Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods closed out his 2018 album Both Ways with “Next Year,” a straightforward, urgent message about the myriad ways we tend to put things off until it’s too late. In the song’s new video, there’s no distraction from that message — just Woods performing straight to the camera …
Read More »Watch Iggy Pop Casually Eat a Hamburger in New Death Valley Girls Video
Los Angeles punks Death Valley Girls tasked Iggy Pop with eating a hamburger in the video for their new song, “Disaster (Is What We’re After).” The Kansas Bowling-directed clip is a direct homage to a scene in Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth’s 1982 film, 66 Scenes of America, in which Andy …
Read More »Ariana Grande, James Corden Perform 'Titanic' With Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga Songs
Ariana Grande appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden on Monday where she and the host remade the soundtrack to Titanic with new songs in a breathless five minutes. The pair spanned 13 songs in nine sets for a one-shot take. They launched their boat adventure with the …
Read More »Watch Pearl Jam Cover Chris Cornell's 'Missing' at Seattle Stadium Gig
Pearl Jam paid tribute to Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell Friday night at Seattle’s Safeco Field, with the band’s second Home Shows stadium gig also serving as an all-star celebration of the city’s grunge scene. During the main set, Pearl Jam debuted their rendition of the obscure Cornell track “Missing,” from …
Read More »Demi Lovato Cancels Remainder of 'Tell Me You Love Me' Fall Tour
Demi Lovato has canceled the remaining dates of her ‘Tell Me You Love’ Me fall tour following her hospitalization for an alleged overdose last month, Deadline reports. Lovato was originally scheduled to perform two dates in Mexico in September as well as a run of dates in South America beginning …
Read More »With Brett Kavanaugh, Trump Has Found a Way to Repay the NRA
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, is a conservative activist on gun issues, and, in particular, on AR-15s. His nomination to the nation’s highest court represents payback to the NRA, a group that spent more than $30 million to help install Trump in …
Read More »Meet yMusic, Paul Simon's Genre-Crossing Chamber Ensemble of Choice
Paul Simon‘s upcoming 14th solo album, In the Blue Light, features the iconic songwriter’s deep cuts reworked, rearranged and rethought. On three of its tracks, Simon appears alongside New York chamber ensemble yMusic, a sextet notable for blurring the lines between classical-minded indie rockers and accessible bouts of 21st-century composition. …
Read More »Rick Wilson: Trump's Tweets May Actually Be His Undoing
President Trump’s manic Twitter dysentery over the weekend contained more than a few nuggets that would have shamed, embarrassed or mortified normal presidents in a normal era. Two big, dumb ideas emerged from Trumpworld in the last few days — one of which placed the president’s own son (and the …
Read More »Beastie Boys: Inside Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories Studio
Oscilloscope Laboratories is honoring the musical, cinematic and philanthropic work of late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch with “The House That Yauch Built,” an interactive, multi-media tour of his recording studio and film production headquarters. The website – which launched Friday, three days before what would have been the musician’s …
Read More »The Stakes for Travis Scott Are Higher Than Ever With 'Astroworld' – and So Are the Potential Rewards
Ask a casual fan what they like about Travis Scott, and you’re likely to hear one thing again and again: “He has the best live show in hip-hop.” It’s a cliché, a familiar refrain that hints at Scott’s talents without giving him his full due. Ultimately it’s a backhanded compliment …
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