“It’s self-explanatory,” Wynton Marsalis says, pointing toward the papers in front of him. “Basically, if you look at what I wrote, that says everything you need to know.” The trumpeter had entered only about 30 seconds before, walking into a small conference room at the New York offices of Jazz …
Read More »'Avengers: Endgame' Breaks All Box Office Records With $1.2 Billion Opening
As expected, Avengers: Endgame shattered every opening week record in box office history as the Marvel epic opened with $1.2 billion worldwide and $350 million domestic, both new records. Endgame crushed the record established one year earlier by its predecessor Avengers: Infinity War, which opened with $250 million domestically – …
Read More »Watch Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie's Colorful New 'ME!' Video
A new Taylor Swift era is upon us. The pop star is readying her seventh album with the release of single “ME!” featuring Panic! At the Disco‘s Brendon Urie. Dave Meyers (“Sicko Mode,” “God Is a Woman”) directed while Joel Little (Lorde) co-wrote and produced the track. The song is …
Read More »See Dennis Quaid Play 'Mr. Lonely' in Midland's Riotous New Video
Midland chronicle the misadventures of “Mr. Lonely,” played to the comedic hilt by Dennis Quaid, in their riotous new video. The track is the first single from the trio’s upcoming album. Embracing the titular character’s greasy charm and penchant for philandering, Quaid leaves one stranger’s bed in search of the …
Read More »Joe Biden Officially Enters the 2020 Race
WASHINGTON — After months of hinting and deliberation, after endless will-he-or-won’t-he stories, and after a potential campaign announcement in Charlottesville, Virginia, was leaked to the media and then scrapped, Joe Biden has made it official: He’s running for president. The former vice president and Democratic senator from Delaware announced his …
Read More »5 Long Camping Weekend Ideas in Canada
With temperatures rising and spring weather blooming into warm summer months, it’s the perfect season to explore the great outdoors. To fill those upcoming long weekends, there’s perhaps no better place to think about visiting than Canada’s own backyard, where locals and visitors alike can appreciate its expansive outdoor experiences. …
Read More »Ty Segall Plans New York, Los Angeles Residencies
Ty Segall makes a lot of noise. Since 2008, the California garage-rocker has released nearly a dozen solo albums, plus quite a few collaborations, EPs, one-off singles and more. This summer and fall, Segall will explore his back catalog with a series of multi-night residencies in Los Angeles and New …
Read More »What's Wrong With Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, a moment when children all over the world are taught valuable lessons about the wonders of the planet we live on and editorial writers who spend the rest of the year ignoring or mis-representing environmental issues and climate change feel compelled to say something sentimental about …
Read More »Lee Ann Womack Plays With Dolls, Stop-Motion Animation in New 'Hollywood' Video
In Lee Ann Womack’s inventive and heartbreaking new video “Hollywood,” two plastic dolls in the stop-motion-animated clip play stand-ins for live actors, but the anguish of a faltering relationship is no less real as Womack sings, “Every time I ask you, you just say ‘we’re good’/Either I’m a fool for …
Read More »Lovelytheband Fights for LGBTQ Rights in New 'Maybe, I'm Afraid' Video
Indie pop outfit Lovelytheband already released a video for their song “Maybe, I’m Afraid” earlier this year, but today they released an additional one. “The animated video touched on the overall theme of the song, whereas this new video touches a little more specifically on one person’s story,” says singer …
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