Ariana Grande opened up about the Manchester terror attack outside her concert and how that experience informed her upcoming album Sweetener in a new interview with Time. “There are so many people who have suffered such loss and pain,” Grande said of the May 2017 attack, which killed 22 people. …
Read More »'First Reformed' Review: Paul Schrader's Faith-in-Crisis Drama Is Divine
There are powerhouse movies that knock you for a loop and take weeks to recover from – and then there is Paul Schrader‘s First Reformed. Not only is this faith-in-crisis drama one of the legendary writer-director’s most incendiary films ever, it’s one of the year’s very best – a cinematic …
Read More »Steven Tyler's New Nashville Doc: 5 Things We Learned
When the going gets tough, aging rockers go country. New docSteven Tyler: Out on a Limb chronicles the singer’s high-profile move to Nashville to record his 2016 solo debutWe’re All Somebody From Somewhereafter 40 years fronting one of America’s biggest hard rock bands. Directed by Casey Tebo, the doc frames …
Read More »Review: The Body's Powerful, Confounding Heaviness
Since releasing their first tape in 2000, the Body have become one of the most interesting and difficult to pin down groups in extreme music. Although the duo started out as a fairly straightforward sludge-metal group, playing protracted, foot-slogging paeans to depression, they’ve evolved into an experimental polyglot of electro, …
Read More »Hear Rita Ora, Cardi B, Charli XCX, Bebe Rexha's Squad Anthem, 'Girls'
British pop singer Rita Ora stakes her claim for song of the summer with “Girls,” a catchy squad anthem featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX. Reminiscent of Jesse J’s “Bang Bang” or “Lady Marmalade” from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, “Girls” showcases each vocalist’s distinctive style, from Rexha’s nasal …
Read More »Beach Boys, Royal Philharmonic Preview Joint LP With 'Fun, Fun, Fun'
The Beach Boys and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will release a new album that combines the group’s classic vocals with new orchestral arrangements. The album arrives June 8th digitally and on CD, while a double LP vinyl version will follow August 15th. All versions are available to pre-order. The Beach …
Read More »The 3 Biggest Consequences of Trump Pulling Out of the Iran Deal
President Trump has been criticized for lacking even a shred of cohesion in his decision making, but there has been one unifying theme over his first 15 months in office: torching the legacy of Barack Obama. The latest of his predecessor’s accomplishments set for incineration is the Iran deal, which …
Read More »Huey Lewis on Meniere's Disease: 'It Can Get Better. It Just Hasn't Yet'
Huey Lewis talked about his battle with Meniere’s disease for the first time in an interview with Todayon Monday. “It can get better. It just hasn’t yet,” Lewis said of the inner ear disorder. “I haven’t come to grips with the fact that I may never sing again. I’m still …
Read More »Here's the Truth About Robot Sex Culture
It’s been approximately a decade in online time since The New York Times published Ross Douthat’s cringey op-ed about the radicalization of “involuntarily celibates,” or “incels.” That’s time enough for the Trump White House to have cycled through three legal defenses and pundits to just have about exhausted the National …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee Compare Facebook to Human Skin-Eating Robot
Samantha Bee finds Facebook‘s privacy policies disgusting. On Thursday’s Full Frontal, the host compared Mark Zuckerberg’s company to a flesh-eating monster. While it’s capable of “amazing things,” she said, “you can’t be surprised when a human skin-eating robot starts skinning people. That’s what you built it to do!” Bee summarized …
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