New footage from the lead-up to NASA‘s first manned trip to the moon (and the landing itself) features in the upcoming documentary Apollo 11, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Apollo …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Vampire Weekend, 'Harmony Hall'
It’s been six years since we heard from Vampire Weekend. So how are they feeling these days? Judging by the lead single from their upcoming Father of the Bride, the answer is pretty, pretty good. On “Harmony Hall,” Ezra Koenig and his bandmates spend a joyful five minutes and nine …
Read More »Kane Brown Brings Relaxed Star Power to Huntsville, Alabama Show
Much has been said about Kane Brown‘s stylistic malleability and natural ease with a variety of pop modes, traits he emphasized all over 2018’s Experiment. Brown hasn’t always shown the same level of comfort performing that music in a live setting, not having had years to work out his stage …
Read More »Inside Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst's Secret Folk-Pop Superduo
Last summer, Phoebe Bridgers had an idea for a song. “I wanted to talk about how stupid music is,” says Bridgers, 24. “I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn’t last forever.” She had been …
Read More »Kelman Duran Puts a Ghostly Spin on Reggaeton
It should have been a celebratory homecoming for Kelman Duran. Born in the tiny village of La Ermita in the countryside of the Dominican Republic, Duran had since traveled the world as an in-demand hip-hop and reggaeton party-starter. He was returning to play a celebratory 2017 New Years Eve show …
Read More »'Bohemian Rhapsody' Director Bryan Singer Faces New Accusations of Sexual Abuse, Rape
One day after the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody earned a Best Picture Academy Awards nomination, an exposé delves into the new allegations of sexual abuse and rape of underage boys against the film’s director Bryan Singer. The Atlantic‘s 12-month investigation, published Wednesday, recounts the allegations of abuse by Singer’s previous …
Read More »Supreme Court Allows Trump's Transgender Military Ban to Take Effect
The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump’s partial ban on transgender people serving in the military to go into effect, CNN reports. However, the Justices haven’t ruled on the merits of the case — they’ve just said that they won’t hear the case until the lower federal appeals court challenges …
Read More »Op-Ed: MLK Offers a Lesson on Why We Should Be Worried About Amazon and the FBI
As FBI director J. Edgar Hoover became increasingly disturbed by the growing political power of the Civil Rights Movement — and paranoid about its possible connections to communists — he directed his agents to step up their surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hoover’s obsession with King bordered on the …
Read More »Two R. Kelly Accusers Detail Allegations Against Singer on 'Dateline'
A pair of R. Kelly accusers detailed their allegations of sexual abuse against the singer in a Dateline special that aired Friday night on NBC. “Accused: The R. Kelly Story” featured new interviews with Tracy Sampson, who first spoke to the Washington Post in May 2018, and Jerhonda Pace, the …
Read More »See Rubén Blades Rock Out With Making Movies in Fierce New Video for 'No Te Calles'
Best known for anthemic salsa songs like “Pedro Navaja” and “Plastico,” the prolific Panamanian singer, songwriter and bandleader Rubén Blades tries on a new hat as a protest rocker in “No Te Calles,” his new song with Kansas City psych-rock band Making Movies. “It is like nothing Rubén has ever …
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