Sigur Rós announced Monday that the band “accepted the resignation” of drummer Orri Páll Dýrason following accusations of rape against Dýrason that surfaced in the past week. “In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days, we have today accepted the resignation of …
Read More »Watch Brockhampton Perform in Audience for Fervent 'New Orleans' Video
Brockhampton have unveiled their new video for “New Orleans.” The song is the first track on their newly releasedIridescenceLP. Similar to their previously released “San Marcos” video, fans are featured in the new visual, but this time the members of the group are performing live in the video, which was …
Read More »10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week: Lucie Silvas, Brothers Osborne
A long-awaited song from the Pistol Annies, Brothers Osborne‘s new single and Lucie Silvas‘ glorious “Kite” are among the 10 country and Americana tracks you need to hear now. Pistol Annies, “Got My Name Changed Back” Miranda Lambert celebrates her independence with this countrified kiss-off. “It takes a judge to …
Read More »Samantha Bee Sets Telekinetic Fire to Brett Kavanaugh Headlines
Samantha Bee went full Carrie on Wednesday’s Full Frontal, setting a telekinetic fire to a “shit tornado” of a week that found Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh facing – and denying – more sexual misconduct allegations. “Watching the sexual-assaulter-in-chief [President Trump] do some classic victim blaming is just one reason …
Read More »Nas Performs 'Adam and Eve,' Talks Moose-Watching With Kanye on 'Colbert'
Nas dropped by The Late Show Tuesday to perform his “Adam and Eve,” off his latest LP Nasir, as well as discuss recording his Kanye West-produced album in Wyoming with Stephen Colbert. While the Nasir version of “Adam and Eve” features The-Dream, the rapper instead recruited Late Show bandleader Jon …
Read More »Faith Hill Rallies for Voter Registration in Nashville
This past July saw the launch of the non-profit When We All Vote, which aims to boost voter registration for the November midterm elections and counts Michelle Obama among its spokespeople, along with celebrities like Tom Hanks, singer Janelle Monáe and NBA point guard Chris Paul. With the deadline to …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Pip Blom, 'Come Home'
Pip Blom is a 22-year-old Amsterdammer with a perfect post-punk name and a Cobain-ish gift for saying a lot with a little. On “Come Home,” the new single by her band (which is also called Pip Blom, duh), she taunts some tragic sap who’s under the impression they get her: …
Read More »Actor Jay Ellis on Lawrence's Return to 'Insecure,' Upcoming 'Top Gun' Movie
Loyal viewers of HBO‘sInsecurewere hit with a shocking end to last Sunday’s Coachella-set episode: the return of Lawrence. Jay Ellis, who portrays the seemingly gone-forever ex-boyfriend spoke withRolling Stone earlier this week about how he learned that his storyline was not over just yet. Before Sunday’s episode, Lawrence had last …
Read More »John Lydon Looks Back on 40 Years of Public Image Ltd.
“I’m not a sad sack,” says John Lydon. “The more problems you give me, the better I look.” The Public Image Ltd. frontman and former “Mr. Johnny Rotten” has been reflecting lately on the last four decades of his career, the time in which he separated himself from the Sex …
Read More »Something New to Worry About: Hog Feces and Coal Ash
A week after Hurricane Florence made landfall on the Carolina coast, officials are still unable to take stock of the potential environmental damage in the hardest-hit areas because of unsafe travel conditions, the AP reports. “Water is still rising, flooding is widespread, and lives are still in danger,” a regional …
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