If you want something done right, give it to actor Zahn McClarnon to do. That’s the logical conclusion to draw coming out of this week’s episode of Westworld, titled “Kiksuya” – and the series’ best hour by a considerable margin. For once, the show’s annoyances (easy escapes, constant pointless bickering, …
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Thursday night, Kanye West and Kid Cudi teamed up as Kids See Ghosts to release their first album as a duo. Kids See Ghosts premiered via a livestreamed listening party held outside of Los Angeles in the early hours of Friday morning; Kanye and Kid Cudi were both in attendance. …
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Guns N’ Roses performed “Shadow of Your Love” live for the first time in more than 30 years during their Not in This Lifetime tour stop at the Dyrskuepladsen in Odenske, Denmark. The band’s former B-side tune serves as a lead single for their massiveAppetite for Destruction Locked N’ Loaded …
Read More »'Late Late Show' Producer on Booking Shawn Mendes, BTS, Fifth Harmony
It began with a toothbrush. During a late-March episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden, the host reached for his coffee mug only to find an Oral-B protruding from it. “What’s this? What has happened here?” he asked in a comically high voice. Bandleader Reggie Watts denied putting …
Read More »'Wreck-It Ralph 2' Trailer: Disney Princesses, Annoying Autofills
Disney princesses and annoying search engine auto-fills highlight the latest trailer for Wreck-It Ralph 2, which follows the animated film’s wide-eyed protagonist (John C. Reilly) and friend Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) as they navigate the Internet as a hectic digital metropolis. The clip opens with Ralph waking up Vanellope …
Read More »Lily Allen Plots First North American Tour in Four Years
Lily Allen will embark on her first North American tour in four years this fall. The British singer will hit the road in support of her upcoming album No Shame. The 21-date North American leg – which includes a stop at the Austin City Limits Festival in October – kicks …
Read More »The Edge on U2's 'Experience' Tour: 'This Is For Our Committed Fans'
The Edge knows that U2‘s ongoing Experience + Innocence Tour – where they play nearly all of their new LP Songs of Experience and skip most of their big radio hits – isn’t for everyone. “We felt like if you wanted to hear the Joshua Tree songs, there was the …
Read More »Bob Dylan's 'Down in the Groove': Remembering His Disjointed 1988 LP
BobDylan fans will forever argue about the precise moment when his career hit rock bottom, but most pin it somewhere around the time that Down in the Groove landed with a thud in record stores in May 1988. Columbia executives held up its release for a full year after he …
Read More »'Westworld' Recap: Liquid Swords
Dismemberment, disembowelment and decapitation: Traditionally, these aren’t what you’d call teachable moments. But thanks to some swordpoint shenanigans in Shogunworld, all three figure prominently into a key scene in this week’s episode of Westworld (“Phase Space”). Even better, they go a long way toward demonstrating why this installment is such …
Read More »Review: Shawn Mendes' Third LP Smoothly Transitions Into Grown-Up Pop
There are many ways to grow up in pop music: You can test out a new genre, change up your look or start singing about smoking weed. Transitioning your career from teen to adult is the true test of sustainability, and while Shawn Mendes is only 19 years old, his …
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