Marvin Gaye‘s legendary May 1972 concert in Washington D.C., featuring the singer’s only full album performance of his classic What’s Going On, will be reissued as a standalone live album for the first time this October. What’s Going On Live, due out October 18th via Motown/UMe, highlights Gaye’s May 1st, …
Read More »Hear Charli XCX, Haim's Subdued New Song 'Warm'
Charli XCX has released her latest collaborative track from her upcoming third studio album, Charli, out on September 13th. The song, “Warm,” features vocals from the band Haim, which describe a relationship on the rocks over a subdued electronic beat. “You’ve gotta tell me the reason/Why we can’t fall in …
Read More »Watch Bernie Sanders and Killer Mike Discuss What It Means to Be Rich
Bernie Sanders turned heads during his 2016 presidential campaign when he drew an unlikely endorsement from Atlanta rapper Killer Mike. The two met over soul food in the fall of 2015, and Killer Mike, real name Michael Render, went on to campaign for the progressive senator. “I am here because …
Read More »Trisha Yearwood on Why She Sees Garth Brooks in Her New Song 'The Matador'
Trisha Yearwood is enjoying her biggest hit in years with the lead single and title track from her new album, Every Girl, recently debuting at Number 21 on the country airplay chart. But there’s another song on the album, out Friday, that proves Yearwood’s creative instincts are still just as …
Read More »Trump, for at Least the 14th Time, Says We're Close to a Deal With China
President Trump is, once again, optimistic that he will be able to strike a trade deal with China — and soon. Speaking from the G7 summit of world leaders in Biarritz, France, on Monday, the president said that he had “very good calls” with China over the weekend, and that …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: The Most Dangerous Game
What do you call a heel turn for a villain? Succession has always been driven forward by the cruelty and vindictiveness of Brian Cox’s Logan Roy, but on Sunday’s episode, “Hunting,” he took it to heights that surprised even the other characters. It was a descent into madness for the …
Read More »Why It Took Rodney Crowell 40 Years to Make His 'Texas' Album
Rodney Crowell could have spent a lifetime writing an album about Texas. In a way, he has. Though the Grammy-winning Americana storyteller left the Lone Star State for Music City in 1972, he’s returned to it time and again for inspiration in the decades since, from his 2001 LP The …
Read More »Hear Blink-182, Lil Wayne Mash Up 'What's My Age Again' and 'A Milli'
To promote their joint headlining tour, Blink-182 and Lil Wayne have released a mash-up of their hits “What’s My Age Again?” and “A Milli.” The track, which was previously unveiled in a live version when the tour was announced in May, somehow brings the two very different songs together fairly …
Read More »Paul Rudd to Go Full 'Multiplicity' in 'Living With Yourself' Netflix Series
Paul Rudd will follow in the multiple footsteps of Michael Keaton in Multiplicity this fall when he plays multiple versions of the same character in Netflix’s new comedy series Living With Yourself. The series marks Rudd’s first leading role on a television series. Rudd will be playing down-on-his luck Miles, …
Read More »The Coming Fight over the Federal Death Penalty
The federal death penalty in America, unused since 2003, is plainly constitutional. The most conservative Supreme Court in 80 years certainly will say so when next asked. So there is every reason to think that in the next year or so the federal “machinery of death” will begin to churn …
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