Troye Sivan has dropped a new single, “Easy.” It’s the pop star’s second single of 2020, following Sivan’s release of “Take Yourself Home,” which he shared earlier than planned in April. “Easy” addresses when someone or something comes in between people in love. Sivan proclaims “I’m still in love and …
Read More »Hear the Go! Team's Flute-Driven New Song 'Cookie Scene'
The Go! Team embrace the flute on their breezy new song “Cookie Scene,” featuring Detroit rapper IndigoYaj. “Well, I’m feeling kinda funny ’cause life is like a game / Feeling like an enemy, but that’s OK,” the song opens. “That’s just who I, that’s just who I am.” Producer Ian …
Read More »Great White Play North Dakota Gig With No Social Distancing, Masks
Great White, the rock band at the center of one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history, once again put fans at risk Thursday by performing — amid the COVID-19 pandemic — a well-attended North Dakota concert that practiced no social distancing or masks. Video from the outdoor gig …
Read More »Charlie Daniels' Funeral and Memorial Service: How to Watch
Charlie Daniels will be memorialized during a livestream ceremony on Friday morning. The Country Music Hall of Fame member and Southern-rock pioneer died Monday at 83 after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. Daniels, a devout Christian, will be interred during a private burial in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, his longtime home outside …
Read More »SCOTUS: Manhattan DA Can Subpoena Trump's Tax Records, Congress Can't
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 affirming that the Manhattan district attorney can subpoena the president’s tax records but also ruled 7-2 to prevent Democrats in Congress from seeing them now, sending the cases back to be argued in the lower courts. This essentially guarantees the public will not see the …
Read More »Gerard Way Drops Glam Rock Song 'Here Comes the End'
My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has released a new solo track titled “Here Comes the End.” The song will feature in the new season of Way’s original superhero series, The Umbrella Academy. The second season arrives on Netflix July 31st. With a vocal assist from Judith Hill, “Here Comes …
Read More »Lindsay Ell Launches Charity for Sexual Trauma Survivors
Country singer-guitarist Lindsay Ell has announced a new charitable foundation to benefit survivors of sexual assault and at-risk youth. The Make You Movement arrives with the release of a new song by Ell: “Make You,” off the Canada native’s upcoming album Heart Theory, is a vulnerable piano ballad inspired by …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Drops Philadelphia 1999 Live Album
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street’s Band September 25th, 1999, show at Philadelphia’s First Union Center has been a legendary bootleg in hardcore fan circles for the past two decades. It’s finally available with pristine sound (and through legal means) as the newest chapter of his monthly concert download series. …
Read More »'John Lewis: Good Trouble' Review: Portrait of an American Hero
John Lewis declares that, during the 1960s, he was arrested “a few times.” Then the elder statesman and éminence grise of the civil rights movement pauses before correcting himself in front of the large Dallas crowd he’s addressing: “40 times…and since I’ve been in Congress, another five times. I’m probably …
Read More »Austin City Limits Festival Canceled Because of COVID-19
The 2020 Austin City Limits Festival has been canceled due to ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19. The festival, which typically takes place in early fall in Austin’s Zilker Park, released a statement on its website saying, “We would have loved to put on another memorable show this year, …
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