King Krule issued a trippy stop-motion animation video for “Logos,” a track from his acclaimed second LP, 2017’s The Ooz. The musician’s brother, visual artist Jack Marshall, created the hazy clip, which follows a one-eyed extraterrestrial through a shifting desert landscape filled with crocodiles, randomly sprouting trees, smoking crescent moons …
Read More »Hear Ex Hex's Surging New Song 'Cosmic Cave,' From First LP in Five Years
Ex Hex will issue their first LP in five years, It’s Real, on March 22nd via Merge Records. The indie-rock trio teased the album – which follows their acclaimed debut, 2014’s Rips – with its surging lead single, “Cosmic Cave.”The group offer a psychedelic edge to the jangly power-pop track, …
Read More »Kid Rock's Nashville Ass-Capades
Like a frog being boiled slowly, Nashville never responded to the increasing crassness of Lower Broadway’s bar industrial complex until it was too late. Now Music City is stuck with Kid Rock showing his ass to the world. Or at least a cartoon caricature of a woman’s derriere. The image …
Read More »Watch Margo Price Transform 'All American Made' on 'Good Morning America'
Margo Price performed her song “All American Made” on GMA Day on Monday, injecting a bit of serious personal and political introspection into the typically lighthearted program. “All American Made,” the title track of the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter’s second full-length album with Third Man Records, is a stark acoustic number in …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Says 'I Am Not a Person of Color' Responding to Heritage Question in Iowa
On her first full day on the Iowa campaign trail, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren could not escape the issue that has haunted her since President Donald Trump gave her the racist nickname “Pocahontas” — her decision to take a DNA testin an attempt to prove her Native American ancestry. At …
Read More »'Surviving R. Kelly': See Clips From New Episodes Centered on Sex Tape Trial
The infamous “pee tape” that allegedly captured R. Kelly urinating on an underage female and the singer’s subsequent child pornography trial form the center of the next episodes of the explosive Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, with those who knew the 14-year-old in the sex tape speaking out in these …
Read More »Fake Beyoncé Albums Are Just the Tip of Streaming's Fraud Problem
In the torrent of year-end listening reviews and holiday carols on repeat last month, a curious incident on music streaming didn’t draw as much alarm as it should have: Global superstar Beyoncé dropped two new albums under a secret name, which turned out to be full of not new music …
Read More »Federal Government Advises Furloughed Workers to Barter for Their Rent
On Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management, the agency that oversees federal workers, tweeted a document with advice for the 800,000 furloughed federal workers who will not receive paychecks during the government shutdown. The document also included sample letters that federal employees can send to creditors explaining their situation and …
Read More »Def Leppard's Joe Elliott Looks Back on Jamming With Taylor Swift
Ten years ago, Def Leppard teamed up with a teenage Taylor Swift for an episode of CMT’s Crossroads. With the band set for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March (Swift will be eligible in 2031, if you’re keeping track), Elliott recently looked back on his …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Men in Black International,' 'Hellboy,' New Linklater
So what do we have this week? Two looks at unusual superheroes. Two distinctly NSFW teasers for some upcoming indies. Cate Blanchett goes missing. A stoner TV anthology returns. Thor: Ragnarok‘s Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth reunite and switch franchises from Marvel to MiB. Your best-of trailer round-up of the …
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