British billionaire and Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson announced a benefit show last week to raise funds for food and medicine for the citizens of Venezuela. Modeled after Bob Geldof’s Eighties ‘Live Aid’ telethons for Ethiopia, the concert is set to take place this Friday in the Colombian border town …
Read More »Yoko Ono, John Lennon's 'Wedding Album' to be Reissued
Yoko Ono and John Lennon‘s Wedding Album will be reissued this spring. Originally released in 1969, it was the couple’s third collaborative LP. Announced on Monday, which marks Ono’s 86th birthday, Unfinished Music No. 3: Wedding Album will be released via Secretly Canadian in partnership with Chimera Music on March …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Xasthur, 'For Shannon'
In the mid-2000s, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Scott Conner became something of an anti-hero in the heavy-music underground. Recording entirely on his own under the pseudonym Malefic and the “band” name of Xasthur, the California artist created dense, plodding black-metal tracks that, even in a subgenre known for its sonic bleakness …
Read More »See Black Coffee's Wistful 'Wish You Were Here' Video
The South African DJ and house producer Black Coffee released a yearning video for the single “Wish You Were Here” on Friday. The video is full of isolated people looking into empty space; during the clip’s dramatic peak, one character kneels on the pavement and shouts at the sky, nearly …
Read More »Watch Lizzo Confess Feelings in Black-and-White Video for 'Cuz I Love You'
Lizzo is releasing her major label debut, Cuz I Love You, in April, and the title track offers a fiery taste of her incredibly vocal and genre range. It’s the second single off the LP, following up the retro “Juice.” “Cuz I Love You” starts with a bang: Lizzo belts “I’m …
Read More »Does Washington Know the Difference Between Dissent and Disinformation?
H.R. 1, better known as the For the People Act, has won praise from many Democrat-friendly pundits. The first proposed legislation of the Democratic House would, among other things, expand voting rights by encouraging same-day registration, force presidents and vice presidents to release tax returns, and ban members of Congress …
Read More »Watch J.R.R. Tolkien Uncover Path to Middle Earth in New Biopic Trailer
J.R.R. Tolkien distills the essence of The Lord of the Rings in the new teaser trailer for the upcoming biopic, Tolkien, set to open May 10th. Nicholas Hoult stars as the legendary author, and in the clip he explains what his seminal saga will be about: “It’s a story about …
Read More »See Hasan Minhaj Respond to Saudi Arabia Censorship Controversy on 'Patriot Act'
Hasan Minhaj tackled the Saudi Arabia censorship controversy regarding his Netflix show Patriot Act in the host’s first episode of 2019. Two months after Minhajquestioned Saudi Arabia’s role in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggiandcriticized Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salmanin an October episode, Netflix removed the episode from the …
Read More »Grammys 2019: Watch H.E.R. Shreds During Smooth Rendition of 'Hard Place'
H.E.R. made her Grammy Awards debut tonight with a performance of her song “Hard Place.” The rising R&B star is up for five awards tonight, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist. The multi-instrumentalist took the stage strumming her guitar, offering up simmering vocals as the song grew more …
Read More »Review: Bob Mould Channels Hüsker Dü on Savagely Upbeat 'Sunshine Rock'
Hüsker Dü began making records in the Reagan era, and their hardcore-punk-bad-trip-psychedelia — exemplified in a white-knuckled cover of The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High” — was a perfect reflection of WTF rage at America’s right-wing hijacking. So it’s welcome and fitting to hear new music from ex-frontman Bob Mould during …
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