Comedian Pauly Shore recounts his first-ever stand-up show, the creation of his character “the Weasel” and more in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. Shore’s next project, Guest House, hits on-demand services Friday, September 4th. In the film, Shore plays a squatter who refuses to move out …

Finneas has released a new song and music video titled “What They’ll Say About Us,” an anthem dedicated to the past few months of sweeping social change and protests for racial justice in the United States while much of the country is in lockdown. “I wrote this song in June …

In late July, Garth Brooks held a superfluous press conference to make a proclamation. Having successfully set the record for most CMA Entertainer of the Year wins with seven, Brooks, at his humblebraggiest, was stepping away to allow someone else a shot at the title. He caught a lot of …

CNCO performed “Beso” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, a new song they surprise-released on Thursday. In what marks the boy band’s debut performance at the ceremony, the five-piece group performed at MTV’s drive-in concert setup in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, along the East River. Members Joel Pimental, Richard Camacho, …

More than any other pop star of the 2000s, Lil Wayne thrived in the chaos left behind by a rapidly changing music industry. When streaming was still a dream and physical CD sales were cratering, the New Orleans rapper consumed and re-contextualized everything from the Beatles to Beyoncé. It was …

It’s been three decades between gigs for those Wyld Stallyns William “Bill” S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves). Was it worth the wait to once again see these two knuckleheads be excellent to each other? Totally, dudes. When Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure debuted in …

Nas celebrates black culture and beauty in his new video for “Ultra Black.” The song appears on his latest studio album, King’s Disease, which arrived last week via Mass Appeal. In the Spike Jordan-directed video, Nas appears in his kitchen rapping over Hit-Boy’s beats — the song’s producer makes a …

On the heels of releasing Music for Looking Animals, a new album under his solo project Mountain Time, Chris Simpson has released a wistful video for “Empty Graves.” Directed by Gates Bradley, the black-and-white video features an accordion player busking in an empty town. Wearing a mask, she straps on …

Hannibal Buress will experiment with a new format on an upcoming music and comedy tour for drive-in theaters. The “Let’s See How This Goes” trek —which features a “masks required, socially distanced” format, according to a statement — will run for five dates in late September: the 22nd in Cleveland; …

A review of this week’s Lovecraft Country, “Whitey’s on the Moon,” coming up just as soon as I help a cow birth a monster… “It’s a spell. Seems the KKK isn’t just calling themselves Grand Wizards anymore.” -Tic “Whitey’s on the Moon” is a real anomaly as the second episode …