This post contains spoilers for The Many Saints of Newark, which is now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max, as well as for various plot developments on The Sopranos that are relevant to discussing the film. “I try to be good.” —Tony Soprano The Sopranos, you may have heard, …
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Earlier this week, an 11-disc David Bowie box set was announced covering the period from 1992’s Black Tie White Noise through his lost 2001 LP, Toy, which will finally come out as part of this set. It’s packed with rare live cuts, remixes, and studio outtakes along with two discs …
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Michael Flynn is no longer a general, no longer the national security adviser, and no longer a credible figure in mainstream conservatism. This hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most powerful influencers among the nether regions of the MAGAverse. The Trump World hero has spent the bulk of …
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It’s easy to take the Velvet Underground for granted. Nearly four decades have passed since Brian Eno guesstimated that “Everyone who bought one of those [first] 30,000 copies [of the Velvets’ debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico] started a band,” and that maxim has been repeated so many times …
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She was a person of humble means who then made and lost a fortune, one half of a pioneering couple responsible for building a televangelism empire, a wife and a mother, a devoted disciple of Christ and even bigger believer in the power of puppetry to spread the Good Word. …
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UPDATE (9/9): Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer has tested positive for Covid-19, but the band does not plan on postponing any of their upcoming gigs. “Unfortunately, Munky has tested positive for Covid,” Korn said in a statement. “He is doing OK, but he will not be playing some of our …
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Harry Styles staged his first pandemic era concert — and first full-length gig in nearly two years — Saturday night at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, marking the official kickoff of his postponed-and-adjusted Love on Tour. The gig featured a near-complete performance of Styles’ 2019 album Fine Line, with …
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“Do we really have to grow up?” Kacey Musgraves asked on 2015’s Pageant Material, the last time the singer-songwriter was staring down impossible expectations. Back then she was figuring out where to go next after her standard-setting 2013 debut Same Trailer Different Park, which established the blueprint for daring millennial …
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In what appears to be his latest salvo against Covid-19 vaccinations and the lockdown, Eric Clapton has surprise-released a new single, “This Has Gotta Stop,” with an accompanying animated video that also addresses climate change disaster. A bluesy shuffle, “This Has Gotta Stop” appears to reference some of the medical …
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Daryl Hall & John Oates appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing a rendition of Hall & Oates 1976 song “Rich Girl” from their current tour. The live performance, filmed onstage in Mansfield, Massachusetts, gave the song an energized sense of nostalgia. The duo is currently on tour in the U.S., …
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