A woman seeks refuge in the wake of an abusive relationship in the new animated video for the Cranberries’ “All Over Now.” Animator Daniel Britt directed the video, which follows a woman in a yellow rain jacket as she wanders through the English countryside. The clip deftly balances the jarring …
Read More »R. Kelly in First Interview Following Sex Abuse Charges: 'I'm Fighting for My F-cking Life'
R. Kelly has broken his silence in his first interview since new sexual abuse charges have been brought against him in Chicago. In an exclusive discussion with Gayle King for CBS This Morning, the singer denied recent allegations, calling them “not true” and he vehemently dismissed them as rumors. The …
Read More »Alabama Court Awards Aborted Fetus the Right to Sue Abortion Clinic
When Ryan Magers’ ex-girlfriend got an abortion against his wishes in February 2017, he was upset — so upset, in fact, that nearly two years later, he decided to sue the clinic where she’d had the procedure, the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives. Magers then petitioned a Madison County, …
Read More »Smithsonian Folkways Details Massive New Orleans Jazz Fest Box Set
This year marks the 50th annual edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. To celebrate, Smithsonian Folkways will release Jazz Fest, a five-disc box set of live recordings from the iconic fest, spanning 1974 through 2016. You can preview the set now with Trombone Shorty‘s hard-grooving 2010 version …
Read More »Review: Weezer's Latest Hunk of Cali-Rock Malaise, 'The Black Album'
Twenty-five years after “Buddy Holly,” Rivers Cuomo still remains peerless in his ability to get you humming a line like “leave a five star review and I’ll leave one too” until the only way to un-hum it is by stabbing yourself in the thigh with the nearest sharp object. The …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Dark Phoenix,' 'Fosse/Verdon,' D.J. Idris Elba
What dropped trailer-wise over the past week, you ask? How about action-filled clips for both a cult-superhero reboot and the upcoming redo of the most famous all-powerful-mutant-run-amuck tale of them all? We also get sneak peeks at FX‘s upcoming bio-series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, and Netflix’s D.J. Idris …
Read More »'Leaving Neverland': Controversial Michael Jackson Doc Will Leave You Shellshocked
(This piece originally ran on January 25th, as part of our 2019 Sundance Film Festival coverage.) There was no gaggle of protestors outside the Egyptian Theater in Park City, Utah early Friday morning, despite news reports that the Sundance Film Festival had been told to brace for a massive disruption …
Read More »Sharon Van Etten Builds From Whisper to Scream With 'Seventeen' on 'Ellen'
Sharon Van Etten stretched her malleable voice from a whisper to a full-blown scream on Thursday’s Ellen, performing her cathartic single “Seventeen.” The singer-songwriter opened in a hushed tone, crooning over pulsating bass guitar, airy synth pads and a post-punk drum pattern. The song exploded in the final verse, with …
Read More »Hear Todd Snider Summon 'The Ghost of Johnny Cash' in New Song
Johnny Cash would have turned 87 this week. To honor the Man in Black on his birthday, folk singer Todd Snider unveiled the new single “The Ghost of Johnny Cash” from his forthcoming album Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3, which will be released March 15th via Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers. The …
Read More »Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on His Fine Arts Renaissance
Mike McCready‘s mother taught art for nearly three decades, and she instilled in him a great love of painting and sculpture. But even though he liked art, the omnipresence of works by Monet, Van Gogh and Warhol intimidated him when it came to making his own visual art. McCready would …
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