Genesis P-Orridge, founding member of the pioneering industrial music group Throbbing Gristle and experimental unit Psychic TV, has died at the age of 70, P-Orridge’s manager Ryan Martin confirmed to Rolling Stone. P-Orridge, who identified as “s/he” and “he/r,” died early Saturday after battling leukemia for over two years, he/r …
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One week before Thanksgiving, Melany Centeno, a professional dancer with a decade of experience, posted a call-to-arms on Instagram. Centeno enjoyed the rapper DaBaby‘s new “Bop” video, calling it “super fire.” But after messaging colleagues who danced in the clip, she accused DaBaby of underpaying some of them — as …
Read More »So, How Was Your Decade, Questlove?
So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working …
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Mass shootings, police brutality, the prison industrial complex, a telepath or two — OK, so Castle Rock isn’t strictly a case of art imitating life. But its very good fourth episode — “The Box” — contains enough real-world ugliness to make the supernatural stuff almost superfluous. (Almost.) It’s the clearest …
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EDITORS’ PICK: The Coup, Sorry to Bother You: The Soundtrack Boots Riley’s feature-directing debut accompanied its surrealist depiction of life in Oakland during capitalist wartime with a clamorous, giddy score by hometown heroes Tune-Yards; the movie’s official soundtrack, which showcases his long-running hip-hop collective The Coup alongside other boldfaced names, …
Read More »Eric Church on Garth Brooks' Lip-Syncing: 'That Pissed Me Off'
Eric Church appears on the cover of Rolling Stone‘s August issue, and the “Desperate Man” singer doesn’t mince words when it comes to the art of performing country music. “We don’t use machines. We use instruments,” he tells Rolling Stone‘s Josh Eells. Which is why he was particularly irked when …
Read More »Five Reasons Why 2018 Has Been the Year of the TV Sophomore Slump
2018 has been the year of the sophomore slump. The Handmaid’s Tale, Luke Cage, Westworld, Legion, 13 Reasons Why, Jessica Jones and Sneaky Pete were among the second-year shows to disappoint, frustrate and/or inspire reevaluations of their acclaimed debut seasons. But ironically, it’s also been the year of the sophomore …
Read More »Review: Electronic Experimentalist Lotic Finds Kinder, Gentler Chaos on 'Power'
Since 2011, Texas-Berlin producer Lotic has been sculpting experimental club music from noise swarms, microscopic samples and mutated bass rumbles, making fans of Björk, Ben Frost and more. 2015’s EPHeteroceteraand short mixtapeAgitationscreated mutating nightmares from, respectively, Penderecki-esque howls of microtonal noise and revvingTransformersgrind. However, with the release of their first …
Read More »'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' Review: Tom Cruise Runs, Jumps, Flies – and Delivers
If impossibly fabulous stunts are all that you want out a summer movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout would be a dream come true for action junkies. Hell, it still is, despite a convoluted plot that makes this mission virtually impossible to follow. At 56, and so not looking it, Tom …
Read More »See Soundgarden Members Reunite for First Time Since Chris Cornell's Death
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and drummer Matt Cameron played together for the first time since the death of Chris Cornell last month at a gig in Denmark. They played together as part of a supergroup called MC50, which pays tribute to the Detroit-based rock group MC5, best known for their …
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