21 Savage began 2019 the same way he ended 2018: Atop the Billboard 200. Facing no new competition for the top spot, the Atlanta rapper’s I Am > I Was spent a second consecutive week at Number One. The all-star I Am > I Was sold 65,000 total copies in …
Read More »Mike Posner Pays Tribute to Avicii, Tracy Chapman in 'Move On' Video
Mike Posner catalogs two years of tragic events but resolves to fight through his grief in new single “Move On.” The instrumentation is sunny: firm strums on guitar, a disco bass line, a resolute four-on-the-floor beat. But the “Move On” video contains footage of Posner’s father, who died after battling …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi Comes Out Swinging
President Trump’s life isn’t going to get any easier when Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes the House speaker’s gavel Thursday afternoon. The veteran lawmaker has made clear that she’s going to do all she can to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and check his reckless abuses of power. On …
Read More »Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Kick Off 2019 With Creepy New 'Bird Box' Song
Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released a new 13-minute track, “Outside,” which appears on the soundtrack to the Netflix horror-drama Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock. An eerie piano theme runs throughout the ambient piece, laying a foundation for moaning brass, ambient synth whooshes and distorted noise. Reznor …
Read More »Watch Alessia Cara's Stripped-Down Destiny's Child Medley
Alessia Cara reimagined a series of Destiny’s Child hits – “Say My Name,” “Bills, Bills, Bills,” “Bootylicious,” “Survivor” and “Emotion” – during a stripped-down live session for Sirius XM. The singer recruited a trio of backing vocalists for the performance, and their pitch-perfect blend highlighted the four-minute medley. Acoustic guitar, synth-bass and electronic …
Read More »'Brightburn': See Terrifying Trailer for James Gunn's 'Superhero Horror' Film
James Gunn, following his firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, returns to the big screen as producer and co-writer on Brightburn, an upcoming “superhero horror” film. The film borrows many of the tropes from the Superman myth – the rural setting, an asteroid-strapped infant crash-landing in a field …
Read More »Brett Young Talks New Album 'Ticket to L.A.,' Gavin DeGraw Influence
Back in October, Brett Young ticked an important item off the bucket list when he headlined Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in front of a sold-out crowd. He opened his set with a pair of new songs, “Here Tonight” and “Used to Missing You,” that qualified as legitimately uptempo numbers within his …
Read More »'Mary Queen of Scots' Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie's Royal Rivalry
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie earn all the bows and curtsies coming their way for breathing feminist fire into Mary Queen of Scots, a 16th-century drama that messes just enough with recorded fact to avoid being dismissed as textbook-stuffy. In the year of the radically raunchy and irreverent The Favourite, …
Read More »Nick Mason on New Saucerful of Secrets Band: 'It Reminds Me of Pink Floyd 1967'
Earlier this year, after waiting nearly a quarter century in vain for Pink Floyd to reunite, drummer Nick Mason decided to start a Floyd of his own: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. The group features Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp, longtime Pink Floyd touring bassist Guy Pratt, guitarist Lee Harris, …
Read More »Review: Meek Mill's 'Championships' Places Him Up There With the Greats
“Nigga like the new Jay-Z” raps firebrand Meek Mill on “Tic Tac Toe.” “Poppin’ like Bad Boy in ’94, Big Poppa and Diddy,” he insists on “What’s Free.” Indeed, the shadow of the Biggie/Jay-Z/Nas era of critical and commercial dominance – circa 1996 to 2003 – looms large on Mill’s …
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