Kiley Lotz has a voice like a bell, one that holds on to its strength and resonance even when she’s singing of knotty emotions like those that dominate her second full-length as Petal. Magic Gone opens with the anxious-musician chronicle “Better Than You,” which frames the Scranton-born songwriter’s rock-life zingers …
Read More »Paul McCartney Details New Double A-Side Single
Paul McCartney will release a double A-side single featuring two new songs, “I Don’t Know” and “Come On to Me,” tomorrow, June 20th, via Capitol Records. The tracks mark the first taste from McCartney’s upcoming solo album. “I Don’t Know” and “Come On to Me” find McCartney dabbling in two …
Read More »Trumpism's Tipping Point
Sometimes, we forget where we are. Momentary amnesia is the most charitable explanation for Donald Trump saluting North Korea’s uniformed defense chief. In an uneasy moment of bonhomie during Trump’s Singapore summit last week, General No Kwang-chol saluted the president, then extended his hand for a shake right as Trump …
Read More »Rep. Mark Sanford: Trumpism Is a 'Cancerous Growth' in the GOP
Congressman Mark Sanford is beginning to cry. We’re only a few minutes into our conversation before the South Carolina congressman chokes up. “I apologize,” he says, wiping his eyes. “I just can’t go certain places or you hit the wrong nerve.” It’s Thursday afternoon, less than 48 hours after Sanford’s …
Read More »Summer Streaming: Your Guide to What to Watch
Netflix has a big summer ahead of them, with some of their most popular series facing down the sophomore slump (how ya been, Glow? How’re things, Luke Cage?). But they’ll have plenty of competition: Amazon‘s got a marquee miniseries straight from the BBC; CBS is going online with a delectably …
Read More »Fyre Founder Billy McFarland Faces Two New Criminal Charges
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges after the implosion of hisluxury music festival in 2017, faces new charges on Tuesday, Mic reports. McFarland is now accused of committing wire fraud and money laundering. Documents filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. District …
Read More »How Trump Is Torching America's Relationship With Canada
For generations, the United States and Canada have enjoyed one of the world’s most fruitful symbiotic relationships. The two nations share a border that stretches over 5,500 miles across the continent. Canada is America’s second most significant trading partner, after China, and no country imports more goods from the United …
Read More »Anthony Bourdain: Talking Punk Rock at Surprise 50th Birthday Party
In the mid-2000s, I would see Anthony Bourdain all the time at Siberia, a cavernous dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen. It was my favorite shithole, and one of his, too. He described Siberia as “a place I often end up at the butt end of an evening,” and I encountered …
Read More »Quentin Miller Isn't Picking Sides in the Pusha-T and Drake Beef
Quentin Miller became a household name for hip-hop fans back in the summer of 2015, when a reference track he recorded for Drake surfaced, proof for Meek Mill’s claim that the Canadian rapper used ghostwriters. Miller suddenly found himself on the front lines of a rap beef, the ammunition used …
Read More »Vocal Powerhouse Tami Neilson Talks Feminism, Sharon Jones, New Album 'Sassafrass'
When Tami Neilson became a mother, she began to take notice of the way people formed expectations about what she should be doing. A working musician for most of her life, the Canada-born, New Zealand-based performer was frequently asked by male colleagues and complete strangers how her sons could be …
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