Tim Bray, a vice president and top engineer at Amazon Web Services, has quit the internet giant, citing in an open letter its “chickenshit” decision to fire whistleblowers raising concerns about safety for warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon’s treatment of its warehouse workers has garnered increasing scrutiny amid …
Read More »American Aquarium Chronicle the 'Things That Break Us as Human Beings' on New Album
In mid-March, while Americans were beginning to reckon with job losses and isolation spurred by coast-to-coast shelter-in-place orders, BJ Barham performed the American Aquarium songbook for shut-in fans via livestream, one album at a time. On the sixth night, he debuted the band’s new album, Lamentations (New West Records), released …
Read More »Liam Gallagher: 'Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'
Liam Gallagher lashed out as his brother and former bandmate Noel Gallagher Thursday after the latter released a long-lost Oasis demo titled “Don’t Stop,” a track featuring lead vocals by Noel. “Well there’s something missing in this god almighty stew and it’s your brother your brother don’t forget your brother,” …
Read More »Big Thief Drop Lullaby Love Song 'Love in Mine'
Big Thief dropped a lullaby of a standalone track Wednesday, “Love in Mine,” an outtake from 2019’s Two Hands. Adrianne Lenker’s dynamic voice is hush on the track — replete with soft guitar and shuffling drums — as she sings about “what we leave behind/Like cicada shells/Will be hollowed/And eaten …
Read More »7 Reasons to Vote For Rolling Stone Music Now in the Webby Awards
We’re proud to announce that our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast is nominated for a Webby Award — and we’d like to ask you to please cast your vote for it right now at this link. But if you need to be convinced, here’s a round-up of some of the …
Read More »'The Goonies' Cast and Crew Reunite on Josh Gad's New Web Series
The cast and crew of the beloved Eighties adventure movie The Goonies — including Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and executive producer Steven Spielberg — reunited on actor and Goonies superfan Josh Gad‘s new web series, Reunited Apart. The virtual reunion on Zoom featured additional original cast members Sean Astin, Jeff …
Read More »Miranda Lambert, Brothers Osborne Set for 'CMT Celebrates Our Heroes' Special
UPDATE (5/12): Luke Combs, Brandi Carlile, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Kane Brown, Kristen Bell, Lauren Daigle, Sam Hunt, and Tim McGraw have been added to the CMT Celebrates Our Heroes special. CMT’s Artists of the Year television special typically takes place late in the year and honors a handful of …
Read More »See Michael Madsen Recreate 'Reservoir Dogs' Scene as Social Distancing PSA
Actor Michael Madsen playfully recreated his iconic “Stuck in the Middle With You” ear-cutting scene from Reservoir Dogs in a homemade video promoting social distancing. The cellphone-shot clip, uploaded by the team behind the Quentin Tarantino documentary QT8: The First Eight, opens with members of Madsen’s family with bloodied bandages …
Read More »A New Short Film Captures a Female Refugee's Fight for Freedom
Nearly 71 million people are displaced across the world due to poverty and violence; a new short film, We Do Not Live Here, tells the remarkable story of one of them. Kensey is a refugee who fled Honduras on foot with three of her children. She’s currently at a migrant …
Read More »Australian Singer Sharna 'Sshh' Liguz on Recording in a Solar-Powered Music Studio
In honor of Rolling Stone’s Climate Crisis Issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the …
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