Austin City Limits has publicly apologized to Phoebe Bridgers after her set at the festival was cut short, which led to the musician tweeting, “lol fuck acl” on Saturday. On Sunday, the Austin music festival responded in a statement, “Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication on stage by ACL Festival personnel, …
Read More »Texas Republican Allen West, While Hospitalized for Covid, Doubles Down on Anti-Vaxx Rhetoric
Former Republican congressman and current Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West, who is unvaccinated, unleashed a string of tweets bashing vaccines and mandates while he was hospitalized for Covid-19. On Saturday and Sunday, West’s Twitter account announced that his wife, Angela, had tested positive for Covid-19. While his wife is vaccinated, …
Read More »'They've Got Biden, We've Got Kyrie Irving': Top Anti-Vaxxers Turn NBA Stars Into Disinformation Heroes
Kyrie Irving is living in the shadows of vaccine denial. The Brooklyn Nets superstar has also vanished from the opening of his team’s run at the NBA championship, apparently because he refuses to comply with a New York City law requiring proof of vaccination against Covid-19 at indoor sporting events, …
Read More »Tattooed Man Suing Cardi B for Likeness on Cover Art Challenges Trial Delay
A California man suing Cardi B for $5 million over the use of his likeness and elaborate back tattoo in racy mixtape cover art is challenging the singer’s right to a trial delay after she recently traveled to Paris for Fashion Week. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling …
Read More »Trump Propaganda, Covid Conspiracy Theories, and White Supremacy: Brought to You by AT&T
One America News — the Trump-loving cable news network known for peddling conspiracy theories — probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for AT&T, according to a new report from Reuters. OAN founder Robert Herring said in a 2019 deposition that back in 2013, the telecom behemoth told him to create …
Read More »RS Charts: Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' Wins Close Race for Number One
Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy prevailed in a tight race for Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, slipping by Youngboy Never Broke Again‘s Sincerely, Kentrell by roughly 2,000 album-equivalent units. In its fourth week on the chart, Certified Lover Boy earned 1,300 sales, 9,900 song downloads, and …
Read More »Arca Announces New Album With Lip-Synced Video for 'Born Yesterday,' Featuring Sia
Arca has announced that her latest studio album KICK ii will be released on December 3rd via XL Recordings. The album will follow up 2020’sKiCk i, which recently received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Ahead of its release, the electronic artist …
Read More »'Seinfeld' Fans Upset That Netflix's Aspect Ratio Cuts Out Jokes, Literally
Seinfeld finally arrived on Netflix Friday, and while all 180 episodes are now available on the streaming service, some jokes didn’t make the cut, literally. As noted on social media, some of the visual gags from the series have been cropped out due to the series’ now-16:9 aspect ratio that …
Read More »Brittney Spencer's 'Midnight Train to Georgia' With Jason Isbell Is a Star Turn
Jason Isbell cedes the spotlight to rising star Brittney Spencer on a joint cover of Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia,” released on Friday. The track appears on Isbell’s upcoming covers album Georgia Blue, which will be released October 15th. With Isbell’s 400 Unit laying down a …
Read More »Reggie and Smino Offer Graceful Meditations on 'Avalanche'
The rapper and singer known simply as Reggie has the kind of mysterious backstory that harkens back to the blog era, when tracks would appear on message boards and take months to be discovered. Over the past year, the Houston-by-way-of-Arkansas musician has scattered a set of delicately self-reflective and vulnerable …
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