Netflix‘s hit hip-hop competition Rhythm + Flow is proving to be a solid launching pad for its contestants, with D Smoke and Londynn B — the winner and third-place finisher, respectively — both steadily climbing Rolling Stone‘s Trending 25 chart. The Trending 25 ranks new songs that are seeing the …
Read More »Wilco, Brittany Howard Set for Shovels & Rope's 2020 High Water Festival
Shovels & Rope have announced the lineup for their annual High Water Festival. The fourth installment of the music and food weekend is set for April 18th and 19th in the Americana duo’s homebase of North Charleston, South Carolina. As in years past, Shovels & Rope, who will also perform, …
Read More »Kathleen Edwards Braces for the Holidays in New Song 'It's Christmastime (Let's Just Survive)'
Kathleen Edwards can’t believe it: The first original song she’s releasing since 2012 is full of “meows.” The song is “It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive),” a highlight from the forthcoming holiday album A Dualtone Christmas that features artists like Amos Lee, the Lone Bellow, and Delta Spirit. “We’re really going …
Read More »Dr. Dre to Receive Honor During 2020 Grammys Week
Grammy-winning producer Dr. Dre is set to be honored at the Recording Academy’s 13th annual Producers & Engineers Wing during 2020 GrammysWeek. The kick-off event for Grammys Week, which is set to take place Jan. 22nd, will be held at the Village studios in West Los Angeles and “will pay …
Read More »Tame Impala Map Spring 2020 Tour With Clairo and MGMT
Tame Impala have announced the first set of North American tour dates in support of the band’s upcoming fourth LP, The Slow Rush, out Valentine’s Day via Interscope. The brief leg will kick off on March 9th, 2020 at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena. The band will make stops at the Forum …
Read More »'For All Mankind' Review: Apple Leaps Into NASA Fan Fiction
I’m such a big NASA nerd that when the 1202 alarm went off during an Apollo 11 simulation in For All Mankind, Apple TV+’s new alternate history of the space race, I immediately knew it was the same alert that in real life nearly scuttled the first lunar landing. I’m …
Read More »5 Creepy Podcasts to Binge This Halloween
In this, the golden age of podcasts, there’s a show for everything — from dissecting politics to analyzing Frasier. So it’s no surprise that this October, production companies are going out of their way to provide spooky content to infect listeners’ ears. From creepy fiction to unsolved murders, here are …
Read More »Jenny Lewis Courts Some Zentai Suit Suitors in 'Rabbit Hole' Video
Following her zany performance of “Rabbit Hole” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, Jenny Lewis has released the music video for the track. The visual was shot live with Lewis and her band at the three-and-a-half hour On The Line Online fundraiser this past March, which raised more …
Read More »Robert Evans, Hollywood Superproducer Behind 'Chinatown,' Dead at 89
Robert Evans, the legendary Paramount Pictures exec and consummate Hollywood producer behind films like Chinatown and Marathon Man, died on Saturday, October 26th, Variety reported. He was 89. A representative for Evans confirmed his death, though no cause or location was given; The New York Times reported that Evans died …
Read More »Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Sweater Sells for Record $334,000 at Auction
Kurt Cobain‘s famed green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged concert sold for $334,000 at auction Saturday, establishing a new record for the most expensive sweater ever sold at auction and more than doubling its final-bid sale price from just four years ago. Once again, the olive green Manhattan brand sweater …
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