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Read More »Willie Nelson to Headline Virtual Texas Fundraiser for Joe Biden
Willie Nelson will perform at a virtual fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The show takes place Monday June 29th, at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT. The event is aimed at boosting Biden’s campaign in Texas, which is increasingly looking like it could be a swing state in …
Read More »Primus Reschedule Rush Tribute Tour for Third, and Hopefully Final, Time
Primus have rescheduled their Rush tribute tour, during which they’ll play A Farewell to Kings in its entirety, for the summer of 2021. This actually marks the third time Primus have announced dates for their Tribute to Kings trek: It was originally supposed to take place back in the fall …
Read More »Brent Cobb Has Apocalyptic Visions in Surreal 'The World Is Ending' Video
Brent Cobb conjures up a surreal world in the new video for his haunting song “The World Is Ending.” The Georgia native released the song earlier in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to shut everything down. Alternately nightmarish and beautiful, the clip created by Delaney Royer superimposes Cobb …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Jess Cornelius, 'Body Memory'
“Yeah, it’s true that I was on the fence,” Jess Cornelius sings on “Body Memory.” “The future scared me half to death.” Cornelius is singing about miscarriage, a topic — with a few exceptions (see Lily Allen’s “Take My Place“) — that’s rarely addressed as directly as it is on …
Read More »'Unsolved Mysteries' Teases Reboot With Vintage Mix of Murder, Disappearances and the Paranormal
The long-running television series Unsolved Mysteries teased its return on Netflix with a new trailer that features a look at its fresh batch of creepy, eerie and inexplicable cases. Unsolved Mysteries originally aired on NBC between 1987 and 1997, jumped to CBS for two more seasons and then eventually became …
Read More »Flashback: George Jones Sings 'Choices,' Releases Comeback Album 'Cold Hard Truth'
In June 1997, singer-songwriter Billy Yates, whose hard-country vocals were reminiscent of Keith Whitley, released his self-titled debut album, populated with classic-leaning honky-tonk tunes all co-written by the Missouri native. Five years earlier, one of Yates’ most famous tunes became a minor radio hit and a major music-video event for …
Read More »Anderson .Paak Reflects on Racial Injustice in Video for Protest Song 'Lockdown'
Anderson .Paak gathers with friends as he reflects on racial injustice, police brutality, unemployment and COVID-19 in the new video for his protest song, “Lockdown.” The Dave Meyers-directed clip includes cameos from .Paak’s son Soul Rasheed, Jay Rock, Andra Day, Syd of the Internet, Sir, Dominic Fike and others. The …
Read More »Juneteenth on Bandcamp: 14 Releases to Listen and Buy
Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the former Confederacy, has been celebrated as a holiday by many black Americans since shortly after the historic events of June 19th, 1865. This year, with the movement to end racial injustice back in the news, a number of companies have taken …
Read More »'Candyman' Director Nia DaCosta Shares Eerie Puppet Teaser Tracing Killer's Lore
Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming reboot of the 1992 slasher flick Candyman, shared a new teaser for the film that traces the origins of the titular hook-handed killer and its intersection with systemic racism in America. DaCosta’s Candyman is set 30 years after the original 1992 movie, with Yahya …
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