Olivia Rodrigo celebrated the release of her chart-topping debut albumSour with a livestream concert film,Sour Prom, which aired Tuesday night on YouTube. Rodrigo themed the concert film around a prom celebration for her and her fans — the singer just graduated from high school but was unable to go to …
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Read More »Lil Yachty Speaks From the Heart With 'Love Music'
Lil Yachty shows off his sensitive side in a new single, “Love Music,” released on Tuesday via Quality Control and Motown. Following his rapid-fire Michigan Boy Boat mixtape, “Love Music” is much mellower and sees the rapper expressing his gratitude over a long-term romance, from high school dances to marriage: “You …
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Things got heated (or, shall we say, brutal) last week when Olivia Rodrigo announced her Sour Prom concert film, which featured a photo of her as a Gen Z Carriewearing a tiara while holding a bouquet of roses. But as her mascara-streaked eyes gazed into the distance, trouble loomed ahead. …
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Former attorney general William Barr, one of Trump’s true loyalists, literally called “bullshit” on his former boss’s oft-disproven claims of election fraud. This news comes from an excerpt of a book by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, Betrayal, which chronicles the last days of the Trump administration. According to the book, …
Read More »Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong Get Trapped in a Musical in New 'Schmigadoon!' Trailer
Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong play a couple who wind up stuck in a world modeled after golden-age musicals in the new trailer for Schmigadoon! The six-episode series premieres July 16th on Apple TV+. The trailer opens with Josh (Key) and Melissa (Strong) arguing in the rain during a backpacking …
Read More »Modest Mouse Sound Lonesome, Crowded on 'The Golden Casket'
Modest Mouse were the perfect “right time, right place” band for the early Aughts indie-rock gold rush. They had legit Nineties alt-rock bona fides (Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson co-produced Mouse’s high water mark, ’97’s The Lonesome Crowded West), and frontman Isaac Brock wrote quirky, clever songs in the traditions of …
Read More »'Candyman' Sequel Sets Release Date, Reveals New Trailer
Following a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Candyman sequel has announced its theatrical release date — August 27th — and with it a new trailer for the spin on the 1992 horror film. The preview focuses on the connection between Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Anthony McCoy and the …
Read More »Tame Impala Announces 'Phase 1 Rushium Trials' Tour Dates
After a mysterious teaser appeared earlier this week, Tame Impala have announced Phase 1 of their Rushium Trials, the band’s official tour for their 2020 album The Slow Rush. Although the album was released in February 2020, the tour was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tour kicks off …
Read More »'David Makes Man' Season 2: A Tender Portrait of Teenhood Ages Gracefully
When last we saw David (Akili McDowell), the hero of the gorgeous drama series David Makes Man, he was 14 years old, nearing the end of his time in middle school, and still very much an anxious kid hoping to one day feel comfortable in any of the disparate social …
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