Common has released a new song, “Say Peace,” featuring Black Thought and PJ, that will appear on his new project, A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 1, out this Friday, October 30th via Loma Vista. The track boasts a restless groove of shuffling drums and busy bass, cut with a prickly guitar. …
Read More »The Shins See Double With Performance of 'The Great Divide' on 'Corden'
The Shins performed their new song, “The Great Divide,” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Monday, October 26th. The group turned in a clever, socially distanced video with frontman James Mercer, drummer Jon Sortland, and bassist Yuuki Matthews all performing their parts from separate rustic settings. To handle …
Read More »Harry Styles Has Invested in What Could Be the U.K.'s Largest Venue
With the future of live music in jeopardy due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Harry Styles announced Monday that he is one of the investors in a new concert venue in Manchester, England, called Co-op Live. The AP reports that the new venue costs $456.6 million and is projected to be …
Read More »U2's the Edge on 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' at 20: 'It Was a Natural Moment to Reboot'
U2 had a lot to prove when they started work on 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind. The electronic experimentation of 1997’s Pop turned off many longtime fans, and the album failed to generate any genuine hits. The PopMart stadium tour may have been a technical triumph, but there …
Read More »Campaign Says Using Plexiglass at Debate Shows 'Bias' Against Trump
In a trainwreck of an interview, Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Hogan Gidley gave little insight into his candidate’s debate prep for Thursday night’s event but did share his thoughts on the well-known liberal bias of plexiglass. After refusing to answer simple and fundamental pre-debate questions from MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson …
Read More »Go Inside a Zoom Horror Film With 'Take This Lollipop 2'
For fans of webcam horror flicks like Host and Unfriended, there’s now a new interactive short called Take This Lollipop 2 that will put you right into the Zoom grid — and danger. Take This Lollipop 2 is a sequel-of-sorts to a 2011 Facebook app with the same name, which …
Read More »An Ex-Fox News Commentator Is Backing Away from the Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories
WASHINGTON — For years, Ed Butowsky has been one of the biggest proponents of the unproven theory that murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich leaked a trove of internal emails to WikiLeaks in 2016. Now, Butowsky is backing away from the Rich case by moving to dismiss multiple lawsuits …
Read More »Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman Strive for Blues Perfection in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Trailer
Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman star in the new trailer for the upcoming adaption of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which opens in select theaters this November before arriving on Netflix December 18th. Davis plays the legendary blues musician and the film is centered around an …
Read More »See Matt Berninger Perform 'Serpentine Prison' Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
Matt Berninger performed three tracks from his just-released new album Serpentine Prison — The National singer’s first solo LP — as part of CBS This Morning’s “Saturday Sessions.” For the performance, Berninger and his backing band holed up in a studio to deliver the LP’s “One More Second,” “Collar of …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign, Jhene Aiko, Mustard Team Up for 'By Yourself'
Ty Dolla $ign has brought on Jhene Aiko and Mustard for his newest single, “By Yourself,” from his upcoming third studio album Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, out October 23rd. “One of my favorite parts of making this album was getting back in with my brother Mustard and just making hits after …
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