Princess Nokia employs virtual reality to find an ideal match in the futuristic “I Like Him” video. The viral song appears on Everything Sucks, one of two albums the rapper has recently released. In the Sebastian Sdaigui-directed clip, Princess Nokia, who appears as a cyborg, orders up men on-demand and …
Read More »John Lennon's Solo Work Gets Upgraded for New Box Set
To commemorate what would have been John Lennon‘s 80th birthday, his family selected 36 songs from his solo catalogue and enhanced them for a new box set, Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes. Each of the tracks in the collection — which was executive-produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced …
Read More »Watch Tame Impala's Intimate 'Tiny Desk Home' Performance
Tame Impala staged an intimate “Home” installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk series, playing a trio of recent songs. Kevin Parker, the Australian psych-pop act’s songwriter and sole studio contributor, fronts the performance at his home studio. Adjusting effects and EQs on a small mixer, he adds a heavier electronic presence …
Read More »Watch Jeff Daniels Portray James Comey in 'The Comey Rule' Trailer
Showtime has released the official trailer for its upcoming two-part limited series The Comey Rule, starring Jeff Daniels as former FBI director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump. The two-part series will premiere on consecutive nights — Sunday, September 27th and Monday, September 28th — at 9:00 …
Read More »Latin Music Needs a Black Lives Matter Movement
Gloria “Goyo” Martínez, leading lady of the Latin Grammy-winning hip-hop trio ChocQuibTown, originally planned to spend the summer promoting the group’s new album, ChocQuibHouse. Instead, the singer-songwriter, 38, has spent the last two months at her home in Bogotá, organizing an international alliance of artists and music industry workers called …
Read More »Hear First Single From Soundtrack to Janelle Monáe's 'Antebellum'
Sony and Milan Records have released the first single, “Opening,” from the soundtrack to the Janelle Monáe-led horror film Antebellum. The movie will be released on September 18th, with the soundtrack available for download on the same day. The score to the film was written by Nate Wonder and Roman …
Read More »Todd Nance, Widespread Panic Founding Drummer, Dead at 57
Todd Nance, founding drummer and 30-year member of the Southern rock jam band Widespread Panic, has died at the age of 57. The group and Nance’s family confirmed the drummer’s death Wednesday, adding that Nance died in Athens, Georgia, following “sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness.” “With …
Read More »Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Talk 'Bill & Ted Face the Music'
It’s been nearly 30 years since Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted “Theodore” Logan graced the big screen, but on August 28th, the most excellent duo, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, are back. The franchise’s long-awaited third installment, Bill & Ted Face the Music, kicks off with …
Read More »Issa Rae, Bette Midler Reckon With the 'New Normal' in 'Coastal Elites' Trailer
HBO has released the first glimpse of Coastal Elites, a “socially distanced satire” created during and focused on the Covid-19 pandemic. The film stars Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Levy as the so-called “coastal elites,” each living in New York or Los Angeles in isolation during …
Read More »Hear a 21-Year-Old Bonnie Raitt Cover Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock'
Since writing “Woodstock” inside a New York City hotel room, Joni Mitchell‘s counterculture anthem has been covered repeatedly throughout the last 50 years, most famously with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s electrifying version on Déjà Vu. Now, a folky rendition by Bonnie Raitt has been unearthed, recorded at a March …
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