Roger Daltrey howls and yells about love on his new solo single, “As Long as I Have You,” which is the title track for his upcoming album. The song is an upbeat, rhythm-and-blues rave-up with bluesy guitar, soulful backup vocals and a swinging backbeat. The song was originally recorded by …
Read More »'Annihilation': Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury Talk Its Haunting Score
Annihilation boasts one of the most audacious climaxes in recent cinema history, and its music is just as haunting. The filmfinds director Alex Garland – whose directorial debut was 2015’s Ex Machina – again tapping the duo of Geoff Barrow and composer Ben Salisbury for the soundtrack, one that matches …
Read More »See Billy Strings Call Out Violent Culture in 'Dealing Despair' Video
Billy Strings isn’t one to mince his words, and the new music video for his song “Dealing Despair” doesn’t pull any punches either. Emerging from the ocean like some saltwater prophet, the bluegrass picker is surrounded by chaos, be it the news cycle, the Internet, or two suited men who …
Read More »Sterling K. Brown on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
There are certain episodes in which the host’s enthusiasm during the monologue has you rooting for a great show just so she or he isn’t disappointed by what follows. Such was the case this week, in which Sterling K. Brown’s palpable excitement had me dreading a subpar Saturday Night Live …
Read More »Watch Noel Gallagher Deliver Rousing 'Holy Mountain' on 'Kimmel'
With Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds’ U.S. tour winding down, the guitarist and his band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday to deliver a rousing, brassed-up rendition of that album’s “Holy Mountain.” The band has been on the road insupport of their latest LP,Who Built the Moon? In …
Read More »Q-Tip Named Advisor of Kennedy Center's New Hip-Hop Culture Council
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has namedQ-Tipthe artistic director and advisor-at-large of its new Hip-Hop Culture Council. In a video introducing the council, the influential rapper and A Tribe Called Quest member talked about his goals as director. “With hip-hop constantly changing and evolving, it is easy to …
Read More »Charles Manson: Inside the Fight Over the Cult Leader's Remains
Even after his death, Charles Manson continues to cause turmoil. The career criminal and notorious cult leader died at the age of 83 on November 19th, 2017, but because multiple parties have attempted to claim his remains, his body has been on ice in Kern County, California ever since. There …
Read More »Watch 'SNL' Spoof 'Star Wars' Language Barrier in Cut Sketch
Saturday Night Live tackled one of Star Wars‘ most burning questions – How do all the characters understand so many alien languages? – in a “cut for time” sketch featuring Charles Barkley and J.J. Abrams. The pre-taped “Star Warriors” sketch opened with Abrams, the director of The Force Awakens and …
Read More »10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in March
March is a good month for documentary fans: No less than four intriguing new nonfiction projects go online, spanning such eclectic subjects as an Oregon commune, the cuteness of penguins, the vibrant world of hip-ho, and the ongoing public crisis in Flint. Plus Netflix is raising the curtain on the …
Read More »'Red Sparrow': Jennifer Lawrence's Russian Thriller Is One Long 'Nyet'
“You sent me to whore school,” says an indignant Bolshoi ballerina-turned-spy Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence to her less than caring uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) in Red Sparrow, and it’s dialogue like that, with thicker-than-borscht Russian accents yet, that gets your hopes up for a trashy international-intrigue funfest. Consider them dashed. This …
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