Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges after the implosion of his luxury music festival in 2017, faces new charges on Tuesday, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Fyre Founder Billy McFarland Faces Two New Criminal...

At least it looks super fly. It’s too bad that Director X (born Julien Christian Lutz), the Canadian short-form film master for the likes of Rihanna, Drake and Nicki Minaj, stumbles when he has to stretch a scene past video length. He sets his blaxploitation remake in present-day Atlanta to separate it from the 1972 Harlem-based original, directed in a more straightforward-but-effective This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Superfly’ Review: Remake of Blaxploitation Classic Only Hustles...

No comedy on television churns through more story ideas, in more surprising ways, than NBC’s The Good Place. The first season seemed to be about a group of flawed people who had somehow found their way into a version of Heaven, only for the finale to stun them — and us — with the revelation that they were all being punked in the Bad Place. Season two used and abandoned new status quos This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘The...

For the past five years, summers in the Big Apple have come to mean one of New York‘s best showcases for country, blues and folk music with AmericanaFest NYC, now an integral part of the annual three-week-long Lincoln Center Out of Doors event. The Roots of American Music Weekend, presented by the Americana Music Association will spotlight This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Margo Price, Lukas Nelson to Play AmericanaFest...

When the news broke that open-carry activists in Santa Fe, Texas, were planning a pro-gun rally at a park less than five minutes from Santa Fe High School, the small community outside of Houston objected, still grieving This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: A Brief History of Pro-Gun Rallies at Sites of Mass...

John Bonham’s drum part in Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” is one of classic rock’s most legendary grooves. And, thanks to the skipping kick-drum part in the verse, one of the trickiest to pull off. That’s just one reason we’re so impressed with the above video of eight-year-old drummer Yoyoka Soma.  The young Japanese prodigy has been at it since age two and This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Eight-Year-Old Drummer’s Amazing Led Zeppelin...

Sturgill Simpson turned 40 years old last Friday, and he celebrated the milestone in style, heading to Bonnaroo for a set on the festival’s biggest stage. Sandwiched between performances by Paramore and Muse, Simpson’s gig offered 75 minutes of raw, roadhouse country-rock, with the frontman abandoning sheet cake and other birthday traditions in favor of scorched-earth guitar shredding and This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Sturgill Simpson’s Furious ‘Brace for Impact’ at Bonnaroo...

Scientists are currently in the midst of exploring uncharted territory: The cannabis genome. Unlike with other plants, researchers don’t have a long history of closely analyzing the genetic makeup of the plant. But for the past seven years – as more and more states legalize medical and recreational pot – researchers have been This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Mapping Marijuana DNA Could Change the Future of...

The post-metal group Isis, which disbanded in 2010, will reunite under the name Celestial this fall to pay tribute to Caleb Scofield, the bassist for the band Cave In who died this past March. The benefit concert will also feature performances by Cave In, Pelican, Old This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Metal Band Isis Will Reunite to Honor Late Cave In...

Standing in the corner of A24’s office, amid the bustle of the film distribution company’s normal workday chaos, is a pale young man sipping a smoothie. Tucked away from the various publicity folks and vice presidents and other indie-movie mover-and-shaker types talking frantically into their phones, he stands out. Maybe it’s the slightly tattered baseball cap, a little bit of wispy brown hair This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Hereditary’: Inside the Making of a Modern Horror...

Best Coast released a new song about friendship and pets called “Cats and Dogs.” The uplifting tune is from the band’s new children’s album, Best Kids, out June 22nd via Amazon. “Cats and Dogs” finds Best Coast This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Best Coast Preview Children’s Album With Playful New ‘Cats and...

New York City‘s Seaport District will be the site of an Independence Day celebration launching Hot Country Live, Spotify’s new live concert series that will further extend the popular streaming service’s flagship Hot Country playlist. Carrie Underwood will headline the Fourth of July event, which will take place at the Seaport’s Rooftop at This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Carrie Underwood to Play Special Fourth of July...

This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Last Word: Perry Farrell on Being an Uncool Dad and Why He’ll Never Give Up on...

Jeremih will embark on a North American tour this summer, with support from singer This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jeremih, Teyana Taylor Announce Summer...

San Francisco metal outfit Deafheaven unveiled another rocker from their new album Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, out July 13th. “Canary Yellow” is rife with twinkling, twisting guitars that build into a head-banging This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Deafheaven’s Raucous New Song ‘Canary...

Thirty Seconds to Mars unveiled the music video for “Rescue Me,” featuring a montage of people expressing various emotions in tight close-up shots. The song appears on their fifth album America, which was released in April. “‘Rescue Me’ is a song about pain, a song about This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Thirty Seconds to Mars Champion Emotional Unity in New ‘Rescue Me’...

Putting Dierks Bentley on a stage in the middle of New York City is a bit like taking a fish out of water – or, in his case, a mountain man out of the wilderness. Tuesday morning, Bentley showed up for a Today Show Summer Concert, where he performed a breezy version of the new song “Living.” Bentley is comfortable performing most anywhere, although the imagery of “Living” – waking up at This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Dierks...

Shania Twain’s Now Tour, which kicked off last month, took a detour in Los Angeles Monday night as the Canadian superstar stopped by The Late Late Show With James Corden. Twain, dressed in her ubiquitous animal-print suit, took the stage for a bubbly, banjo-accompanied performance of her single, “Life’s About to Get Good.” The first single This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Shania Twain’s Sparkling ‘Life’s About to Get Good’ on...

Electro-pop band Chromatics unveiled a dark video for their new song “Blue Girl.” The track will appear on their forthcoming LP Dear Tommy, which is due out this fall. Directed by Chromatics in collaboration with director of photography Rene Hallen, the video ruminates on the pain of This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Chromatics’ Funereal New Video for ‘Blue...

The Grateful Dead have announced their latest deep-dive box set release, Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings, which will feature six complete shows recorded during those years. Today the band is previewing the set by unveiling a 26-minute medley including the American Beauty closer This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Grateful Dead’s Epic ‘Truckin” Jam From New ‘Pacific Northwest ’73-’74’...