“What’s the matter with me?” Jenny Lewis sings on her latest single, “Redbull & Hennessy.” On her first solo offering since 2014’sThe Voyager, Lewis offers a darkly suggestive tale of dissolution and desire. Riding a sparkling Seventies pop-rock piano riff, Lewis’ narrator second-guesses herself into a haze of liquor and …
Read More »North Korea Won't Denuclearize, Might Team Up With Russia (Art of the Deal, Folks)
Maybe the most dubious item on President Trump’s self-professed “historic” list of accomplishments is the progress he claims to have made with North Korea. Since meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore last year, Trump has touted his loving relationship with the dictator while promising that the North Korean nuclear threat …
Read More »See Trailer for 'David Makes Man' From Academy Award Winner Tarell Alvin McCraney
Never shy when it comes to promoting new work from talented African-American artists who grapple with difficult material, Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network released the first clip of David Makes Man this weekend at Sundance.The clip features the soaring, uplifting voice of Laura Mvula singing her track “Sing to the Moon,” …
Read More »Hear Country Trio Fairground Saints' Breezy New Song 'California'
Before packing up their acoustic guitars and making the 2,000-mile move to Nashville, Fairground Saints played their earliest shows in California. Formed in Santa Barbara, the trio carved out a sound that nodded to their homeland’s rich musical past, from the layered harmonies echoing throughout the hills of Laurel Canyon …
Read More »Dawn Rides Mechanical Bull in Sensual New 'Sauce' Video
In honor of her newly-released album New Breed, Dawn’s “Sauce” video has the rising R&B singer showing off some serious sex appeal. Dawn writhes in cut-off denim shorts with the letters spelling out her new album dangling down her backside. She rides a mechanical bull in slow-motion, sings about “working it …
Read More »'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Stays Surreal and Heartfelt to the End
“God, Kimmy, ” Jacqueline White scolds the title character of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.“As stupid as this is, there are real feelings at stake here.” In the moment, Jacquline (Jane Krakowski) is describing the emotional affair Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is having with the parents of her new boyfriend, whom she otherwise …
Read More »What Fyre Fest Docs Reveal About Tech's Cult of Positivity
It’s pretty obvious why so many people immediately inhaled both Hulu’s Fyre Fraud and Netflix’s Fyre as soon as they could. The very public dissolution of Fyre Fest was one of the most satisfying things about 2017: Trump had just taken office, the bad guys were winning, and watching influencers …
Read More »Pink, Muse, Chris Stapleton to Perform Intimate L.A. Shows During Grammy Week
Pink, Muse and Chris Stapleton will be performing during Grammy week at Los Angeles, California’s Hollywood Palladium for Citi Sound Vault. Presented by Citi and Live Nation, the series of intimate concerts run February 7th through the 10th and tickets are exclusively available to Citi cardmembers. Pink, whose Beautiful Trauma …
Read More »R. Kelly Hit With 66 Violations for His Sauna-Filled Recording Studio
A judge slapped R. Kelly‘s Chicago recording studio with 66 building code violations on Tuesday, totaling a potential $66,000 per day, and ordered that the studio — a space that the singer has turned into illegal living quarters, complete with kitchen, bar room and sauna — no longer be used …
Read More »Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile Sing 'Hunger Strike' at Chris Cornell Tribute
A diverse array of artists from Miley Cyrus to Metallica honored the memory of Chris Cornell at the I Am the Highway tribute concert in Los Angeles last week. While the show was appropriately heavy on rock artists, it also highlighted two of country and Americana’s most powerful vocalists: Chris …
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