Operation Ivy only existed for two years, from May 1987 through May 1989, but in that time, the Berkeley, California, band forever altered the future of both punk and ska. They weren’t the first to mix these genres, but the band — made up of singer Jesse Michaels, drummer Dave …
Read More »Watch Dave Grohl Perform 'Nausea' With Daughter Violet on 'Kimmel'
Dave and Violet Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Dave Lombardo, and Greg Kurstin appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform a cover of X’s 1980 track “Nausea.” The track comes from Grohl’s new documentary What Drives Us, which premieres Friday. The musicians performed from a recording studio, with 15-year-old Violet taking lead …
Read More »Movie Stars: They're Just Like Us?
“If we can get out at three hours and deliver a show that we see on paper right now,” Academy Awards co-producer Jesse Collins told the New York Times just last week, “we feel like we will have had a cultural moment where the nation, the world, will say, ‘Yes, …
Read More »Serj Tankian Thanks President Biden for Recognizing Armenian Genocide
Serj Tankian thanked President Joe Biden Saturday after the president declared April 24th as “Armenian Remembrance Day,” which coincides with the United States recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide for the first time. “Thank you to President Joe Biden for properly recognizing the#ArmenianGenocidetoday,” the System of the Down singer wrote on …
Read More »Yola on the 'Good Energy' of Her New Protest Song and Finding Her Voice on Her Second LP
A few years ago, the British-born singer-songwriter Yola was watching her country’s then–prime minister, Theresa May, announce service cutbacks while wearing some of her trademark swanky footwear. “She was talking about austerity and that they didn’t have enough money to feed starving children, so they were going to make cuts …
Read More »Liz Phair Details 'Soberish' LP, Drops New Song 'Spanish Doors'
Liz Phair has announced the release date for Soberish, her first album of original material in 11 years and shared new song, “Spanish Doors.” The follow-up LP to 2010’s Funstyle arrives on June 4th via Chrysalis Records and is available for preorder. “I found my inspiration forSoberishby delving into an …
Read More »Matt Gaetz Asked Trump to Pardon Him for … Oh, Anything That Might Come Up
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — who maintains he is extremely innocent of everything the FBI is investigating him for — sought a “blanket” pardon from President Trump in the final days of Trump’s time in office. The New York Times reported the news on Tuesday night, a week after it …
Read More »The Latest Battle of the GOP's Culture War Is Somehow Even Dumber Than the Last
Georgia was one of the most reliable conservative strongholds in the nation before it voted for President Joe Biden last November and then, two months later, a pair of Democratic senators. The state’s still-very-Republican legislature has since been doing all it can to make sure this never happens again, and …
Read More »Godzilla, Meet Kong. Ass, Meet Seat. Face, Meet Palm
Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla vs. Kong, directed by Adam Wingard, may not hit HBO Max or U.S. theaters until this Wednesday, but it already opened in 38 markets overseas this past weekend, setting box office records for pandemic-era releases — “the biggest debut for a Hollywood film in …
Read More »Sharon Osbourne Leaves 'The Talk' After Heated On-Air Discussion, Internal Investigation
Sharon Osbourne has left her position on the daytime talk show The Talk following a heated on-air conversation about race as well as accusations of racist comments that led to an internal investigation by CBS. “Sharon Osbourne has decided to leaveThe Talk,” CBS said in a statement Friday (via The …
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