One week ahead of the release of While I’m Livin’, her first all-new album in 17 years, Tanya Tucker reveals the LP’s emotional closing track, “Bring My Flowers Now.” A prime showcase for the Texas-born legend’s wise yet wistful vocals, the song’s powerful message — to show appreciation for those …
Read More »Flashback: Beastie Boys Play an Explosive 'Sabotage' at the 1994 VMAs
In less than two weeks, the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards will be held at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. Although full plans for the evening have yet to be announced, the cable network has revealed that Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Bad Bunny, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Lizzo, Rosalía, …
Read More »Watch Smashing Pumpkins Play Jammed-Out Cover of James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain'
The Smashing Pumpkins kicked off their co-headlining North American tour with Noel Gallagher last week, playing a set heavy on classics like “Today,” “1979,” “Cherub Rock” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” However, One surprise came near the end of the night when they played the Machina/The Machines of God deep …
Read More »I'm Tired of Writing About Babies
In March, my editor and I joked on Slack about the proliferation of the name “Baby” in rap right now. That conversation quickly turned into the piece, “The Best Rappers in the World Are Babies.” From there, the headline spun off into an in-magazine graph, incessant questions from social media …
Read More »10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now: Kelsey Waldon, Kip Moore
Valerie June reimagines a T. Rex classic, Midland bring back “Cheatin’ Songs,” and the Rails fire up irresistible Americana rock in this week’s list of must-hear songs. The Bros. Landreth, “Got to Be You” The kickoff single from the Landreths’ follow-up to their Juno Award-winning debut, Let It Lie, blends …
Read More »Trump Blows Up Over Report on His Dismal Performances in Dayton and El Paso
On Saturday, the president of the United States took to Twitter to whine about a recap published in the New York Times covering the backstory of what went wrong during his visits to both El Paso and Dayton this week, the scenes of two recent mass shootings. The Times covered …
Read More »See Grace VanderWaal's Solo Gas Station Party in 'Waste My Time' Video
Grace VanderWaal embraces synth pop and a lonely night in a gas station for her new “Waste My Time” video. The 15-year-old singer-songwriter will launch her Ur So Beautiful tour this weekend. “Waste My Time” is a major departure for the teen, who was introduced to the world as a …
Read More »State Department Staffer Suspended After Being Outed as Contributor to White Supremacist Forums
Civil rights group the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert, a foreign affairs officer in the department’s Bureau of Energy Resources, as an attendee of the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally and a contributor to various white supremacist forums on the internet, according …
Read More »For Toni Morrison, Who Taught Me to See
I write directly to you, Ms. Morrison, because I know no other way to do this. It is a selfish act, since I currently lack any faith that some divine deliverer or cosmic accident will get this message to you as easily as if I’d sent it to your Princeton …
Read More »Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne Are in a Faerie-Tale Romance in 'Carnival Row' Trailer
Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne play star-crossed lovers in a Victorian fantasy world in the new trailer for Carnival Row. The eight-episode series will premiere August 30th on Amazon Prime Video. In the universe of the show, Delevingne plays a human-sized faerie, Vignette Stonemoss, who’s part of an influx of mythological …
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