When the video for Toro y Moi‘s ’50-50’ opens, singer-songwriter Chaz Bear is looking dazed, bleeding from one nostril as he stands on a white-sand dune in the desert. He’s wearing the clothes of a streetwear astronaut, and holding a large balloon-y parachute. Did he just land here? Where’d he …
Read More »Authorities Seize $77 Million Worth of Cocaine
In a joint operation with the New York Police Department, the New York State Police, and several other agencies, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency seized nearly 3,200 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $77 million at the Port of Newark/New York late last month. The bust is reportedly …
Read More »On the Charts: Hozier's 'Wasteland, Baby!' Opens at Number One
Five years after “Take Me to Church” and his self-titled debut album, Hozier returned with his second LP Wasteland, Baby!, which became the Irish singer’s first Number One on the latest Billboard 200. Since its release in September 2013, Hozier has sold about 2.6 million total copies, Billboard reports, but …
Read More »Song You Need To Know: The Black Keys, 'Lo/Hi'
It’s been five years since the Black Keys have released any music together, but with their new song “Lo/Hi,” the duo seem to have picked up right where they left off. Dan Auerbach‘s signature bluesy, fuzzy guitar and Patrick Carney‘s thumping garage rock drum beat are alive and well. And …
Read More »The Tragedy and Torment of Lil Peep
I t was five hours before showtime and Lil Peep was in the back of his tour bus, getting high with two young fans. They were smoking dabs, high-potency doses of concentrated weed that are vaporized, then inhaled. This was Tucson, Arizona, in November 2017, and the afternoon heat hovered …
Read More »Hear Louis Tomlinson's Tribute to His Late Mother, 'Two Of Us'
Former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson honored his late mother on his poignant new song, “Two of Us.” Tomlinson’s mother died in 2016, and “Two of Us” finds the singer both grappling with grief and striving towards hope amidst a swell of strings, piano and booming drums. “I know you’ll …
Read More »Netflix Adapting Novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' Into New Series
Netflix is adapting One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez’s acclaimed 1967 novel, into an original Spanish-language series. The late author’s sons Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo Garcia Barcha will executive produce the show, which will be filmed primarily in the writer’s native Colombia. In a statement about the project, …
Read More »Review: Maren Morris Makes Her Bid for Top 40 Glory With 'Girl'
Maren Morris made her bones as one of country’s brightest new upstarts three years ago with her major-label debut, Hero. She introduced herself as a Texas songwriter with a sharp eye, a velvet voice and a mean streak, especially when it came to her irreverent attitude toward Nashville pieties. “My …
Read More »'Now Apocalypse' Review: A Near-Parody of Oversexed Prestige TV
In one episode of the endearingly peculiar and energetic new Starz comedy Now Apocalypse (Sunday nights at 9 p.m.), the show’s directionless hero Ulysses (Avan Jogia), has sex with a hot delivery guy, then asks if his life is some “never-ending porno.” The delivery guy suggests this was an anomaly …
Read More »Watch John Mulaney Star in 'SNL' Musical Parody 'Bodega Bathroom'
When John Mulaney hosted Saturday Night Live last year, he starred in one of the show’s strangest sketches with “Diner Lobster:” a musical parody presenting a cautionary tale of ordering lobster at a diner. On the latest episode, Mulaney returned to host SNL and featured as a bodega owner in …
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