Nick Cave and Warren Ellis previewed their upcoming soundtrack to Halle Berry drama Kings with two atmospheric interludes, “Saying Goodbye” and “Waking Up.” The brief instrumentals feature soft strings and high-octave piano melodies, recalling the textural ambience of modern post-rock. The duo also detailed the track list for the 16-song …
Read More »Hear Birdman, Mannie Fresh Reunite on New Big Tymers Song
Cash Money bossBirdman and producer Mannie Fresh reunited for “Desiigner Caskets,” their first new single as Big Tymers in 15 years. Throughout the cinematic track, the duo boast about weapons, after-show sex and their status in the hip-hop game. “I send him back in a designer casket, wrapped in plastic,” …
Read More »'Ismael's Ghosts': Marion Cotillard Makes a Meal of Wild French Drama
Arnaud Desplechin loves stories – the ones you show on a screen, the ones people regale others with that reveal delusions and dreams, the ones we tell ourselves in order to survive. A French filmmaker who’s given us some of the warmest and most eccentric movies to come out of …
Read More »Angelique Kidjo Talks Reinventing Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light'
Angélique Kidjo first heardTalking Heads shortly after she fled the communist regime in her native Benin for Paris in 1983. Listening to Western popular music was like an act of treason in her home country, she says, so she remembers feeling like a kid in a candy store when discovering …
Read More »YouTube Removes CupcakKe Videos for 'Nudity, Sexual Content'
UPDATE: CupcakKe’s videos for “Duck Duck Goose” and “Deepthroat” have returned to YouTube, Pitchfork reports. A representative for the site said, “With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. When it’s brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we …
Read More »Bill Hader, 'SNL' Imagine Fake 'Jurassic Park' Auditions
Bill Hader and the SNL cast channeled some of 1992’s biggest celebrities in a hilarious sketch imagining rejected auditions from Jurassic Park. The bit opens with Alex Moffat conjuring Hugh Grant in his screen test for Dr. Alan Grant. “I hate to be a bother, but if you look behind …
Read More »See Q-Tip, Demi Lovato's New Video for Elton John Cover
Q-Tip and Demi Lovato released a silky, Motown-inspired rendition of Elton John‘s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” one of the inventive new covers featured on the upcoming John tribute compilation,Revamp. The duo also unveiled the music video for the cover of the Number One hit that originally paired John with …
Read More »Hootie and the Blowfish to Reunite for Jason Aldean Stadium Concert
Aside from their annual Homegrown Concert in Charleston, South Carolina, Nineties radio mainstays Hootie and the Blowfish haven’t played many shows together in the last few years. On Wednesday, frontman Darius Rucker announced he was reuniting the group for one date this summer, supporting Jason Aldean‘s High Noon Neon Tour …
Read More »Harms of Fracking: Increased Risks of Asthma, Birth Defects and Cancer
“Our examination…uncovered no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health,” states a blistering 266-page report released today by Concerned Health Professionals of New York and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group, Physicians for Social Responsibility. Drawing on news investigations, government assessments and more …
Read More »Can Jack White Change His Stripes?
On a Detroit winter evening, years ago, Jack White punched a guy in the face. Really hard. And not just once, if you believe the police report. It was the culmination of a feud between two garage-rock dudes, back in 2003, when feuds and garage rock and dudes were still …
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