With a Cheshire Cat grin, Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman stood in front of a microphone at FloydFest in the wee hours of Saturday morning, basking in the moment. “It ain’t anybody’s first rodeo around here,” the singer-guitarist chuckled to the roar of the hardcore crowd. Indeed, in its 19th installment, …
Read More »Trump Administration: President's Racist Tweets Have 'Zero to Do With Race'
As with practically every Sunday morning, following a multitude of hateful and racist statements, the president of the United States sent out one of his surrogates to lie to the American people and tell them that either they can’t comprehend correctly what the president meant or that the “fake news” …
Read More »Aubrie Sellers Returns With Caustic New Song 'Drag You Down'
Aubrie Sellers kicks off the new track, “Drag You Down,” with a bone-chilling primal scream, offering a first sizzling taste of the long-awaited follow-up to her 2016 debut, New City Blues. Fusing country-music lyricism with grinding garage-rock guitar, Sellers sings, “I’m gonna drag you through the neighborhood right into the …
Read More »The World — and 'Hollywood' — According to Quentin Tarantino
It starts with the title — and let’s face it, Quentin Tarantino has always had a knack for great movie titles. How a joke about a Louis Malle movie gave birth to the cryptic phrase Reservoir Dogs is as much a part of his origin story as working at a …
Read More »Meek Mill's 2008 Conviction Overturned, New Trial Granted
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has thrown out Meek Mill‘s 2008 conviction on drug and gun charges, granting the rapper a new trial and judge based on new evidence of alleged police corruption. “We conclude the after-discovered evidence is of such a strong nature and character that a different verdict will …
Read More »Jon Stewart Delivers Emotional Address Following Passage of 9/11 Victim Bill
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday reauthorizing the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. The vote was 97-2, with only Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) objecting to extending the fund, which offers health care compensation to survivors and first responders, beyond its previously scheduled expiration in 2020. The House …
Read More »Oh Sees Blend Punk Noise, Random Stock Footage in 'Heartworm' Video
Oh Sees strike up gleeful absurdity in their new video for “Heartworm,” a noisy punk track from their upcoming double-LP, Face Stabber. Director Joel Kyack pairs the band’s ragged power chords with a parade of cheesy and bizarre stock footage — including laughing co-workers, digital oceans, robotic arms, grooming cats, …
Read More »'Westworld': Watch Mysterious New Season 3 Trailer
Westworld offered a mysterious glimpse into its upcoming third season Saturday during HBO‘s Comic-Con panel in San Diego. With Season 3 not scheduled to premiere until 2020, the latest trailer is vague on plot but offers a parade of intriguing images, including Thandie Newton’s Maeve beating up Nazis in a …
Read More »See Kacey Musgraves' Mesmerizing 'Slow Burn' on 'Today'
This morning Kacey Musgraves appeared on NBC’s Todayfor a short concert featuring highlights from her Grammy-winning 2018 album Golden Hour. Performing at New York’s Rockefeller Plaza, Musgraves delivered note-perfect renditions of album cuts like “Slow Burn,” “Happy & Sad,” “Lonely Weekend,” and “Oh, What a World.” On Today, Musgraves also …
Read More »Watch Korn's Desert-Set, Sci-Fi 'You'll Never Find Me' Video
Korn unveiled a stark new video for single “You’ll Never Find Me.” The track is the first single for their forthcoming album The Nothing. Andrej Gavriss directed the clip, which opens with an older scientist looking at the night sky through his telescope as a meteor hits the earth. He …
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