Hulu confirmed its Veronica Mars revival and offered new details about the show, which is set to arrive on the streaming service in 2019. The eight-episode new season will center around a serial killer who’s targeting spring breakers in Neptune, California and threatening the town’s crucial tourism industry. After the …
Read More »Watch Nine Inch Nails Perform 'The Perfect Drug' Live For First Time
Nine Inch Nails‘ just-launched Cold and Black and Infinite Tour continues to provide fans with unexpected surprises as the band’s Tuesday concert at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre featured their first-ever performance of “The Perfect Drug.” Despite its standing as a fan-favorite from the Lost Highway soundtrack, Trent Reznor had …
Read More »Why Paul McCartney, Katy Perry and John Legend Are Fighting SiriusXM
As the U.S. Senate firms up a major decision this week about the Music Modernization Act — a piece of music legislation that was once guaranteed to sail smoothly into law, but has been waylaid by a series of surprising dissents from inside the music industry— a group of more …
Read More »Why Is the FEMA Director Backing Up Trump's Lies?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency should, ideally, operate independently of the president’s ego.This doesn’t appear to be the case in 2018. During a Sunday morning appearance onMeet the Press, FEMA Director Brock Long defended the president’s claim that the Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico had been artificially inflated. …
Read More »Pink Floyd's Rick Wright: 12 Essential Songs
Throughout Pink Floyd‘s three-decade-plus history, the band employed only five full-time members. Three of those men had their turn helming the project, each one inflecting it with a unique flavor. Syd Barrett reigned over the madcap, bluesy space-rock era; Roger Waters ruled the proggy, introspective concept-album days; and David Gilmour …
Read More »Eric Church Addresses Real-Life Dangers on New Song 'Monsters'
As the father of two young boys, Eric Church has had to do his share of monster checks before bedtime. He uses that paternal responsibility to frame his new song “Monsters,” the latest release off his upcoming album Desperate Man. Written by Church with bandmate Jeff Hyde (who released the …
Read More »Lil Wayne Is Now the Sole Owner of Young Money
After a lengthy battle with Cash Money — his label home for his entire, decades long career — Lil Wayne is now the proud owner of Young Money, his longtime imprint. In a new Billboard cover story, Wayne reveals that he settled for an undisclosed sum, ownership of the imprint …
Read More »Time's Up Urges CBS to Donate Les Moonves' $120 Million Severance
Time’s Up urged CBS to enact sweeping corporate changes and donate the entirety of ex-CEO Leslie Moonves’ severance package to “organizations that address sexual harassment and workplace safety.” Moonves resigned from his post Sunday after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, including unwanted kissing, touching and exposing himself. According …
Read More »Young Thug Booked on Felony Drug Charges Stemming From 2017 Arrest
Young Thug turned himself in to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department and was charged with five violations of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act. The sheriff’s department database shows that the rapper (real name: Jeffery Lamar Williams) was booked Tuesday afternoon. The charges stem from a September 2017 arrest when Brookhaven …
Read More »Anthony Bourdain Wins Posthumous Emmy Awards for 'Parts Unknown'
Anthony Bourdain was awarded posthumous Emmys Sunday night as the late chef’s work on Parts Unknown won Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Informational Series or Special. Parts Unknown also took home awards for its editing, sound editing, sound mixing and its online series, but it was the …
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