Metallica were halfway into their rain-drenched set at Manchester, England’s Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night when James Hetfield handed the stage over to bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett. “These two guys like to get up to no good and have fun and come up with fun little songs …
Read More »Hear Spoon's New Song 'No Bullets Spent' From Greatest Hits LP
Spoon have released a new single “No Bullets Spent,” a recently recorded track that will feature on the indie rockers’ upcoming best-of collection Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon. The 13-song collection, due out July 26th and available to preorder now, features favorites like “I Turn My Camera …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Next Bootleg Series May Spotlight 1967-1969 Nashville Recordings
The 14-disc companion set to Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story just arrived in stores, but Dylan’s team is already looking ahead to their next archival project. “We’re thinking about possibly doing Bob’s work in Nashville from John Wesley Harding through the Johnny Cash sessions as the …
Read More »Democratic Candidates Focus on Racial Wealth Gap at Economic Forum
Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and former congressman Beto O’Rourke attended the Black Economic Alliance Presidential Forum on Saturday in South Carolina. Candidates spoke with journalist Soledad O’Brien and covered a range of topics including inequality, the racial wealth divide, jobs, with a particular …
Read More »Republicans Defend Trump's Election Interference Comments by … Blaming Hillary Clinton
On Wednesday night, ABC released a clip of President Trump telling George Stephanopolous that he doesn’t feel he needs to contact the FBI if a foreign government offered him dirt on his 2020 opponent, and that he would be willing to court to any such offers. “If somebody called from …
Read More »Federal Watchdog: Kellyanne Conway Should Be Fired
Kellyanne Conway should be fired for her repeated violations of federal law. That’s the recommendation of a new report to President Trump from the federal Office of Special Counsel that cites Conway’s disregard for the Hatch Act, which prohibits executive branch office holders from using their post to actively engage …
Read More »Somebody Once Told Me: An Oral History of Smash Mouth's 'All Star'
Smash Mouth’s “All Star” has followed you incessantly for the last two decades. If you’re under the age of 30, it’s a part of the fabric of your life as much as it’s a strand of the DNA that keeps the internet funny and weird. But before “All Star” was …
Read More »Alabama Sex Offender Bill: What Is Chemical Castration and Why Is it So Controversial?
On Monday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a controversial bill requiring that sex offenders in her state who are convicted of molesting a child — defined under Alabama law as anyone under the age of 13 — be chemically castrated as a condition of their release from prison. The bill …
Read More »Midland Plot Headlining 2019 Let It Roll Tour
Midland recently announced plans to release their second album Let It Roll, featuring the lead single “Mr. Lonely,” on August 23rd. The country trio will follow their new music with the headlining Let It Roll Tour, which gets underway in mid-September. Kicking off with a September 17th show in New …
Read More »Muna Preach Unabashed Self-Love in New Single, 'Number One Fan'
“So I heard the bad news/Nobody likes me and I’m gonna die alone/In my bedroom, looking at strangers on my telephone,” opens “Number One Fan,” the latest single by Muna. Although it may start off downcast, vocalist Katie Gavin gives the Numan-esque synth-rock cut a rewarding upswing: “Wouldn’t you like …
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