The Indigo Girls played a handful of songs from their manager’s office in Atlanta for In My Room, our IGTV series in which musicians perform while in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seated at a safe distance from each other and in front of a couch covered with vinyl copies …
Read More »Trump Expresses Condolences to Family of George Floyd: 'I Understand the Hurt. I Understand the Pain'
Update: Later on Friday afternoon the president spoke to the media in the White House and said he reached out to the Floyd family and expressed sympathies and condolences. Related:Global Protests Begin After Police Killing of George Floyd “I want to express our nation’s deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathies …
Read More »Smashy Smashy: When Property Destruction Works
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in October 2014, in the wake of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death. Weeks of protests ensued, in which destruction of property was called a “violent” act by those on the right. In the …
Read More »Flashback: Neil Young and Phish Play an Epic, Weed-Fueled 'Down by the River'
Phish have been dropping Neil Young covers into their live set ever since they first played “Cinnamon Girl” at Gallagher’s Bar & Grill in their native Vermont back in 1989. Over the years, they added “Albuquerque” and “Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown” into the mix, but they never got …
Read More »Laughter, Tears, and Harmony: How Phoebe Bridgers Made 'Punisher'
Being Phoebe Bridgers is a pretty sweet gig. “I fucking love my life,” says the 25-year-old Californian. “My mom occasionally gets, ‘Are you related to Phoebe Bridgers?’ She fucking eats it up. And then she’ll be like, ‘I promised this couple that you would play their prom,’ and I’m like, …
Read More »Doobie Brothers Tour Postponed Due to COVID-19
The fate of one of the last major summer tours in the lurch has been decided: The long-awaited Doobie Brothers 50th-anniversary tour, which would have reunited the band with its former keyboardist and singer Michael McDonald, has been rescheduled for 2021. “This decision has been made with the health and …
Read More »'Military Wives' Review: Singing for Queen, Country and Their Spouses
In these times of pandemic isolation it’s no crime to look for the film equivalent of comfort food. Military Wives, though deeply reliant on formula and wrapped in a blanket of bland, fits the bill. Available on VOD this week, the film is a fictionalized take on the true tale …
Read More »Zack Snyder's Cut of 'Justice League' to Premiere on HBO Max in 2021
After two years of clamoring and grassroots lobbying by fans of the DC Extended Universe, the Zack Snyder’s never-before-seen director’s cut of Justice League will premiere on HBO Max in 2021, the filmmaker announced Wednesday. “I want to thank HBO Max and Warner Brothers for this brave gesture of supporting …
Read More »Future Delivers a Positive Message on 'High Off Life'
High Off Life is the first Future album since January 2019 — an eternity by his standards. It’s been a rare breather for the hardest-working rapper in the solar system, the Atlanta trap legend with a voice full of the Auto-Tune blues and a head full of astronaut status. Future …
Read More »Storied Voguing Teams Vie for Ballroom Dominance in New 'Legendary' Trailer
Teams from some of the most celebrated underground ballroom houses of all time square off in the new trailer for the upcoming competition series, Legendary, premiering May 27th on HBO Max. The new trailer is packed with tantalizing highlights from the series, which pits eight houses against each other over …
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