The release of Neil Young’s long-awaited Archives Volume II 1972-1976 is just a little over a month away, and, Friday, he dropped a trailer that offers a tantalizing glimpse into the 10-disc package. The two-and-a-half-minute video mixes photos, video, and lyric manuscripts from the era with snippets of songs that …
Read More »An Experimental Record Label Wants to Turn Animations Into Pop Stars
At the virtual Burning Man festival this year was an electronic artist named Xen — an emerging act who gave a trippy digital DJ set while dark, metallic tendrils surrounded the booth.The show wasn’t out of the norm for EDM. But Xen herself is — because she isn’t alive. Xen …
Read More »Downtown Boys Drop 'L'Internationale' Video From 'Miss Marx' Film
Downtown Boys have released a video for “L’Internationale,” their cover of the communist anthem from the Italian film Miss Marx. The film is a biopic about Karl Marx’s daughter, Eleanor Marx (played by Romola Garai), and features outtakes from the film — raucous, fuzzed-out guitar riffs and Victoria Ruiz’s vocals …
Read More »'Totally Under Control' Review: How Trump Created America's Covid Era
Alex Gibney, Suzanne Hillinger, and Ophelia Harutyunyan’s new Covid-19 documentary, Totally Under Control, began production in April in secret, while the three directors worked remotely from Maine and New York. (The documentary is now streaming online.) Until recently, the movie’s final cut was almost completely to-the-minute regarding the pandemic’s progress, …
Read More »'The First Time' With Taylor Schilling
Orange Is the New Black actress Taylor Schilling appeared on Rolling Stone‘s The First Time to discuss her starring role in an episode of Monsterland, a new horror anthology series from Annapurna that premiered on Hulu earlier this month. “I was really interested in the way the script externalized the more monstrous …
Read More »Justin Moore Pines for Days Gone By in New Song 'We Didn't Have Much'
Justin Moore leans into a more rootsy sound for his new song “We Didn’t Have Much.” With shades of Tim McGraw’s “Red Rag Top” and a heavy dose of nostalgia for days gone by, “We Didn’t Have Much” finds the Arkansas country singer reminiscing about Tonka trucks, G.I. Joe, and …
Read More »Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Virtual Ceremony to Feature Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus, Ringo Starr
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s virtual induction ceremony will air November 7th on HBO and they’ve just rolled out a long list of artists that will play a part. It includes Luke Bryan, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Miley Cyrus, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl, Don Henley, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Idol, …
Read More »'The Haunting of Bly Manor': 'Hill House' Sequel Sees New Evil
In the new, cancellation-happy era of Netflix (the latest victims: the fun yet thoughtful Teenage Bounty Hunters, the un-renewed cult favorite GLOW), it seems the safest thing a creator can make is not a sprawling tale requiring many seasons, but something tight and cancel-proof, like a limited series or an …
Read More »Facebook Just Issued a Massive QAnon Ban
Over the past few years, the QAnon movement, a baseless conspiracy theory referring to the belief in a cabal of deep state leftist pedophiles, has gained tremendous traction — and extremist researchers believe it’s largely been due to social platforms turning a blind eye to such content. That seems to …
Read More »Trump's Physician Seeks to Please Dear Leader, Avoids Informing Public
In a press conference before President Trump’s scheduled discharge from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he has spent three days being treated for Covid-19, his medical team shared some information about his health while still evading certain specific questions from the media. Although Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, conceded that …
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