Ty Dolla $ign and Post Malone have released a new song, “Spicy,” set to appear on the former’s upcoming album, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, out October 23rd. The track boasts a heavy low end groove topped with swirling synths and a delicate acoustic guitar loop that winds around Ty and …
Read More »As Trump Demonizes Vote-by-Mail, His Campaign Is Urging People to Vote By Mail
Donald Trump has made no secret of his disgust with voting by mail. He’s blasted the practice as creating “tremendous potential for voter fraud,” claimed it would spark “a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of ballots” and insisted it would create “the most CORRUPT ELECTION in …
Read More »BTS Owns $108 Million of Big Hit. Every Other Artist Will Be Taking Note
Big Hit Entertainment, home to K-Pop superstars BTS, floated a portion of its company on the Korean stock market last Thursday, October 15th. Thanks to stock-buying demand whipped up by BTS megafans, Big Hit’s share price opened at a wild $235 (270,000 South Korean Won) — double its initial public …
Read More »Life as a Covid-19 Long-Termer
On a damp and unseasonably cool late-March day in Southern California, Nicole Batenhorst looked around the triage tent and realized that getting a folding metal chair made her one of the lucky ones. She had just arrived at her local hospital in an ambulance after her heartbeat had become dangerously …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Teams Up With Sada Baby for 'Whole Lotta Choppas' Remix
Sada Baby and Nicki Minaj have teamed up for a remix of the Detroit rapper’s viral hit, “Whole Lotta Choppas.” Sada Baby’s original version inspired a TikTok dance challenge and the official video has garnered more than 7 million YouTube views since its release in August. It’s also been played …
Read More »Pharrell Williams, 2 Chainz Join Run the Jewels' Get Out the Vote Concert Lineup
Pharrell Williams, 2 Chainz, Greg Nice and Gangsta Boo join the lineup for Run the Jewels‘ Holy Calamavote. Named after RTJ4 track “Holy Calamafuck,” the show aims to encourage voter turnout in the upcoming election. It will air commercial-free on Adult Swim at midnight ET on Saturday, October 17th. In …
Read More »Broken Promises: How Trump Betrayed the Autoworkers of Youngstown, Ohio
I rode through your beautiful roads coming up from the airport. And I was looking at some of those big, once-incredible, job-producing factories, and Melania said, “What happened?” I said, “Those jobs have left Ohio . . . but they’re all coming back.” Don’t move. Don’t sell your house. — President Donald Trump, Youngstown, …
Read More »Jesus Christ, Superspreader?
A conservative Christian preacher promised to bring “salvations, signs and wonders, and miracles” to Nashville on Sunday night when he hosted a mass religious gathering in the city’s Public Square Park downtown. The real miracle, however, will be if no one catches the coronavirus. Sean Feucht, a Christian musician, online …
Read More »The Sedition of Donald Trump
Before Donald Trump got himself infected with the coronavirus, he had firmly secured his place as the worst president in American history. Now, after mocking Joe Biden at their first debate for mask wearing, Trump has proved to be a reckless superspreader, risking the lives of donors at a New …
Read More »Watch Mark Knopfler, Rosanne Cash, Darius Rucker, Peter Frampton and More Cover 'Stand By Me'
Sixty years after the release of Ben E. King‘s immortal “Stand By Me,” a massive crew of artists including Mark Knopfler, Rosanne Cash, Darius Rucker, Richard Thompson, Peter Frampton, Keb Mo, Jimmie Allen, and Rick Wakeman have come together for a remotely recorded tribute to the immortal ballad. The recording …
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