“I heard you been creepin’ round/’Bout the time that sun goes down,” sings TJ Osborne in Brothers Osborne’s thumping new song “Skeletons.” The country duo’s third studio album, also titled Skeletons, will be released October 9th. Opening with trippy, hypnotic keyboard pulses and throbbing bass, “Skeletons” surges just shy of …
Read More »What Is the Democratic Party in 2020?
The strangest Democratic National Convention in modern history — a four-night telethon that felt by turns intimate and awkward — concluded on Thursday night, with former Vice President Joe Biden accepting his party’s nomination for president on the third time trying. “This is a life-changing election that will determine America’s …
Read More »Bernie Sanders Explains Why Joe Biden Has the Most Progressive Agenda Since FDR on 'Colbert'
Bernie Sanders explained why he thinks Joe Biden has adopted one of the most progressive agendas since Franklin D. Roosevelt, despite their continued differences, on The Late Show Wednesday, August 19th. Speaking with Stephen Colbert, Sanders was frank about the gaps between his views and Biden’s, particularly when it comes …
Read More »Morgan Freeman Tops First 'Daily Show' Poll to Find Next Celebrity President
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah has partnered with the research and data group YouGov to launch a new ongoing polling initiative to determine who Americans want to be their next celebrity president. A press release outlined The Daily Show’s reasoning for stepping into the polling game, reading, “In 2016, …
Read More »2021 All the Best Festival Postponed
UPDATE (11/5): The 2021 All the Best festival — which serves as a tribute to the late John Prine — has been postponed with no new date given. The event was expected to feature Prine’s sons, Jack and Tommy. “Sixthman and Oh Boy Records feel it is only appropriate to …
Read More »'Lovecraft Country' Premiere: The Monster Mash
A review of “Sundown,” the series premiere of HBO‘s Lovecraft Country (which I reviewed earlier this month), coming up just as soon as my life is saved by Jackie Robinson… “I love that the heroes get to go on adventures in other worlds, defy insurmaountable odds, defeat the monster, save …
Read More »Margo Price Covers Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' on 'Daily Show'
“When Trevor Noah andThe Daily Show ask you to Cardi B, you do it,” Margo Price wrote on Twitter last night. That would explain her folksy cover of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s highly explicit rap song “WAP,” which she performed Thursday night for the program. (“WAP” begins at …
Read More »Hear Thurston Moore's Stripped-Down Cover of Galaxie 500's 'Another Day'
Gearing up for the upcoming reissue of Galaxie 500‘s live LP Copenhagen on Record Store Day, Thurston Moore has shared a cover of “Another Day.” “Another Day” was originally released on 1989’s On Fire and sung by bassist Naomi Yang. Moore strips down the dream-pop band’s instrumentation, using just an …
Read More »Cardi B Launches OnlyFans Account for Behind-the-Scenes 'WAP' Content
On the heels of “WAP” — her smash single with Megan Thee Stallion that just surpassed 73 million views on YouTube — Cardi B has launched an OnlyFans account with a $4.99 subscription fee. The rapper first posited the idea Sunday night on Twitter, referencing fellow artist Rubi Rose, who …
Read More »Sabotaging the Census Is a Gift to White Power
Donald Trump has tested previously held concepts of Oval Office power much like a Jurassic Park raptor testing an electric fence for weaknesses. The aspiring authoritarian has been busy lately, even by his standards: sound-and-fury executive orders that boast of solving the Covid-19 aid stalemate on Capitol Hill, but do …
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