On December 7th, 1962, 26-year-old bassist Bill Wyman went to the Wetherby Arms pub in the Chelsea neighborhood of London to audition for the Rolling Stones as a possible replacement for founding member Dick Taylor. As Wyman recounts in this exclusive clip from his upcoming documentary The Quiet One, the …
Read More »Bob Mould Plots New Tour, Covers Buzzcocks' 'I Don't Mind'
Bob Mould will embark on a solo electric tour this September in support of his most recent album, Sunshine Rock. The run kicks off September 11th at the Music Box Supper Club in Cleveland, Ohio and wraps September 27th at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, Maryland. Mould will play …
Read More »Joan Baez: My 5 Favorite Protest Songs
Joan Baez played the final American concert of her five decade career at Port Chester, New York’s Capitol Theater on May 5th. She heads over to Europe next month for her final shows anywhere, wrapping up July 28th at Madrid’s Universal Music Festival. “I love Europe and my public over …
Read More »Liam Gallagher Sends Out 'Shockwave' on New Song
After teasing new music in recent weeks, Liam Gallagher has released a thumping new single titled “Shockwave,” the Oasis singer’s first release of 2019. On the track, Gallagher works with a trio of top-notch collaborators: Songwriter Andrew Wyatt, engineer and frequent Oasis producer Mark “Spike” Stent and Grammy-winning producer Greg …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Draws Impressive Turnout for Oakland Rally
Turns out the people of Oakland, Calif. love plans. Or, at least, the 6,500 people who showed up to presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren‘s town hall sure do. Warren, the “I have a plan for that” candidate drew an impressive crowd at Oakland’s Laney College. As one attendee, Rachel Johnson-Farias, told …
Read More »See Anderson .Paak Perform Three Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
While in the midst of his Best Teef In The Game Tour, Anderson .Paak stopped by CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions for a three-song performance. .Paak and his band shared a funk-tinged trio of tracks including “Make It Better” and “King James” from his 2019 LP Ventura. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BdGD1Ap7eY The drummer …
Read More »A Friend With Benefits: The Power of the Fourth Wall in 'Fleabag' Season 2
This post contains spoilers for all of Fleabag Season Two, now available on Amazon Prime Video. When the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s Fleabag debuted back in 2016, it seemed to fit into a long tradition of TV shows where characters break the fourth wall and address the audience directly. …
Read More »The Country is Divided in Politics But Not in Who We Want to Win 'Game of Thrones'
Republicans and Democrats alike can’t agree on much in American politics, but they can agree on Westerosi politics: They both want Jon Snow to ascend to the Iron Throne on theGame of Thronesseries finale airing Sunday on HBO. A poll, conducted by Firehouse Strategies and Optimus, revealed that 50 percent …
Read More »Hear Armin van Buuren's Trance Remix of Van Halen's 'Jump'
One month after Armin van Buuren debuted his remix of Van Halen’s “Jump” at Ultra Music Fest with a little onstage help from David Lee Roth, the track is now available to stream. The Dutch trance DJ’s new take starts sparse with a slow-building rhythm and Roth’s lyrics before exploding …
Read More »RuPaul Charles Explains Met Gala's Camp Confusion on 'Colbert'
RuPaul Charles dropped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night to dish out thoughts on Monday’s Met Gala. The theme of the event was “camp,” a concept codified in Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp and popularized by drag queens and LGBTQ media, including – of course …
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