My Morning Jacket will hit the road again this August, in their first U.S. headlining tour in five years. The tour kicks off August 27th at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, and will make stops in New York, Seattle, and more before ending with a three-night-stand at Chicago’s …
Read More »'Run the World': Four Women With Big-City Dreams
Late in the premiere of the new Starz dramedy Run the World, Ella (Andrea Bordeaux) reveals to her old friend Sondi (Corbin Reid) that her on-again, off-again ex Anderson (Nick Sagar) is back in town. Sondi, exasperated, suggests she may have to have sex with Anderson herself to understand what …
Read More »Florida Reports Close to 12,000 Covid Cases Caused by Variants, Most in U.S.
Florida has the most variant covid cases in the United States. State health officials say in the two weeks following spring break cases have more than doubled and surpassed 11,800 cases, as of Wednesday. Officials fear that because “less than one-half of 1 percent of cases are studied for the …
Read More »When You Weren't Looking, Anti-Abortion Republicans Were Attacking Women's Rights
While the main agenda of Republicans in Congress in 2021 has been to do nothing as part of an attempt to stymy every part, Republicans in the states are busy at work. Headlines have appropriately focused on their incessant attempts to avenge and their punishing trans people for the crime …
Read More »Psychedelic Indie-Rock Band Crumb Comes Back Down to Earth
In conversation with the band Crumb, the word “fluidity” comes up often. First, when they talk about recording their second album, Ice Melt, in Los Angeles. “As a place, it looks one way, but it may actually be another way,” singer-guitarist Lila Ramani muses. “It looks so serene and peaceful, …
Read More »Flashback: Lana Del Rey Enlists Joan Baez for 'Diamonds and Rust'
On Tuesday, Lana Del Rey announced a quick follow-up to last month’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club,proving she’s churning out pandemic releases just as fast as Neil Young. Questions immediately arise: is this a different album than the previously announced Rock Candy Sweet, or another one altogether? What about that …
Read More »Ronnie James Dio's Black Sabbath Years to Serve as Focus of New Book
A new book, Sabbath: The Dio Years, will offer a deeper look at singer Ronnie James Dio‘s tenure with Black Sabbath. The coffee table tome will cover the vocalist’s full experience with the musicians, from joining the band before the Heaven and Hell album in 1979 to his period in …
Read More »Todd Rundgren, Sparks Reunite for 'Your Fandango,' First Song Together in 50 Years
Todd Rundgren and Sparks reunited to make their first music together in 50 years with the new song “Your Fandango,” a collaboration born out of the upcoming documentary about the Mael brothers, The Sparks Brothers. The track will feature on a new collection of collaborations Rundgren is working on. According …
Read More »Diplo Has a New Job: Boxer
ATLANTA – Triller Fight Club’s shakeup of the boxing world will continue with the fighting debut ofDiplo. Yes,thatDiplo. The noted DJ, songwriter and record producer is targeted to lace up the gloves for a Triller Fight Club boxing match on June 5th in Miami, Florida. Diplo — a.k.a. Thomas Wesley …
Read More »See Trailer for Director Barry Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad' Series
Amazon Prime Video has shared the first teaser trailer for The Underground Railroad, director Barry Jenkins’ limited series about the Civil War-era slave-liberating network. Based on author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel, the 10-episode series focuses on a slave named Cora Randall who, following her escape from a Georgia plantation, journeys …
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