Not long after abruptly canceling the hit Roseanne reboot, ABC announced it will continue the show’s story via a spinoff sitcom this fall called The Conners. The only difference? It won’t include Roseanne Barr. ABC said the show will pick up after “a sudden turn of events.” The returning Conners …
Read More »'The King': Doc on Rise and Fall of Elvis Holds Mirror to Trump's USA
There aren’t many documentaries that see Elvis Presley as the bruised soul of America through fun times and bum times. In fact, there’s only one. Formerly called Promised Land, the doc – a spellbinder – is now known as The King,and filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (The House I Live In, Why …
Read More »Review: The Carters' 'Everything Is Love' Is A Splendid Celebration
Beyoncé and Jay-Z have closely guarded the particulars of their private lives for years. Lately, though, they’ve shown signs of trying to balance their massive public profiles with a desire for accessibility and superstar demystification. It’s a gesture Beyonce telegraphed with the unofficial campaign slogan of her Formation Tour: “God …
Read More »Watch Beach House's Menacing New 'Black Car' Video
A driverless vehicle drifts through the city in Beach House‘s menacing “Black Car” video. The black-and-white clip opens with establishing shots of a foggy skyline. Director Alistair Legrand – brother of the dream-pop duo’s Victoria Legrand – then moves to an otherwise empty parking garage. The car cruises through streets …
Read More »Trump's Unhinged Fox News Interview on the White House Lawn Was Frightening
Donald Trump has exhibited authoritarian impulses since the early days of his campaign. But the president’s recent meeting with Kim Jong-un seems to have inspired him to throw around language and ideas that would turn America into a dictatorship.Trump gushed about the North Korean leader following their meeting in Singapore, …
Read More »Stardust Prep Remastered 'Music Sounds Better With You'
Stardust – the now-defunct French house music group featuring Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter, producer Alan Braxe and singer Benjamin Diamond – remastered their sole song, 1998’s “Music Sounds Better With You,” for an upcoming reissue. The band has yet to announce a release date. Braxe told Billboard that the trio …
Read More »'The Good Place' Creator Mike Schur on Season 2's Debate-Spawning Finale
No comedy on television churns through more story ideas, in more surprising ways, than NBC’s The Good Place. The first season seemed to be about a group of flawed people who had somehow found their way into a version of Heaven, only for the finale to stun them — and …
Read More »Devil Makes Three Plot 2018 Chains Are Broken Tour
Fans of the Devil Makes Three have plenty to be happy about these days, with news coming out last week that the Americana trio will be releasing their first album of new material in five years later this summer. Things have gotten even better now with the addition of a …
Read More »See Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear's 'Everybody's Got Problems' Video
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear pull back the curtain on their creative spaces, both public and personal, in the music video for their new song “Everybody’s Got Problems,” part of the duo’s new EP The Radio Winners. Ward and his mother, Ruth, are captured in several intimate and endearing …
Read More »American Aquarium Tap Bewildered Post-Trump Rage on 'Things Change'
BJ Barham earns every bit of his Southern Springsteen cred on American Aquarium‘s first studio album since 2015’s Wolves, and its first with an entirely revamped lineup. The change, as they say, does Barham good, who’s been gifted the perfect players to soundtrack his bewilderment and rage over the 2016 …
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