The Cranberries will rerelease their 1994 album No Need to Argue as a deluxe reissue featuring B-sides, remixes, demos, unreleased tracks, live recordings from the era and more. The expanded edition arrives September 18th. The LP, the follow-up to the band’s breakthrough 1992 album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So …
Read More »Radio Pulled Violent Songs Off Air After 9/11 — But It Won't Reckon With Race
On June 9th, Cumulus Media read out on its 424 radio stations a list of black victims of police brutality, including Breona Taylor, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and George Floyd. Cumulus’s tribute was supposed to air only on its urban-formatted stations. But it switched gears at the last minute and …
Read More »Samantha Bee Highlights the Challenges Faced by Black Trans Women
Samantha Bee celebrated the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on LGBTQ workplace discrimination during this week’sFull Frontalepisode, but she noted that there was much more work to be done. “It’s still incredibly difficult to be trans in America, particularly if you’re black,” she said. Black trans women are disproportionately affected by …
Read More »Kamala Harris Talks Police Reform, Possibly Becoming Joe Biden's VP
On The Late Show Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert invited on California Senator Kamala Harris who, like previous guest Stacey Abrams, is currently in the running for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick. “I’d be honored if asked, and I’m honored to be a part of the conversation,” she …
Read More »Neil Young Drops Blazing New Track 'Vacancy'
Neil Young has released “Vacancy,” the latest offering from Homegrown, the previously shelved 1975 album he’s finally releasing on June 19th. One of the seven unreleased tracks on the album, “Vacancy” opens with a churning guitar riff, as Young sings “Who are you?/Where are you going to?” He then addresses …
Read More »'In My Room' With the Indigo Girls
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 »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 »OK Go Premiere New Song for Frontline COVID-19 Workers
OK Go released a new song on Wednesday in honor of frontline health care workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by both the nightly cheer for essential workers at 7 p.m. and by a recent Rebecca Solnit essay in The Guardian. The track, “All Together Now,” was written and recorded …
Read More »Elton John on Little Richard: 'A True Legend, Icon and a Force of Nature'
Elton John remembered Little Richard on social media Saturday following the music icon’s death at the age of 87. “Without a doubt – musically, vocally and visually – he was my biggest influence,” John wrote in a series of tweets. “Seeing him live in my teens was the most exciting …
Read More »'Extraction': Another Bullet Ballet That Needs Serious Target Practice
If you’re looking for a dumb, disposable action movie in which Chris Hemsworth relentlessly shoots generic bad guys with only a few quick breaks to tend to his wounds and feel sorry for himself, Extraction is the movie for you. Actually, this R-rated Netflix bullet ballet is built for the …
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