Cochemea Gastelum is a horn player rooted in groove music: part of a network of players associated with Brooklyn’s Daptone label, he’s worked with Amy Winehouse, Antibalas, and Sharon Jones, an anchor of her band, the Dap-Kings. His first solo album, The Electric Sounds of Johnny Arrow, showed off those …
Read More »Devin Dawson Gets Thrown in Jail in Retro 'Dark Horse' Video
Devin Dawson suffers for his truth in the new “Dark Horse” video, depicting a prisoner who lands in jail in the retro black-and-white clip. “Dark Horse,” written by Dawson with Andy Albert and Andrew DeRoberts, is Dawson’s mission statement for living an authentic, honest life, even if that means existence …
Read More »Oscars 2019: Enter the Shallowverse
The unquestioned highlight of the 2019 Oscars: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, stealing the show with“Shallow.” It was bittersweet as the final “Shallow” of award season, especially for those of us who were rooting for Gaga to take Best Actress. But every detail was intense. The way she glided to …
Read More »Duff McKagan on New Guns N' Roses Album: 'Oh, It's Real'
Duff McKagan is the latest Guns N’ Roses member to promise that, following their reunion tour, a new album from the band is in the works. In an interview with Trunk Nation Friday, the bassist revealed that he has heard some of Axl Rose-penned music earmarked for Guns N’ Roses’ …
Read More »Dueling Venezuela Benefits Vie Over Talent, and the Country's Fate
Ever since George Harrison’s two concerts for Bangladesh in 1971, charity concerts have been a pop-music staple. Most have been straightforward in their goals of relieving suffering at a particular spot on the globe, but rarely have pop benefits been as complicated as the two dueling concerts for Venezuela scheduled …
Read More »See Elisabeth Moss Go Full Courtney Love in 'Her Smell' Trailer
Elisabeth Moss plays guitar and sings a grungy anthem about flirting with death in the trailer for Her Smell, a new film by Alex Ross Perry. Her blonde hair and the tone of the song, a cover of the Only Ones’ “Another Girl Another Planet,” recall Hole and Courtney Love. …
Read More »The Hidden Risk in the Fracking Boom
At 10:40 a.m. on Monday, January 21st, a pipeline carrying natural gas ruptured in rural Noble County, in southeastern Ohio, producing a fireball that surged 120 feet into the air and engulfed the Noll family home, with 12-year-old son Nash inside. The boy’s grandfather rushed into the inferno and rescued …
Read More »2 Chainz Teams With LeBron James for New Album 'Rap or Go to the League'
2 Chainz tapped NBA superstar LeBron James to A&R his forthcoming studio album, Rap or Go to the League, which is set to arrive March 1st via Def Jam Recordings. Along with the album, James and 2 Chainz will partake in an in-depth conversation set to premierethe same day the …
Read More »Flashback: The 'Reality Bites' Gang Lose It to 'My Sharona' in a Gas Station
Happy anniversary to Reality Bites, the movie that not only defined Generation X but made it cool to make out to “Baby, I Love Your Way” while slurping a Big Gulp. Ben Stiller’s directorial debut encapsulated what it was like to be a twenty-something in 1994, from Gap promotions and …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick Reaches Settlement With NFL
NFL quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick settled his long-running lawsuit with the football league on Friday. The details of the agreement have not been disclosed, and are subject to a confidentiality clause. Kaepernick’s lawsuit accused the league of collusion; he and Eric Reid, who also settled a lawsuit today, alleged that they …
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