Matt Healy of the 1975 appeared on Matt Wilkinson’s Beats 1 radio show on Friday, and while the full interview won’t air until next week (January 24th), Apple has shared snippets from their chat, where Healy confirmed that the band won’t be playing Glastonbury this year. “No, we’re not going …
Read More »Nick Cave Pledges $500,000 to Australia Bushfire Relief
Nick Cave has pledged $500,000 to bushfire relief efforts in Australia. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by the fires destroying our beloved Australia,” the Aussie singer and Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis wrote on Instagram. “We are pledging $500,000 to some of the many organizations …
Read More »Strike Has Candidates Poised to Pull Out of Democratic Debate
All seven of the Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s debate at Loyola Marymount University in California have said they refuse to cross the picket line resulting from a culinary worker strike at the university. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Tom …
Read More »Biden, Ignoring Three-Quarters of His Vice-Presidential Tenure, Says Sharing Power With Republicans Is a Good Thing
During an interview with reporters on his “No Malarkey” campaign bus in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden expressed concerns about Republicans possibly getting “clobbered” in the upcoming election mainly because of President Donald Trump. The candidate said he’s held back on his “ass-kicker” side because he knows the American …
Read More »So, How Was Your Decade, Questlove?
So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working …
Read More »'The Aeronauts': Ballooning Biopic Goes Up, Up and Away From the Facts
What do you say about a 19th-century ballooning movie that looks great in the air but doesn’t stick the emotional landing? That’s the problem with The Aeronauts, one of those “based on a true story” undertakings that are only partly true. The film reunites Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, who …
Read More »FDA Issues Warning About CBD Products
When CBD first came on the market, it was immediately marketed as a cure-all for all manners of ailments, from depression to premenstrual cramps to opioid addiction. Yet as the market has expanded, so too has the number of distributors peddling phony or even dangerous products, prompting the FDA to …
Read More »Leonard Cohen's Profound 'Thanks for the Dance' Is a Posthumous Grace Note
Leonard Cohen wrote and recorded until near his final breaths — the work, it was understood, was keeping him alive. Arriving three years after his death, Thanks for the Dance is a surprise, a sort of séance as shiva, a magnificent parting shot that’s also that exceptionally rare thing — …
Read More »Mandy Moore Announces 2020 North American Tour
Mandy Moore has announced a North American tour for 2020, her first major tour in over a decade. It kicks off March 20th in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center, with Moore playing shows in New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Dallas and more before wrapping May 9th at Denver’s Gothic …
Read More »That Time Michael Bolton Wrote a Song With Bob Dylan
As Rolling Stone reported last month, Bob Dylan‘s heartfelt Time Out of Mind track “Make You Feel My Love” has oddly become one of his most-covered songs, with more than 400 interpretations to date. One of those is by Michael Bolton, who included a version with German singer Helene Fischer …
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