Singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt hails from California — both Southern and Northern — and her first LP pegged her as one part late-Sixties Laurel Canyon, one part early 2000s freak folk. Her style blossomed on her 2015 follow-up, On Your Own Love Again, with stranger melodies (one song is even called …
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President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night was supposed to be about unity. Instead, it might have been the most divisive speech of his time in office. Trump tried, though. Kind of. “Together we can break decades of political stalemate. We can bridge old divisions, heal old …
Read More »After 27 Years, Billy Corgan Finally Reunites With Stolen 'Gish' Guitar
About a year after Smashing Pumpkins issued their fuzzy, trippy debut, Gish, a thief stole Billy Corgan‘s favorite guitar. The band had just finished a gig at Detroit’s Saint Andrew’s Hall in June 1992 when a friend who was acting as a roadie told him, “Somebody just walked out the …
Read More »Hear Nick Cave Sing on Larry 'Ratso' Sloman's 'Our Lady of Light'
Nick Cave lends his vocals to “Our Lady of Light,” a slow-building duet with author-writer-actor Larry “Ratso” Sloman that will appear on the latter’s debut album, Stubborn Heart, due out April 5th. The song has an orchestral backdrop, an easy tempo and dreamy, Fifties-style backup vocals — it all sounds …
Read More »21 Savage's Lawyer Calls Rapper's Arrest a 'Civil Law Violation'
Following the arrest and detention of 21 Savage (real nameShe’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph), the rapper’s legal team has released a statement about his current situation. According to Charles H. Kuck, Abraham-Joseph’s immigration lawyer of the firm Kuck & Baxter, ICE refuses to release the rapper “on bond of any amount.” It’s …
Read More »The Backstreet Boys Were Hitless for Years. Then They Met Stuart Crichton
The last eight months have been full of “first since” moments for the Backstreet Boys: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” became their first Grammy-nominated song since 2002, their first single to crack pop radio’s Top 20 since 2005 and their first Hot 100 entry since 2007. On Sunday, the group’s …
Read More »Best TV to See in Feb.: 'Documentary Now!,' Desus and Mero, 2 Dope Queens
When you think about TV in February, it’s usually: Super Bowl and the Oscars. But there’s plenty going in between the universe’s last two monocultural events: Showtime brings a pair of inimitable personalities to late night; IFC panders to the documentary geeks with a new season of a certified cult …
Read More »Hear Interpol's Haunting New Song 'Fine Mess'
Just one day before they kick off their 2019 North American tour in Vancouver, Interpol have released the new song “Fine Mess” via their website and all major streaming services. “Lately something has come over all of me,” Interpol frontman Paul Banks sings on the haunting tune. “My welts all …
Read More »The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele
A s usual, Jordan Peele knows exactly where he’s going. “What we should do,” he says, with real enthusiasm, “is head to Hogwarts. Get some butterbeer. The Harry Potter ride is dope.” Peele has a movie he’s supposed to be editing, a burgeoning production company to run, an adorably talkative …
Read More »Justin Timberlake on the Nostalgic Pop Thrills of His 'Man of the Woods' Tour
Justin Timberlake‘s Man of the Woods tour has not gone as planned. Last fall, the singer had to cancel multiple rounds of arena dates due to severely bruised vocal cords, a setback that left the singer devastated. “I’ve never encountered anything like this,” Timberlake told Rolling Stone in an e-mail …
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