Once upon a time, a young man wanted to come to America. He’d grown up in the rural countryside of Taiwan with his grandmother, occasionally having to hide in cupboards from soldiers looking for unregistered citizens. The boy was lonely, except for a girl he met in the fields. His …
Read More »'Saturday Night Live' Plots First New Show Since Coronavirus Outbreak
Saturday Night Live will return this weekend with its first new episode since it was forced to call off shows because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The episode will air April 11th at the show’s regular time slot, 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. With the cast and crew still …
Read More »Thanks to COVID-19, Internet-Connected Sex Toy Sales Are Booming
Would you spend $339 on an interactive male masturbator/vibrator set that would allow you to simulate sex with your partner from hundreds of miles away? Unless you were an upwardly mobile pleasure enthusiast in a long-distance relationship, or an aspiring Elon Musk type, a few months ago your answer to …
Read More »Bandcamp Rakes in More Than $4 Million for Artists in Wake of COVID-19
Bandcamp has announced that fans spent $4.3 million on music and merch on its platform this past Friday. Earlier that week, the platform stated that it would be waving its revenue share for one day to help raise awareness and funds for independent musicians who have been affected by the …
Read More »Bon Jovi's David Bryan Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Bon Jovi’s David Bryan has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Rock Hall-inducted keyboardist revealed Saturday on social media. “I just got my results back today and tested positive for corona virus,” Bryan wrote on Instagram. “I’ve been sick for a week and feeling better each day. Please don’t be …
Read More »See Ruston Kelly, Kacey Musgraves Duet on 'Just for the Record' at Nashville Concert
Ruston Kelly performed a rare duet with his wife Kacey Musgraves Friday night during his sold-out concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, with the couple delivering a stripped-down rendition of Kelly’s “Just for the Record.” Musgraves, who announced this week she would sell some of her stage-worn outfits to aid Nashville …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Named Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador
Brandi Carlile will serve as the official ambassador of Record Store Day 2020, the singer revealed Friday. Carlile announced her ambassadorship in a video filmed in her attic recording studio in Seattle alongside “the twins,” longtime collaborators Phil and Tim Hanseroth. “We’ve been making the physical manifestation of independent-minded music …
Read More »Stone Temple Pilots Unplug and Lose Their Identity on New Album, 'Perdida'
Although it would have seemed unimaginable in the Nineties, the decade when Stone Temple Pilots rode the grunge wave to the top of the charts with Big Riffs and Scott Weiland’s Bigger Voice, the band seems to have entered an awkward “Jethro Tull phase” on their eighth album, Perdida. Yes, …
Read More »Watch David Lee Roth Perform 'Panama' at Kickoff of 2020 Tour with Kiss
Kiss with special guest David Lee Roth launched their 2020 arena tour on Sunday night at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Roth played a truncated version the show he debuted in Las Vegas last month, including a rendition of “Panama,” one of seven Van Halen classics in the …
Read More »Tame Impala Soundtrack Many, Many Weddings in 'Lost in Yesterday' Video
Kevin Parker and his backing band for Tame Impala perform at a rose-tinted wedding reception in the new video for “Lost in Yesterday.” Directed by the duo Terri Timely (Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey), the clip shows the same wedding reception played over and over again with more extravagant details …
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