Dev Hynes, A.K.A. Blood Orange, released his latest mixtapeAngel’s Pulse earlier this month. He’s unveiled the self-directed music video for mixtape track “Benzo,” featuring him and his cohort dressed as French aristocracy. After arriving late at the court, Hynes performs the song in front of the gathered lords and ladies, …
Read More »'Shangri-La' Review: The Art of Zen Record Producing According to Rick Rubin
“It’s not about me at all,” says Rick Rubin — renowned record producer, hip-hop pioneer, possessor of one of the world’s truly magnificent celebrity beards — at the very beginning of Shangri-La, Showtime’s four-part docuseries that premieres tonight and is … well, ostensibly about him. He’s talking to the project’s …
Read More »Review: Banks Doubles Down On Her Emo Goth-Pop with “III”
Since her gothy 2014 single “Beggin’ For Thread” (“to sew this hole up that you ripped in my head”), Jillian Banks has stepped with a vanguard steering pop from butterflies and rainbows towards darker, weirder places. She doubles down on III, suggesting Billie Eilish’s graver older sis with a timely …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Calls Into E Street Radio, Promises 'Western Stars' Concert Film
Bruce Springsteen was driving back from the gym this morning when he called up SiriusXM’s E Street Radio to chat with hosts Dave Marsh and Jim Rotolo. During the ten-minute conversation, he revealed that filmmaker Thom Zimny shot a film where he plays his new record Western Stars from start …
Read More »Flashback: Dana Carvey's Greatest Moment as Ross Perot on 'Saturday Night Live'
The late Ross Perot will be remembered for a great many things, from running for president in 1992 as a third-party candidate and scoring 19% of the vote, arguably handing the White House to Bill Clinton, to founding the billion dollar company Electronic Data Systems and organizing a daring 1979 …
Read More »Meghan Trainor, Kaskade Travel Through Space in New 'With You' Video
Meghan Trainor and Kaskade explore a psychedelic outer space in their animated “With You” video. The clip opens with a woman flying a spaceship and crashing on rocky terrain populated by three-eyed cats. Trainor and Kaskade appear as mystical beings — and the former shoots rainbows out of her eyes, …
Read More »Flashback: U2 Play Frenetic 'Out of Control' on 1981 'Boy' Tour
U2’s hardcore fans unearthed an important piece of the band’s history earlier this month with the discovery of an audience recording from an August 1979 gig the group played at Dublin’s Dandelion Market. It’s the earliest U2 concert recording known to exist, containing not just early versions of “Out of …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Arrested in Sweden for Suspected Assault
A$AP Rocky has been arrested for suspected“gross assault” following an altercation on a street in Stockholm, Sweden, according to CBS News andThe Hollywood Reporter. A video filmed Sunday allegedly shows the rapper grab a man and throw him through the air; members of Rocky’s encourage then appear to throw punches …
Read More »Watch Exclusive Clip From New Leonard Cohen Documentary 'Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love'
Leonard Cohen was a struggling poet and author living on the Greek Island of Hydra in 1960 when he first met Marianne Ihlen, the ex-wife of Norwegian author Axel Jensen. Their whirlwind romance inspired many of Cohen’s earliest love songs including, of course, the 1967 classic “So Long, Marianne.” Cohen …
Read More »Cory Booker: Biden Can't Speak 'Honestly About Race'
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker told Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday that fellow candidate Joe Biden has shown “an inability to talk candidly about the mistakes he made” regarding race. Todd asked Booker about Biden’s “hoodie” comments that Booker had taken issue with on Twitter earlier this …
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