Samantha Bee examined the way YouTube‘s algorithm for recommending videos fuels potentially dangerous and illegal behavior from pedophilia to extremism. A recent New York Times investigation discovered that YouTube’s algorithm will guide viewers with pedophilic tastes towards videos featuring younger and younger women. While the easy fix would be to …

Nashville fiddler-singer Lillie Mae released a new single “You’ve Got Other Girls for That” accompanied by a striking video. The musician also detailed her new solo LP, out August 16th via Third Man Records. “Well I ain’t your baby,” Mae sings at the beginning of the track, transfixed in a …

Nashville six-piece King Calaway made their national television debut on Monday, performing their current single “World for Two” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The song appears on the group’s self-titled EP, released via BMG/BBR Music Group in January. A multi-national group composed of Caleb Miller, Chris Deaton, Simon Dumas, Jordan Harvey, …

Four United States embassies around the world have requested to fly the LGBTQ flag on their flagpoles for Pride Month, and all four requests have been denied by the State Department, NBC News reported, citing three U.S. diplomats. During the Obama administration, embassies were given blanket permission to fly the …

Labrinth has released an imaginative new video for inspired single “Miracle.” The British singer-songwriter recently teamed up with Diplo and Sia to form the supergroup LSD. “Miracle” is a sweeping, synth-led power ballad that has the singer looking for a reprieve from the world’s pain. As the song progresses, the …

Duff McKagan doesn’t consider himself much of an activist. “I give to charity,” he says, “but I do it in a silent way that I think is righteous.” Lately, he’s starting to feel more comfortable talking openly about how he makes a difference in the world. Recently, the Guns N’ …

Chris Stapleton lends his voice to the end-credit version of “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” an original song from the forthcoming film Toy Story 4. The latest installment of the beloved Pixar series, starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, hits theaters June 20th. With a loping, cinematic …

For the first time since 2000, Portland queercore heroes Team Dresch released a new song on Tuesday, titled “Your Hands My Pockets.” A rollicking, pop-punk lust bomb, “Your Hands” is a refresher in what first endeared fans worldwide — gay, straight or somewhere in between — to Team Dresch when …

“You know, I never thought I’d be doing this,” composer David Yazbek admits. “The fact that I’ve been translating cinematic works to the stage has just been a coincidence. … I’m still surprised. I used to feel like an outsider, like a recording artist who has a day job, but …

This column contains full [Ed note: like, VERY full] spoilers for Deadwood: The Movie. Early in Deadwood: The Movie, former lovers Seth Bullock and Alma Ellsworth share an awkward reunion at the hotel Seth owns with Sol Star. Their feelings for one another remain intense, but Seth has long since …