Days after blaming former President Obama for Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, President Trump is reportedly considering blocking $250 in military aid intended for the nation that has for years been the target of Russian military aggression. On Wednesday, Politico reported that Trump asked officials, particularly National Security …
Read More »Allison Moorer Previews New Album and Memoir With Visceral Song 'The Rock and the Hill'
Allison Moorer will release her first new solo album since 2015’s Down to Believin’ this fall. Titled Blood, the LP, out October 25th, will be followed four days later by the release of Moorer’s memoir of the same name, published by Da Capo Press. Moorer’s most recent recording project was …
Read More »Slayer Removed as NASCAR Racecar Sponsor 'Due to Reactionary Concerns'
Slayer‘s plans to display their logo on a NASCAR racecar during a race this weekend was called off by the car’s owner “due to reactionary concerns,” the heavy metal band announced Friday. On August 9th, NASCAR driver JJ Yeley, who drives the #54 Chevrolet owned by Rick Ware Racing, revealed …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves on Gun Violence: 'Somebody F-cking Do Something'
Kacey Musgraves is pissed off. The Grammy-winning country singer and native Texan offered an exasperated plea to end gun violence during her performance at Lollapalooza on Sunday, a day after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, left 29 people dead. “I don’t know what the answer is but …
Read More »Are Spotify's Shareholders Failing to See Something Painfully Obvious?
“[We] missed on subs. That’s on us.” Spotify wants the world — including the full gamut of Wall Street — to know that it messed up. As reported Wednesday, the company’s global subscriber count grew to 108 million in the second quarter of this year, up by 8 million quarter-on-quarter,but …
Read More »Replacements Prep Rarities, 'Don't Tell a Soul' Redux for 'Dead Man's Pop' Box Set
The Replacements will release a newly and properly mixed version of their 1989 Don’t Tell a Soul alongside a slew of rarities and previously unheard tracks on an upcoming box set, Dead Man’s Pop, out September 27th via Rhino. Don’t Tell a Soul became the Replacement’s best-selling record, but upon …
Read More »Flashback: Ray and Dave Davies Reunite in 2015 For Only Post-Breakup Performance
Long-suffering Kinks fans were given yet another jolt of hope earlier this week Dave Davies told Rolling Stone that the he’s been recording music with his brother Ray along with original Kinks drummer Mick Avory. “The songs are really just in demo form now,” says Dave. “But good demos. Ray …
Read More »'Sword of Trust' Review: Have Blade, Will Ramble
Lynn Shelton makes magnificently messy movies. A low-key fixture on the indie scene that gave us the Duplass brothers and various other prolific ragged-glory filmmakers, she’s a writer-director who specializes in skewed character studies; her best work — notably 2011’s Your Sister’s Sister — sands down the idiosyncrasies just enough …
Read More »Billionaire Impeachment Activist Tom Steyer Launches 2020 Bid
Tom Steyer, the activist billionaire best known for his campaign to impeach President Trump, has jumped into the 2020 contest, seeking the Democratic nomination for president. Steyer announced his candidacy Tuesday morning with a four-minute video, hitting populist themes and blasting corporate greed: In his launch address, Steyer said he …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Perform 'On a Roll' and 'Head Like a Hole' at Glastonbury
Miley Cyrus – as her Black Mirror alter ego Ashley O – performed both her Nine Inch Nails remake “On a Roll” and a cover of the actual “Head Like a Hole” during the singer’s Sunday set at Glastonbury. The performance marked the first time Cyrus has played both the …
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