Stephen Colbert skewered President Trump on The Late Show for saying he would have “run” into the Florida school that was attacked this month had he been present. Trump told reporters on Monday, “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.” “There’s a lot …
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Various Artists, Concert for GeorgeTo honor what would have been the late Beatle’s 75th birthday, the 2002 concert saluting his memory makes its debut on streaming services. (It’s also being reissued on LP and in a limited-edition boxed set with a double-disc DVD/Blu-Ray of the show.) The show, which took …
Read More »Watch Colbert, Kimmel Mock Florida 'Crisis Actors' Conspiracy Theories
Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel praised the inspiring activism of teenage anti-gun protestors around the country, who have vocalized the need for gun control legislation after the Parkland, Florida school shooting. The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – where a gunman recently killed 17 students …
Read More »Patty Griffin Plots Acoustic U.S. Tour
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin will embark on a headlining acoustic tour this May. The trek starts May 1st at the Blue Door in Oklahoma City and will feature Griffin performing with longtime guitarist, David Pulkingham. Canadian soul musician Ahi will serve as support throughout the trek. Griffin’s tour will criss-cross …
Read More »Review: Brandi Carlile's 'By the Way, I Forgive You' Is Moving Americana
Cozy up to the year’s early standout: On her sixth LP, veteran songwriter Brandi Carlile teams up with co-producers Shooter Jennings and Dave Cobb for a moving and righteous piece of Americana-infused pop. Across the 10-track LP, the folk-tinged singer belts with gusto, whether offering nostalgic, harmonized forgiveness on album …
Read More »French Montana on 'American Dream,' Launching Campaign for DACA Dreamers
French Montanais working with MTV and the nonprofit organization Get Schooled to launch a “We Are the Dream,” campaign to help undocumented immigrants in the United States attain higher education. “I am one of tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants that are having a significant positive impact on …
Read More »Watch Donald Glover Thrive, Flounder in New 'Atlanta' Trailer
Donald Glover continues to navigate life’s surreal highs and lows in the captivating yet cryptic new trailer for Season Two of Atlanta. The clip opens with a hilariously dry scene in which aspiring MC Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) records a spot for a local radio station before getting some …
Read More »Watch Marshmello, Lil Peep's Mysterious 'Spotlight' Video
EDM producer Marshmello salutes Lil Peep with the mysterious video for “Spotlight,” his collaborative track with the late rapper. The clip – set at a diner named “Crybaby,” one of Lil Peep’s tattoo’s – chronicles a motorcyclist’s breakup and her symbolic attempt for closure. After witnessing her ex on a …
Read More »Review: Franz Ferdinand Return and the Dapper Crew Wants to Dance
Scotland’s belovedly louche dance-rock heroes invoke Bowie’s “Fashion” and Talking Heads’ “Houses in Motion” on the title-track single here, which scans as both old-school MDMA clubbing ode and a meta-narrative about making music for tweakers. Ah, youth! It’s a return to form the band never really lost, and if the …
Read More »Hear Shovels & Rope's Stark Commentary on the U.S. in 'Great, America'
As 2017 came to a close – a year of political tumult, tragedy and protest – Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of Shovels & Rope decided that they needed a bit of a rallying cry to cope with what was to come next. “We felt like we needed to …
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