Mariah Carey has enlisted Ariana Grande, Tiffany Haddish, Snoop Dogg, and more for her new holiday extravaganza, Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, premiering December 4th on Apple TV Plus. The special, per a release, will center around Carey helping Santa solve a last-minute “holiday cheer crisis” at the North Pole …
Read More »Hear Kali Uchis Team With Jowell & Randy on Sleek New Song
Kali Uchis recruits Puerto Rican reggaeton act Jowell & Randy for her sleek new song “te pongo mal (prendelo).” The singer adopts a variety of vocal rhythms on the booming cut, layering harmonies over dubby sub-bass, a crackling beat and hazy, guitar-like loop. “te pongo mal (prendelo)” is the latest …
Read More »See Meryl Streep in First Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's 'Let Them All Talk'
Meryl Streep plays an author trying to overcome her writer’s block on a cruise with her nephew and old friends in the trailer for Let Them All Talk, which re-teams the Oscar-winning actress with director Steven Soderbergh. HBO Max, which will premiere the film on December 10th, said in a …
Read More »Will Smith, 'Fresh Prince' Cast Talk Sitcom's Unique Legacy in Reunion Trailer
Will Smith and the rest of the cast of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air return to that familiar stately mansion in Los Angeles in the trailer for the new reunion special, premiering November 19th on HBO Max (get a free trial here). The reunion marks the 30th anniversary of the …
Read More »System of a Down Raise $600,000 for Aid in Nagorno-Karabakh
System of a Down report that they have raised $600,000 in aid for Armenians affected by the war in Nagorno-Karabakh (a.k.a. Artsakh). The group reunited earlier this month to record two new songs — their first in 15 years — to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in the region, …
Read More »Low Cut Connie Roam New York City in New 'Wild Ride' Video
Low Cut Connie have released a new video for “Wild Ride,” a track off their latest album, Private Lives. The clip was directed by Sara Fox and pairs the slow-burning song with a sequence of equally smoldering and mysterious visuals. Throughout the clip, Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner roams …
Read More »'Ammonite' Review: Love on the Rocks
Mary Anning, the real-life heroine of British director Francis Lee’s Ammonite (in theaters Friday, and available on VOD on December 4th), is best known as a renowned 19th-century paleontologist whose findings and research into Jurassic marine fossils along the English Channel revolutionized her field. And because she was a woman, …
Read More »Trump Supporters, Like Their Leader, Refuse to Face Reality
While street parties sprung up across the nation in celebration of the presidential election being called in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, Trump supporters are mostly hanging on to the president’s false claims that he was robbed. Using similar false arguments as Trump and his surrogates, the president’s distraught …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Bandit'
In the summer of 2003, Neil Young hit the road with Crazy Horse for a run of North American amphitheater shows where they played their new rock opera, Greendale, straight through, complete with crudely built stage sets and actors playing all the parts. The only problem: Greendale wasn’t even out …
Read More »'Exuma' at 50: How a Bahamian Artist Channeled Island Culture Into a Strange Sonic Ritual
Chances are, you’ve never heard a boast track quite like “Exuma, the Obeah Man,” the opening song off Exuma’s self-titled 1970 album. A wolf howls, frogs count off a ramshackle symphony, bells jingle, drums palpitate, a zombie exhales, all by way of introducing the one-of-a-kind Bahamian performer, born Tony Mackey: …
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