The xx performed “Dangerous” and“Say Something Loving,”two melodic tracks from their third LP,I See You, on Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Bassist Oliver Sim opened “Dangerous” with a thumping low-end, while resident beat-maker Jamie xx bounced around the stage to trigger brass samples and electronics. Sim and singer Romy Madley Croft …
Read More »Yusuf/Cat Stevens Talks Revisiting 1960s Catalog for New Album
Success came quickly for 18-year-old British singer-songwriter Steven Demetre Georgiou when he began releasing singles under the name Cat Stevens in 1966. His debut single “I Love My Dog” rose to Number 28 on the UK singles chart and follow-up single “Matthew and Son” hit Number Two. But it would …
Read More »'Game of Thrones' Star Aidan Gillen Joins Queen Biopic Cast
Game of Thrones star Aidan Gillen has joined the cast of Queen‘s long-gestating biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Vanity Fair reports. The actor will portray former Queen manager John Reid, while Tom Hollander plays longtime and current Queen manager Jim Beach. Gillen and Hollander join the previously announced cast – Mr. Robot‘s …
Read More »Meghan Linsey on Kneeling for Anthem: 'I Will Never Normalize Hate'
Sunday afternoon, numerous NFL players followed quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s example, kneeling during renditions of the national anthem to protest police violence against people of color. In Nashville, that extended to anthem performer Meghan Linsey, who kneeled as she wrapped up her own rendition before the Tennessee Titans’ home game against …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Plots 2018 Stadium Tour
Ed Sheeran will return to North America for a stadium tour in 2018. The trek begins August 18th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and wraps November 10th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Sheeran announced the 15-show tour on his Instagram, noting the concerts were just the “first batch.” …
Read More »Inside 'Star Trek Discovery': The Franchise's Answer to the Trump Era
Walk onto the soundstages at Toronto’s Pinewood Studios, a massive complex of airplane hangers jutting out into Lake Ontario, and you’ll see transporter rooms, engine rooms and lots of vaguely futuristic hallways. A producer is giving journalists an impromptu tour, pointing out small details like the Malaysian puppets hanging in …
Read More »Bernie Casey, 'Revenge of the Nerds' Actor, Dead at 78
Bernie Casey, noted for his memorable roles in I’m Gonna Git You Sucka and Revenge of the Nerds, has died, The Hollywood Reporter reports.He was 78. A rep told THR that the athlete-turned-actor died following a brief illness on Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Casey launched his …
Read More »'Fiscal Conservatives' Make Their Priorities Clear With Defense Bill
On Monday night, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the 2018 defense policy bill, a package worth nearly $700 billion.The bill sailed through the chamber with broad bipartisan support, as Republican senators were simultaneously weighing a last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act before the window to do so with a …
Read More »Hear Brian Wilson's New Surf-Rock Song 'Run James Run'
Brian Wilson released a breezy new surf-rock song, “Run James Run,” from his upcoming solo career retrospective LP, Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology. The track – which the Beach Boys mastermind co-wrote with Joe Thomas and recorded in 2017, specifically for the project – opens with a British Invasion guitar …
Read More »Harry Dean Stanton, 'Repo Man' and 'Twin Peaks' Actor, Dead at 91
Harry Dean Stanton, the legendary character actor and offbeat leading man who starred in Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Big Love in a career that spanned over seven decades, has died at the age of 91. Stanton died of natural causes in Los Angeles, …
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