Sadler Vaden gets the honor of becoming the first remote interview on Chris Shiflett‘s Walking the Floor podcast, appearing in an episode that was recorded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaden, perhaps best known as the guitarist in Jason Isbell’s backing band the 400 Unit, released his new …
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In 1973, Herbie Hancock found himself at a crossroads. For a couple years, the keyboardist had been leading a band called Mwandishi — named after a Swahili word meaning “writer” — that played sprawling electro-acoustic jazz with an emphasis on trippy textures and unfettered improvisation. “I think of Mwandishi as …
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Last month, the spread of COVID-19 started to shut down daily activities — everything ranging from mundane commutes to glossy film shoots. “The music industry seemed like the first to respond to that — ‘Oh shit, where are we gonna get content from?’” says Nick Cinelli, a director and animator …
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The Beths‘ debut Future Me Hates Me was about as fun and free-feeling as emo-pop could possibly get, spinning anxiety into cotton candy, whether it was on the radiantly catchy single “Happy Unhappy,” the bouncing bubble-punk banger “Uptown” or the sleek self-doubting “You Wouldn’t Like Me.” The New Zealand band …
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Linda Tripp, the civil servant who played a key role in the scandal involving then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died Wednesday at the age of 70. News first surfaced Tuesday that Tripp was gravely ill, the New York Post reported, adding that Tripp’s condition was not …
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Lilly Hiatt likes being alone. Earlier this year, when one could still travel, she left her boyfriend and cat behind in Tennessee to spend four days exploring the Oregon coast. When she was a kid, she’d race off to summer camp, only to look forward to going home at the …
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When Merritt Wever won a supporting-actress Emmy for Nurse Jackie in 2013 (she later got another for the Netflix Western Godless), she gave an eight-word acceptance speech before practically sprinting off the stage — “Thank you so much! I… gotta go. Bye!” Perhaps it was a moment of foreshadowing to …
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Millions of Americans trapped in their homes have turned on Netflix and watched the bizarre tale of Tiger King: Murder, Madness and Mayhem. The subtitle perhaps reminding us all of our shared national ordeal. The Tiger King in questions is the gun-loving, platinum-mullet sporting, Joe Exotic, a mix of PT …
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Chris Lambert has spent most of his life in Central California haunted by a billboard. The sun-bleached sign features a photo of smiling Cal Poly student Kristin Smart — and the promise of a $75,000 reward for her recovery. “If you grew up on the Central Coast, you’ve heard her …
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Most of Nashville’s country-music community should have been in Las Vegas by now. The 55th ACM Awards were to be held Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, with trophies handed out, nominees performing, and 12 million or so viewers tuning in to CBS’s three-hour live broadcast. But like many …
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