Electro-pop bandChromaticsunveiled a dark video for their new song “Blue Girl.” The track will appear on their forthcoming LPDear Tommy, which is due out this fall. Directed by Chromatics in collaboration with director of photography Rene Hallen, the video ruminates on the pain of romantic departures. “Blue one/ Don’t come …
Read More »Jon Spencer Previews Debut Solo Album With Raw 'Do the Trash Can'
Legendary garage rocker Jon Spencer unveiled a gritty new track, “Do the Trash Can,” the first offering off his debut solo album, Spencer Sings the Hits!, set to arrive early this fall via In the Red Records. On “Do the Trash Can,” Spencer puts classic rock and roll dance tunes …
Read More »Watch Sock Puppets Sing Mike Shinoda's 'Ghosts' in New Video
Mike Shinoda recruits a pair of sock puppets to deliver his latest single in the Linkin Park rocker’s new video for “Ghosts.” The video, produced and directed by Shinoda, is a DIY affair as “Boris & Miss Oatmeal,” the two sock puppets with drawn-on eyes and mouth, lip sync to …
Read More »Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Icona Pop Teach Oral Sex in 'Bitches' Remix Video
Tove Lo and her all-star crew of guest artists – Charli XCX, Icona Pop, Elliphant and Alma – instruct a bored couple on the art of oral sex in their hilarious video for Lo’s new “Bitches” remix. Lucia Aniello (Broad City) directed the wild clip, which opens with Paul W. …
Read More »Glen Campbell's Widow on Biopic: 'They're Working on It'
At a Nashville event this past weekend in support of Alzheimer’s awareness and research, Glen Campbell‘s widow Kim Campbell noted that plans are underway for a new biopic about the turbulent life and career of her late husband, who succumbed to the disease last August. “They’re working on it, you …
Read More »Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Meek Mill Lead 2018 Made in America Fest
UPDATE: Pusha T, Daniel Caesar, Lil Skies and rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, who pleadedguilty in 2015 to use of a child in a sexual performance, have been added to this year’s Made in America Festival. *** The Jay Z-curated Made in America Festival will return to Philadelphia on Labor Day weekend …
Read More »Taibbi: Seymour Hersh's Memoir Is Full of Useful Reporting Secrets
Late in his new memoir, Reporter, muckraking legend Seymour Hersh recounts an episode from a story he wrote for the New Yorker in 1999, about the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Bill Clinton was believed to be preparing a pardon for Pollard. This infuriated the rank and file of the intelligence …
Read More »Lindsay Ell Talks John Mayer Inspiration for 'Continuum Project' Album
When Lindsay Ell first began work on her debut album The Project with her producer Kristian Bush, the Sugarland star had an unusual assignment for her: to re-record her favorite album, John Mayer’s Continuum, start-to-finish. Years later, what began as homework is now an official studio release from the Canadian …
Read More »U2's Adam Clayton Talks 'Experience' Tour, Possible Plans for 2019
Months before they went into rehearsals for their 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour, U2 made a bold decision: Their new show wouldn’t feature a single song from The Joshua Tree, the 1987 classic that has been backbone of their live show for three decades. The band had spent the previous …
Read More »Hear Dierks Bentley's New Song 'Burning Man' With Brothers Osborne
Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne team up to document the transition from free spirit to mostly-responsible adult in “Burning Man,” a combustible new track off Bentley’s upcoming album The Mountain. The fiery rocker succeeds with an explosive rhythm and introspective lyrics, which nod to the Burning Man festival held each …
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