Sean Penn will host his annual benefit gala for CORE, his relief non-profit for Haiti, this week in Los Angeles. And, as in past years, it features a star-studded lineup of performers: Beck, Portugal. The Man, Jenny Lewis, Dwight Yoakam and Henning May will take the stage on Wednesday, January …
Read More »Hear Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan's Moving New Collaborative Song 'Shock Collar'
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan, who is no stranger to collaborative projects, has joined up with a new collective called Humanist for a moody new song called “Shock Collar.” In the video, he pleads that he “never lied,” in his signature croon, singing amid swirling guitars and electro drums as …
Read More »Bob Seger Launches Official YouTube Channel with 'Night Moves' Lyric Video
Bob Seger was one of the last major artists to put his music on streaming platforms, so it’s no huge surprise that he’s also one of the last to start an official YouTube channel. It premiered Friday with a lyric video for his 1976 classic “Night Moves.” “The video is …
Read More »Hannibal Buress Talks Curating His Own Festival, Landlord Controversy
On Tuesday night, Hannibal Buress hopped onstage in Memphis to read the entirety of his first stand-up album, 2010’s groundbreaking My Name is Hannibal, straight off a teleprompter. He’s re-recording the album for the same reason Taylor Swift has indicated she’ll re-record her earlier work: to reclaim ownership of his …
Read More »So, How Was Your Decade, Wayne Coyne?
So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Wayne Coyne is parked outside his home in Oklahoma City, sitting inside his Prius. …
Read More »Watch: Americans Are 'Flushing Toilets 10 Times, 15 Times' Says Trump
President Donald Trump explained to the assembled media at the White House on Friday that there is an ongoing issue with “sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms” across the country and that his administration is “looking very strongly” into the matter. According to the Washington Post, Trump wants …
Read More »Watch James Bond Tangle With New 00 Agents, Super Villains in 'No Time to Die' Trailer
Daniel Craig‘s James Bond comes out of retirement for one last job in the new trailer for No Time to Die, set to hit theaters next April. The 25th film in the Bond franchise finds 007 living quietly in Jamaica after the events of Spectre when his old friend, CIA …
Read More »Legislators in Ohio and Pennsylvania Are Proposing Incredibly Restrictive Anti-Abortion Legislation
Two bills currently making their way through state legislatures in Pennsylvania and Ohio aim to place new, sometimes medically-impossible, restrictions on pregnant bodies. In Ohio, Republican legislators are pushing a bill that would require doctors attempt to “reimplant an ectopic pregnancy into the women’s uterus,” a procedure that does not …
Read More »Girl Ultra Thinks the 'Latin Boom' Is a Myth
There’s never been a more opportune time for Latinx artists to impact contemporary R&B than right now. Not that Latinos in R&B are an entirely new phenomenon — as evidenced by old school Chicano Soul artists like the Royal Jesters, or proto-rockeros Cannibal and the Headhunters, who once toured with …
Read More »Apple's Long-Awaited Music, News, and TV Bundle Is Almost Here
Now that Apple has fully launched its three media subscription services — Apple Music in 2015, Apple News+ earlier this spring, and Apple TV+ two weeks ago — public speculation about possible bundled offerings is reaching an all-time high. The tech giant will be ready to deliver its News+, TV+, …
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