Following a spellbinding performance at the MTV Music Video Awards and multiple features on Eminem’s latest record, Kamikaze, Jessie Reyez returns with her tough new track, “F*** Being Friends.” It’s the fourth single off her upcoming bilingual EP, Being Human in Public. Set to a sticky beat, the playful inflection …
Read More »Hear Salsa King Rubén Blades Perform 'Ban Ban Quere' Live in Upcoming LP
A nine-time Grammy-winner and all-star vocalist of the illustrious salsa label, Fania Records, Rubén Blades is a living legend. Following a 2017 collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as Salsa Big Band, his 2017 album with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Blades has announced a live LP out October 19th, titledUna …
Read More »Metallica Detail Massive '… And Justice for All' Box Set
Following fully-loaded reissues of their first three albums, Metallica will put out a souped up box set edition of their 1988 commercial breakthrough, … And Justice for All, this fall. It will feature the original album, remastered by engineer Greg Fidelman, along with a selection of demos, rough mixes and …
Read More »'Kidding' Review: Jim Carrey Is All Heart in Showtime Tragicomedy
In the world of sad clowns, there are the ones who hide how much they’re crying on the inside, because they want to give the people what they want. And then there are the ones who let their inner darkness out as early and often as possible. Jim Carrey belongs …
Read More »Watch BoJack Horseman Battle Despair in Season Five Trailer
BoJack Horseman continues his quest for self-actualization through a haze of booze and “Hollywoo” madness in the new trailer for Season Five of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman. The animated series returns September 14th. In the new season, BoJack finds himself starring in a new TV drama called Philbert (“It’s confusing, which …
Read More »Dinosaur Jr. Realign U.S. Tour After Mastodon Cancellation
A day after Dinosaur Jr.‘s tour with Mastodon was canceled due to a “critical situation of a member of the Mastodon family,” J. Mascis and company have rerouted the trek to focus on “special intimate” venues across the U.S. The two-week trek begins September 10th at Maquoketa, Iowa and heads …
Read More »Aretha Franklin Funeral: Smokey Robinson Remembers His 'Longest Friend' in Emotional Speech
Smokey Robinson paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, his “longest friend,” and sang “Really Gonna Miss You” at the Queen of Soul’s funeral ceremony on Friday. Robinson reminisced about meeting Franklin just after she moved to Detroit from Buffalo. Robinson was eight at the time. “From that moment on, almost, we …
Read More »Beto O'Rourke Shares the Story of His Old Band, Foss — and a Single
It is a well-established fact that as a high schooler in El Paso, Texas, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) was in a band, Foss —::pauses to take giant bong rip:: It’s Icelandic for ‘waterfall’ —with Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who would go on to considerable fame fronting the Mars Volta and At the …
Read More »Orson Welles' Lost Film 'The Other Side of the Wind' Unveils First Trailer
Netflix has released the first trailer for Orson Welles’ lost film The Other Side of the Wind, which the streaming service acquired after the late director’s collaborators assembled the film over 40 years after the footage was shot. The Other Side of the Wind – filmed between 1970 and 1977 …
Read More »Lauryn Hill Responds to Accusations of Stealing 'Miseducation' Music, Harsh Band Treatment
Lauryn Hill has responded to claims that she “stole” the music on her The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as well as accusations of mistreatment toward her touring band. “I apologize for the delay in getting this posted, I was late in hearing about it. I understand this is long, but …
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