A guy named Monty Brogan is going to prison. He’s an Irish-American fireman’s kid from Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood who got into a ritzy Manhattan private school, got himself mixed up with drugs and gangsters, got rich, and got busted. Now, this slick-looking player, with the sharp goatee and nice …
Read More »Redman Hops on Phife Dawg's Posthumous Ode to Montreal, 'French Kiss Trois'
The estate of Phife Dawg has released a new posthumous track and music video, “French Kiss Trois,” featuring Redman and Illa J (the younger brother of the late J Dilla). “French Kiss Trois” — as one might expect — is a follow-up to “French Kiss Deux,” another posthumous Phife cut …
Read More »'Stillwater' Examines Lives in Wreckage, With Matt Damon at the Center
Matt Damon’s new movie, Stillwater, opens by building up to a gentle but pointed bit of misdirection, the subtle sort of deviation from our expectations meant to say as much about the audience as it does about the man at the story’s center — something of an running theme for …
Read More »Watch Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart Hilariously Recap Olympics Equestrian Event
Throughout the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg have provided some bonus commentary for the Summer Games on the streaming service Peacock, with the duo interviewing athletes, recapping events and, most notably, doing play-by-play for sports they don’t understand. In a segment called “Cold Call” uploaded Friday, the …
Read More »Metallica Releases New Vans Sneaker Collab for 'Black Album's' 30th Anniversary
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Metallica is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Black Album with a Vans collaboration. The limited-edition capsule includes renditions of the Classic Slip-On and Sk8-Hi — both of …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Announce Rescheduled 2021 'No Filter' Tour Dates
The Rolling Stones are returning to the states this fall to make up for postponed 2020 dates. The 13-date tour begins September 26th at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and wraps up November 20th at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. See tickets here. …
Read More »Coldplay Drop 10-Minute Space Epic 'Coloratura'
Ahead of the release of Coldplay’s new album Music of the Spheres, the band has shared the LP’s closing track, the space epic “Coloratura.” Clocking in at 10 minutes and keeping with the album’s interstellar theme, “Coloratura” takes a panoramic, multi-suite voyage into the cosmos, with Chris Martin namechecking celestial …
Read More »Sturgill Simpson Readies New Concept Album 'The Ballad of Dood & Juanita'
Following the synth-rock adventure of 2019’s Sound & Fury and a pair of back-to-basics bluegrass albums last year, Sturgill Simpson will release a country music concept album this summer. Titled The Ballad of Dood & Juanita, Simpson’s latest LP arrives August 20th and features a guest turn by Willie Nelson …
Read More »Surgeon General Is 'Deeply Concerned' About Dangers Unvaccinated Adults Pose to Kids Under 12
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he is “deeply concerned” about unvaccinated people, including children, as some communities are seeing rising Covid-19 rates. During a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week,Murthy first praised the progress the country has made in vaccinating millions of Americans. He also warned that we will see …
Read More »Did 'Butter' Butter Butter?
Let’s start with: Correlation is not causation. (Listen to your imploring math teachers, kids; the ramifications of shoddy data science are no joke.) And yet, when the most popular band in the world releases a song primly named after a pantry staple, one has to wonder — by which I …
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