Deerhunter’s excellent new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, is the closest the long-running Atlanta band has ever come to an outright pop LP. Highlights like “What Happens To People?” and “Futurism” revel in their smooth edges and sophisticated arrangements, and the album as a whole has an appealing sleekness, …
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Last August, a business-school-101 discount technique sparked a fight between rap royalty. With help from a generous assortment of album-merchandise bundles — sell a fan a T-shirt, hat or hoodie, throw in an album download — Travis Scott‘s Astroworld beat Nicki Minaj‘s Queen to Number One. Minaj wasted little time …
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In the second episode of Showtime‘s new Eighties Wall Street dramedy Black Monday, the main characters are shadowed by a screenwriter who’s working on what will become Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. At one point, Regina Hall’s Dawn is in the midst of lecturing a colleague when she’s startled to notice …
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UPDATE:A Henry County grand jury indicted R. Kelly’s former manager, Henry James Mason, on a charge of making terroristic threats, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Authorities say Mason threatened Tim Savage, the father of Joycelyn, whose family claims R. Kelly has “brainwashed.” Joycelyn has repeatedly denied the accusation. “Today’s indictment of Henry …
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Pop-rap act Jack & Jack performed their breezy song “No One Compares to You” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show. The duo, set up on a sleek stage that resembled a modern art exhibit, brought an organic touch to the track – utilizing a live drummer and electric guitarist. They alternated …
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Nancy and Beth, the quirky duo of Will & Grace star Megan Mullally and her musical partner Stephanie Hunt, will take their tough-to-describe, yet impossible-to-resist act on the road beginning next month. Bolstered by an eclectic, unpredictable songbook — ranging from classic country weepers such as George Jones’ “He Stopped …
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Ohio dance crew Walk the Moon broke through with 2014’s upbeat stomper “Shut Up and Dance,” a song that became a rare modern rock hit that went three-times platinum. After their hit, the band went through a period of band tension and family tragedy, which they addressed on their follow-up, …
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Illinois state officials rejected a concert organizer’s bid to host an R. Kelly-headlined music festival in Springfield. Spring Break Jam previously announced that Kelly would “host” the April 6th festival at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. However, in the aftermath of Surviving R. Kelly and the subsequent protests against the singer, …
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“Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins and Jimi Hendrix.” Those words, penned by actor, comedian, author and banjo player Steve Martin, appeared in a New Yorker tribute following the 2012 …
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On December 20th, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act cleared the U.S. Senatein a rare unanimous vote after it was introduced by the chamber’s three African-American members — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-NY), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — introduced it earlier in 2018. It means, …
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