired to write his new Voidz single, “Did My Best,” by Algerian street vendors in Paris — specifically the Auto-Tuned Arabic music they listened to while “selling tourist crap. That seeped into my subconscious,” he tells Rolling Stone. When he acquired an Auto-Tune pedal, his imagination …
Read More »Kesha Sings With Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson on Heartbreaking 'Resentment'
Kesha has released a new country-inspired single, “Resentment,” featuring backing vocals from Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson, and singer-songwriter Wrabel. The track is from her upcoming album High Road, out January 31st. The “Resentment” visual is a simple, two-minute clip, self-shot by Kesha on her iPhone and paired with a VHS …
Read More »Harry Styles
If you’re listening for evidence of the many psychedelic mushrooms Harry Styles says he ate during the recording of his outstanding second album, you will have to wait until Fine Line‘s second to last song for a dose. But when “Treat People With Kindness” arrives, it trips balls. Musing about …
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