In his going-on four years in office, President Trump has tapped a swamp’s worth of loathsomefigures to fill high-ranking federal positions. But unfortunately for his determination to ensure the government is stocked with as many racists, loyalists, incompetents (or all of the above) as possible, many of these nominees are …
Read More »The Stooges Drop Rowdy 1970 Live Version of 'Fun House'
The Stooges have shared a new live version of “Fun House” from their upcoming Live At Goose Lake: August 8, 1970 —out next week via Third Man Records. “Callin’ from the fun house with my song,” Iggy Pop sings over raucous guitar and saxophone. “We been separated, baby, far too …
Read More »Beyoncé Drops Vibrant 'Already' Video Ahead of 'Black Is King' Visual Album
Beyoncé has dropped the vibrant video for her song “Already” featuring Major Lazer and Shatta Wale, which is also a part of her Black Is King visual album. Black Is King is based on tracks from The Lion King: the Gift, the soundtrack from the 2019 film remake of The …
Read More »Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman Team Up for U.K. Theater Community Fund
Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman have launched the Theatre Community Fund in the U.K. in order to support artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Divided into two priority strands, the fund will help freelancers survive in the present with grants — and help the industry in the future by …
Read More »Instagram Flags Madonna Post for Spreading False Information on COVID-19
Madonna has deleted a video from her Instagram that the photo-sharing app had previously flagged for spreading false information about COVID-19. The video featured Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Houston-based doctor who spoke at a rally in Washington, D.C., organized by a group called America’s Frontline Doctors, which has ties to …
Read More »Electronic Pioneer Mort Garson Gets Four More Album Reissues
Following last year’s reissue of the plant music masterpiece Plantasia, Sacred Bones will reissue four more albums from electronic pioneer Mort Garson. On November 6th, the label will reissue Didn’t You Hear OST (1970), Lucifer’s Black Mass (1971), Ataraxia’s The Unexplained (1975) and Music From Patch Cord Productions, a collection …
Read More »Neil Young Is Considering Suing President Trump Over Song Use
Donald Trump has been playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his rallies over the past four years despite the fervent objections of Neil Young, who has often reluctantly noted that he has no legal right to stop him as long as the campaign pays the proper licensing fees. But …
Read More »'Amulet' Review: A Necklace, a Soldier, a Horror-Movie Nightmare
You will come across any number of creatively creepy elements in writer-director Romola Garai’s toedip into atmospheric horror. For starters, there’s a deep, dark forest, the kind of fairy tale setting that houses woodsmen, witches and big, bad wolves. That’s where Tomaz (Alec Secareanu, the handsome Romanian from God’s Own …
Read More »Dua Lipa, Charli XCX Lead 2020 Mercury Prize Shortlist
Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, Charli XCX’s quarantine-made How I’m Feeling Now and Michael Kiwanuka’s Kiwanuka are among the 12 albums shortlisted for the 2020 Mercury Prize, the prestigious award honoring the year’s best LP by a British musician. Stormzy, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, Sports Team, Georgia, Kano, Lanterns on the …
Read More »Steve Howe Says That a Yes Reunion Is 'Completely Unthinkable'
Yes fans have spent the past 15 years hoping that the surviving members of the group will put aside their differences for a reunion tour, but guitarist Steve Howe tells Rolling Stone that that is a very unlikely proposition. “I don’t think [the fans] should stay up late nights worrying …
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