In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like Chicago and Nashville, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Portland, Maine. The latest? New Orleans, where Bourbon Street is only the beginning. Here’s a guide to secret spots, dive …
Read More »Why Tulsa Might Be the Next Austin
In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like New Orleans and Nashville and Chicago, to rising hot spots like Raleigh, North Carolina and Portland, Maine. The latest: Tulsa, where history, social consciousness and barroom jamming make it one of …
Read More »Eminem Defends 'Music to Be Murdered By' in Open Letter
Eminem‘s latest album,Music to Be Murdered By, at times leaned heavily on one of the rapper’s time-honored attributes: a dependence on shock value. In its two most attention-grabbing moments, he raps from the perspective of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people in 2017 (“Darkness”), and throws in an …
Read More »How an Obscure Sample From an Argentine Rock Band Ended Up on Eminem's New LP
“Eminem wants to sample our dad,” Catarina Spinetta told her siblings. It was a mid-October day and they were celebrating their sister Vera’s birthday. “We we were just surprised,” she adds. It all started in September 2019, when they were contacted by Eminem’s label, Shady Records, along with Peermusic and …
Read More »Mar-a-Lago Guests and Israel Had More Prior Knowledge of Strike on Soleimani Than Democratic Leaders
Days ahead of the assassination of high-ranking Iranian military and intelligence official Gen. Qasem Soleimani, President Donald Trump was dropping hints to guests at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, telling them to expect something “big” very “soon” in Iraq. “He kept saying, ‘You’ll see,’” a source who was at Mar-a-Lago …
Read More »5 Biggest Moments of 2010s' True-Crime Boom
The 2010s was the decade that our collective interest in true crime boiled over into a full-on obsession. From the wrongly accused to sympathetic killers we want to be wrongly accused, we’ve been enthralled with any documentary, podcast, or book that treads the dark side of human nature. But over …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Goes Behind the Bender in 'Under the Graveyard' BTS Clip
Ozzy Osbourne unveiled a new behind-the-scenes video that delves into the making of his new video for “Under the Graveyard.” The semi-autobiographical clip stars Jack Kilmer as a young Ozzy, who, in 1979, goes on a brutal bender in a West Hollywood hotel and is dragged back from the abyss …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Recruits Real Life Couples for 'Put It All on Me' Video
Ed Sheeran has shared a romance-filled video for his single “Put It All On Me,” a collaboration with Ella Mai from his latest No. 6 Collaborations Project. Directed by Jason Koenig, the visual features several real-life couples dancing together from places around the world like New York, Zanzibar, the Pacific …
Read More »'Let It Bleed': Why the Stones' Nastiest Masterpiece Feels Right on Time
December 1969: The Rolling Stones are capping off their decade of triumph with a new album. It’s called Let It Bleed. The songs ooze doom, death, darkness, and destruction. Right from the start, it’s an album full of bad news, from the opening guitar shivers of “Gimme Shelter.” “That’s a …
Read More »Brazil President Blames Leonardo DiCaprio for Funding Amazon Wildfires
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro blamed actor Leonardo DiCaprio for in part funding the rash of wildfires plaguing the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro’s meritless accusations, which he made Friday, comes as the Brazilian president faces increased scrutiny from other world governments over his role in the intentional deforestation. Bolsonaro’s claims against DiCaprio …
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