Sen. Bernie Sanders has unveiled one of the most ambitious marijuana legalization plans to date. Yesterday, at precisely 4:20 p.m., the candidate released a detailed, sweeping proposal to legalize marijuana on the federal level. “Too many lives were ruined due to the disastrous criminalization of marijuana. Today I am releasing …
Read More »Nils Lofgren Breaks Down New Neil Young and Crazy Horse LP 'Colorado'
Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s concert at Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall on February 4th was only their seventh show since guitarist Nils Lofgren rejoined the band after a five-decade absence, but something about it felt different to everybody on the stage. “It was a really special night,” says Lofgren. “Afterwards …
Read More »How 'Looking for Alaska' Revives the Indie Soundtrack of 'The O.C.'
Few scripted series have had a bigger impact on how music is used on television — and on how the music business uses TV to help break new artists — than The O.C.Throughout the teen drama’s four-year run from 2003 to 2007, its indie rock-crazy creator, Josh Schwartz, and his …
Read More »Watch Exclusive Clip From New Neil Young and Crazy Horse Movie 'Mountaintop'
Earlier this year, Neil Young and Crazy Horse gathered at Studio in the Clouds near Telluride, Colorado, to record their first album since 2012’s Psychedelic Pill. The new lineup of the group had played a handful of theater shows since guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro stepped aside and was replaced by …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Drops Out of Women's Summit in D.C.
On Monday, singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile announced her decision to drop out of Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., at which she was scheduled to have a conversation with event chair Pattie Sellers and perform a few songs. Her reason for doing so was the summit’s inclusion of …
Read More »The Cure's Robert Smith Looks Back: 'I've Never Thought About Legacy'
Although Robert Smith says he hopes the Cure never truly fit in with the cultural landscape, he is very aware of just how unusual the group’s success has been over the past four decades. “One of the lovely things about the band is that we’re able to headline Glastonbury, play …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Performed 'Sexiest Song Ever' 'Wicked Game' With Chris Isaak
At her Thursday night show at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Lana Del Rey brought out more special guests than ever. And while there was no Don Henley, Del Rey did manage to bring out Chris Isaak, who performed his hit song “Wicked Game” in a sparkling black-and-pink nudie suit with …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Performed 'Diamonds & Rust' with Joan Baez
At her show in Berkeley, California, on Sunday night, Lana Del Rey welcomed Greenwich Village folk icon Joan Baez to the stage. Together they performed one of Baez’s signature songs, “Diamonds & Rust.” The two dueted over Baez’s guitar, singing about Baez’s memories with the one and only Bob Dylan. …
Read More »The NCAA Will Evolve, or Die
The words amateur sports are time travelers. They come from a time long ago, when Americans had a more halcyon ideal of sports that perhaps wasn’t colored by, well, all this color on their courts and fields. The mindset it reinforces seeks to maintain a false purity, decelerating progress as …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Accuser 'Not Up to Caliber' to Work For Gigolo Agency
On Thursday afternoon, professional far-right trolls Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman held a “press conference” featuring what they promised to be explosive allegations regarding Sen. Elizabeth Warren. In reality, it was a sparsely attended melange of journalists looking for Twitter fodder congregated outside a garage, with a sign saying “Elizabeth …
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