In the decade or so since Steven Ellison released his breakout Los Angeles LP, he’s established himself as hip-hop’s headiest auteur, a maximalist Brian Eno for the medical marijuana age whose meteor-storm productions triangulate funk, electronica, and assorted jazz fusions, and are attached to out-there film projects and a live …
Read More »Controversial Billionaire Alki David Talks Looking to Puerto Rico for Hemp Farm
Alkiviades “Alki” David, the Coca-Cola bottling billionaire and hologram concert producer for deceased stars, has found a new profession: walking cause célèbre for marijuana. David was arrested on May 13th after bringing 5,000 cannabis plants on his private plane to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis. But the …
Read More »Will Nancy Pelosi Come Around to Impeachment?
Don McGahn was supposed to appear before Congress on Tuesday. He was legally required to, in fact. He didn’t show. President Trump instructed the former White House legal counsel to defy the House Judiciary Committee’s subpoena to answer questions that have risen since the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s …
Read More »Jon Pardi Previews New Album 'Heartache Medication' With Twangy Title Track
One day after making an appearance on the American Idol season finale, Jon Pardi has announced plans for his new album Heartache Medication and released its steady grooving title track. Heartache Medication, Pardi’s first full-length album since 2016’s California Sunrise, will be released on September 27th. Kicking off with a …
Read More »Kurt Cobain's Sweater From Final Photoshoot Sells for $75,000 at Auction
A sweater worn by Kurt Cobain during the singer’s last photoshoot with Nirvana sold for $75,000 at auction Saturday. The cardigan, which Cobain donned at a pre-In Utero photo session in the summer of 1993, more than doubled its pre-auction estimate of between $10,000 and $20,000, Julien’s Auctions said. Pictures …
Read More »Mark Ronson, YEBBA Spill Heartbreak on the Dancefloor on New Song 'Don't Leave Me Lonely'
Mark Ronson and rising singer YEBBA unveiled a shimmering new anthem “Don’t Leave Me Lonely,” which will appear on Ronson’s upcoming album, Late Night Feelings, out June 21st via RCA Records. YEBBA, who hails from West Memphis, Arkansas and has roots in gospel, delivers a classic disco diva turn on …
Read More »Hear PJ Harvey's Harrowing New Song 'The Crowded Cell'
PJ Harvey has unveiled her new song, “The Crowded Cell.” The song is from the score the singer penned for all four-parts of Shane Meadows’ new drama series, The Virtues, which is currently airing on the UK’s Channel 4. On the harrowing song, Harvey sings over an unrelenting rhythm and …
Read More »Ethan Hawke to Star in Louvin Brothers Biopic 'Satan Is Real'
The story of Country Music Hall of Fame duo the Louvin Brothers will be told in a new biopic starring Ethan Hawke, according to Variety. Satan Is Real, currently in development, costars Hawke and Alessandro Nivola as sibling singers Charlie and Ira Louvin. Best known for their 1958 album Satan …
Read More »'Fake Artists' Have Billions of Streams on Spotify. Is Sony Now Playing the Service at Its Own Game?
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? That classic line, delivered by Johnny Rotten in January 1978 during The Sex Pistols’ farewell show at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, remains the stuff of legend. The frontman appeared to hint that the Pistols – for many, the purest distillation of the punk …
Read More »'Fleabag' Season Two Review: A Heaven-Sent Sequel
“I want to fuck a priest,” the title character of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s seriocomic gem Fleabag confesses early in the second season. For most shows, this would be utterly scandalous. For Fleabag — the ribald, scathingly funny, achingly heartfelt story of a grief-stricken young woman battling her most self-destructive impulses — …
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