A lot of lore surrounds the brief but colorful career of Townes Van Zandt, the gifted songwriter who died in 1997 from a heart attack at age 52, with much of it dedicated to his unbridled substance abuse. His biographies invariably note the heroin overdose he survived in the early …
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When Jake Smith went to the studio to record his latest LP under the auspices of his musical alter ego, White Buffalo, he did something he’d never done before: He decided to record with barely any music written. For a man whose songwriting and distinctive baritone voice are his hallmarks, …
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Radiohead drummer Phil Selway joined Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band for a performance of the Beatles‘ classic “With a Little Help From My Friends” at the Beacon Theater in New York City Wednesday. Selway struck a characteristically stoic pose behind the kit, his steady playing style a sharp …
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Linkin Park have announced a new live album titled One More Light Live, a document of their final tour with Chester Bennington. “We dedicate this live album to our brother Chester who poured his heart and soul into One More Light,” the band said in a statement on the Linkin …
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A fiercely intimate epic about poverty, racism, violence and a divided America, Mudbound scorchingly reflects the Trump era without being a part of it. The film reps a new career high for director Dee Rees, whose remarkable 2011 debut feature Pariah is a semi-autobiographical deep dive into a black girl’s …
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Chuck Mosley, the vocalist for the mid-Eighties run of pioneering alt-metal outliers Faith No More, died Thursday at the age of 57. The singer pioneered what would eventually become rap-rock on the band’s first hit, 1987’s snarky MTV breakthrough “We Care a Lot.” He left the band shortly after and …
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Bastille released the video for “World Gone Mad,” the lead single from the Netflix movie soundtrack for Bright. The video uses the post-apocalyptic backdrop of the action-thriller about two police officers (Will Smith, Joel Edgerton) in a dystopian version of Los Angeles. In the video, Bastille singer Dan Smith emerges …
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In country music, the lack of female representation on the radio is often a palpable undertone, particularly during otherwise celebratory occasions like the CMA Awards – but today, Keith Urban showed how he’s not afraid to tackle that elephant head-on with his new song, “Female.” A tender ballad he’ll be …
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UPDATE: The Los Angeles Police Department have officially launched an investigation into allegations made by Cohen against Westwick after the actress filed a police report Wednesday. Ed Westwick issued a statement via Instagram denying Cohen’s accusations Tuesday. “I do not know this woman,” the statement reads. “I have never forced …
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Queen Elizabeth contends with love, royalty and the changing society of post-war Great Britain in the new trailer for the second season of The Crown, Netflix‘s series about the British monarch. “I know who I am: A woman for the modern age,” Claire Foy, who portrays the Queen in the …
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