The video features a slim, dark-haired woman who is totally naked, her ankles, wrists and neck bound by thick rope. A burly man subjects her to garden-variety BDSM torture — light flogging, bondage, forced orgasm — before tying her to a large wooden plank. He starts to drip water onto …
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Even with the government shutdown that’s been ominously hovering over Washington these past three weeks, there’s still a fresh Congress in town. That means the nation’s 535 lawmakers are in the first stages of trying to get their favored pet issues on the radar of party leaders. That focused energy …
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Last Spring, Shellac frontman and recording engineer Steve Albini, best known for producing gold and platinum albums for Nirvana, Pixies and others, won a shiny award of his own: a gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker. He also took home nearly $106,000 after beating out 309 other people …
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Four days into the new year, Lizzo released the first great song of 2019. The Minneapolis singer-rapper-flautist specializes in propulsive self-empowerment anthems — feel-good songs about feeling good about yourself — and “Juice” may be her finest yet, a near-perfect retro-funk nugget that would have felt just right on a …
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Think of Krallice as the underground-metal equivalent of a gourmet food truck. Much as that set-up allows a chef to make their own hours and cook pretty much whatever they want, this Queens, New York, band’s M.O. affords them an unusual degree of logistical and creative freedom. They tour infrequently, …
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Once upon a time, former Morbid Angel frontman David Vincent was a death-metal rock star. On subgenre-defining albums like 1993’s Covenant, his bestial roar — “Was that a bear?” Butt-Head quipped upon viewing the video for that LP’s closing track “God of Emptiness” — and sinister charisma made an unforgettable …
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After weeks of speculation about whether Radiohead will show up for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Thom Yorke has confirmed that he won’t be in attendance for the March ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Speaking to Variety about the Rock Hall nod, Yorke admitted that the concept …
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Edgar Ivan Galván can trace the beginning of his troubles to the evenings he began to spend in nightclubs in Ciudad Juarez, in the wake of his divorce in 2003. What started as a good time, partying and doing drugs with friends, turned into an ill-fated career as a drug …
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Sleep, the doom-metal act behind cult classics like 2003’s Dopesmoker, is releasing a 4-LP live album through Third Man Records‘ quarterly vault subscription series. The band recorded Sleep Live at Third Man Records at the label’s Nashville headquarters in December, months after their surprise return after a 15-year break with …
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The choreographed chaos of Jez Butterworth’s jaw-dropping play The Ferryman certainly earns the critical attention that’s been heaped on it. With 21 people in the cast — and a live goose and rabbit — the play about an extended family in 1980s Northern Ireland leaves audiences reeling after a suspenseful …
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