The new documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is four-and-a-half-hours worth of revelatory footage of Kanye West — and directors Coodie and Chike cut it down from 330 hours, dating back to the early 2000s. Their first cut, they reveal on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, …
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PHOENIX – Tyler, the Creator sits at the center of multiple generations’ imaginations. That much was clear last night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where he kicked off his Call Me If You Get Lost Tour. Not since the cathartic early days of Odd Future has the 30-year-old …
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No group had it locked like Public Enemy the year Mandela was finally let out of prison. In 1990, when their momentum-grabbing third album dropped, its songs and the band’s logo — a defiant, beret-adorned B-boy in the crosshairs of a gun — were as ubiquitous as the African medallions …
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Wrestling fanatic Bad Bunny made his surprise return to the ring Saturday during the WWE‘s Royal Rumble event at the Dome in St. Louis. According to the WWE, Bad Bunny was the 27th person to enter the ring during the 30-wrestler event, with the reggaeton superstar eliminating a pair of …
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Swifties, rejoice: The Holy Swift podcast has created a new version of Wordle, Taylor Swift style. Taylordle premiered on Friday, with the podcast announcing it in a tweet. “Calling all Swifties who Wordle,” they wrote. Spoiler alert: Today’s answer will put your knowledge of the 10-minute version of “All Too …
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Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion will return to northeastern Tennessee in late summer 2022. Set for Sept. 9 to 11, the annual music festival presented by the Birthplace of Country Music museum will include performances by headliners Rosanne Cash and JJ Grey & Mofro. In addition to Cash and Grey, …
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It’s not glamorous, but it’s true: The modern music industry is largely tethered to what’s dubbed “research,” steady feeds of real-time data from streaming services and social media platforms that labels believe will predict the next star. But interest in underscores, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter-producer, was driven more by old-fashioned word-of-mouth. …
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Kid Cudi, Halsey, and J. Cole will headline the 2022 Governors Ball Festival, which will return to Citi Field in New York City June 10 through 12. Cudi will headline the first day of the festival, which will also boast performances from Jack Harlow, Black Pumas, Louis the Child, Skepta, …
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Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium hosted more than 2,000 performances during its tenure from 2009 to 2017, when the inexorable tide of gentrification closed its doors. A warehouse/living space/music venue that exemplified old-school DIY, Shea hosted all manner of bands in their earliest of stages, including Speedy Ortiz, DIIV, Parquet Courts, Maggie …
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George Martin told the story of how he first encountered the Beatles in 1962 in countless interviews and lectures throughout his long life, not to mention the pages of his 1979 memoir All You Need Is Ears. But in newly released archival home movie footage by his son Giles Martin, …
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