In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by investigative journalist David Sirota. For the “Republicans Suck” segment, Matt and Katie cover every angle of the story on everyone’s mind, Donald Trump vs. Covid-19. This includes a play-by-play of Trump’s, according to …

Angel Olsen, Brittany Howard, Kathleen Hanna and Phoebe Bridgers are among the artists performing during Panache’s upcoming Village of Love Planned Parenthood benefit concert. In partnership with Like Management, the virtual event takes place on October 25th via Live.ly, where tickets are available. The lineup also includes Deep Sea Diver, …

Although it’s sometimes forgotten, Kiss — and the band’s Gene Simmons in particular — played a key role in the early days of Van Halen. After seeing the then-unsigned band at an Los Angeles club in 1977, Simmons brought Van Halen to New York and produced their first demo. A …

South Korean girl group Blackpink are getting their very own Netflix documentary, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, which dropped its first trailer on Tuesday. The film premieres October 14th on the streaming platform. Directed by Caroline Suh, who also directed the Netflix docuseriesSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat, and produced by Cara …

A review of this week’s Fargo, “Raddoppiarlo,” coming up just as soon as I sing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”… “You’ve got to see the whole picture. That’s the point.” —Doctor Senator Loosely translated, “Raddoppiarlo” is Italian for “double it,” which is an appropriate title for an episode that …

Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire team up for the new collaboration “Dear Rodeo,” a song that nods to both of the country singers’ pasts: Johnson was a bull rider, McEntire a barrel-racer. Written by Cody Johnson and Dan Couch (Kip Moore’s “Hey Pretty Girl”), the ballad explores the pull of …

Earlier this week, we shared the ballot that Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz submitted for the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list. It was, to put a mildly, a very eclectic list that included Marching Band Favorites by the Tremont High School Drum Line, Boogaloo in Brooklyn by Juan Epstein, and …

Helen Reddy, the Australian singer whose early Seventies song “I Am Woman” has served as an empowering feminist anthem for several generations, died Tuesday at age 78. Her children, Traci Donat and Jordan Sommers, confirmed the news via her official Facebook page. “It is with deep sadness that we announce …

Like many of Prince‘s former collaborators, Levi Seacer, Jr. still refers to his old boss in the present tense. Seacer joinedPrince’s post-Revolution touring band on bass not long before the release of 1987’s Sign O’ the Times, and stuck around as the band morphed into the New Power Generation, switching …

Mastodon‘s Brann Dailor and Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan joined for a collaborative version of Alice in Chains‘ “Rain When I Die” as part of the “Two Minutes to Late Night” quarantine cover series. Dailor plays drums on the colorful rendition, adding harmony vocals alongside lead singer Justin Suitor (Painted Wives). …