Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appeared on CNN’sState of the UnionSunday morning and discussed Donald Trump‘s recent attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). On Friday, Trump released an edited video of Omar’s remarks to the Center for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) where she was talking about how many Muslims were discriminated …
Read More »Watch Little Big Town Break Down Gender Roles in 'The Daughters' Video
Little Big Town’s newly released official music video for “The Daughters” represents three distinct time periods — the Fifties, Eighties and present day — and a young woman’s perceived place in them. Incorporating the young dancers seen in the previously released “Dancer’s Cut” version of the clip, this version renders …
Read More »Kazu of Blonde Redhead Goes Solo With 'Salty'
Kazu Makino, known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of alt-rock band Blonde Redhead, has announced her first solo LP, Adult Baby, scheduled for release later this year. On Thursday, she shared the first single off the record, “Salty,” together with a video. The Paride Ambrogi-directed clip was filmed on Italy’s …
Read More »Country Singer Earl Thomas Conley Dead at 77
Earl Thomas Conley, who enjoyed a nearly unbroken streak of 18 Number One hits in the Eighties — including “Holding Her and Loving You,” “Angel in Disguise” and the duet with Emmylou Harris “We Believe in Happy Endings” — died in Nashville early Wednesday morning, following a battle with a …
Read More »Laura Linney Finds Home Again in Moving 'Tales of the City' Trailer
Laura Linney heads back to San Francisco to find old family and new friends in the inspiring new trailer for Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, set to premiere on Netflix June 7th. The new 10-episode mini-series is based on Maupin’s series of novels and serves as the “next chapter” …
Read More »New Americana Artist You Need to Know: The Cerny Brothers
Sounds Like: Heartland rock in the vein of working-class heroes John Mellencamp and Tom Petty, but distinguished by a power-pop sheen For Fans of: The Avett Brothers, Rhett Miller, Wilco’s Summerteeth Why You Should Pay Attention: Robert and Scott Cerny grew up in a self-described musical black hole in Rock …
Read More »Jeff Tweedy to Release 'Warm' Companion LP 'Warmer' on Record Store Day
Six months after Jeff Tweedy released his solo LP Warm, the Wilco singer has announced a “sister album” titled Warmer will arrive on Record Store Day. The 10-song collection was recorded during the same studio sessions at Chicago’s the Loft that resulted in Tweedy’s 2018 album. Warmer was “recorded in …
Read More »Slash's Top Hats, Guitar Case, MTV Moonman Highlight Ex-Wife's 'Uncoupling Auction'
Iconic items from Slash‘s Guns N’ Roses tenure – including the guitarist’s top hat, coffin-shaped guitar case and his 1988 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist – will go to the highest bidder as part of an “uncoupling auction” following Slash’s split from his wife Perla Hudson. Julien’s …
Read More »Review: Khalid Looks Inward on 'Free Spirit'
Khalid Robinson’s 2017 debut LP, American Teen,was a coming-of-age record that made young-dumb brokeness feel like the only way to go. At 19, Khalid had appeared on tracks by Kendrick Lamar and Future, and he was tight with Kylie Jenner. Yet he perfectly inhabited the world of an average high …
Read More »Mudhoney's Mark Arm: My Favorite 'Grungy' Albums
As the frontman of Green River, Mark Arm sang on the first record that Sub Pop marketed with the word “grunge.” When the band’s Dry as a Bone EP came out in 1987, the label described it as “ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation.” At the time, …
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