It’s already past midnight, but Gary Clark Jr. wants to keep going. The guitarist is standing in the center of a darkened room at Arlyn Studios, an unmarked building hidden behind a housing development in South Austin. Clark has been hard at work all night teaching his band a new …
Read More »'Lords of Chaos' Review: Black Metal Biopic Should Be Burned at the Cross
Nearly every travel guide of Norway bears at least a passing reference to the wave of church burnings that swept the country in the early Nineties. Frommer’s even names one of the arsonists, Varg Vikernes, adding that he was a Satanist who went to jail for murder. To many Norwegians, …
Read More »George Clinton Reflects on Five Decades of Funk, Retiring From Touring
“What’s happening, man?” a spry-sounding George Clinton asks when he picks up the phone. The Parliament–Funkadelic mastermind is turning 78 in July, but says he still feels like he did when he was just starting out in the Fifties and Sixties. Despite this, he’s announced that his upcoming run of …
Read More »See Beck Perform Orchestral 'Tarantula' on 'Corden'
Last month, we heard the gorgeous orchestral cover of 1980s synth-pop cut “Tarantula” that Beck recorded for the soundtrack of director Alfonso Cuaron‘s Roma. On February 5th, Beck visited The Late Late Show With James Corden to perform the song — and he brought along the Los Angeles Philharmonic and …
Read More »21 Savage's ICE Arrest Isn't Funny
When someone going about their life in America is apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the appropriate response is generally concern and support. When 21 Savage was arrested by ICE this weekend, though, a lot of people’s wires got crossed. A collection of fans, celebrities and journalists were …
Read More »Likely Presidential Candidate Sen. Sherrod Brown Flatly Calls Trump a Racist
Democratic Senator from Ohio Sherrod Brown visited NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday and matter of factly stated, “We have a president who’s a racist.” The topic of racism began when host Chuck Todd asked Brown about adding his name to the growing list of politicos calling for Virginia Governor …
Read More »Skrillex, Hikaru Utada Take a Nostalgic, Animated Trip in 'Face My Fears' Video
Skrillex and Hikaru Utada teamed up for “Face My Fears” and have released its video. The euphoric song serves as the opening theme for the recently released video game, Kingdom Hearts 3, part of the long-running Square Enix and Disney franchise. The new visual comprises gameplay footage cuts interspersed with …
Read More »Hear Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' as If Sung by Jim Morrison, Annie Lennox
Musician Anthony Vincent, who has made a cottage industry out of performing hit songs in 20 different styles, takes on Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman” in his latest video. Over the course of six minutes, he interprets snippets of the song to sound like David Bowie, the Beatles, Stevie Wonder and P-Funk, …
Read More »El Chapo Trial: Defense Makes Final Plea for Alleged Cartel Kingpin's Innocence
A lawyer for accused drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera took the floor in Brooklyn federal court one last time Thursday, delivering a fire-and-brimstone final argument accusing the prosecution’s witnesses of intentionally lying in a bid to send his client to prison for life. In an impassioned speech that …
Read More »Harold Bradley, Country Music Hall of Fame Guitarist, Dead at 93
One of the key members of Nashville’s “A-Team” of studio session musicians, guitarist Harold Bradley died peacefully in his sleep early Thursday morning, according to a Facebook post from his daughters. They wrote, “”Many of you know him as a successful musician and no doubt many stories will be told …
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