311 reflect on their nearly three-decade career in Enlarged to Show Detail 3, the third installment of their ongoing documentary series. The film premieres in theaters nationwide on, fittingly, March 11th (3/11) for one-night-only screenings. The eclectic alt-rock band produced Enlarged to Show Detail 3 with Wayne Price, director of …
Read More »Aaron Lewis Details New Solo Album 'State I'm In'
Aaron Lewis will return with his third full-length country album in 2019. The Staind vocalist will release the follow-up to 2016’s Sinner, titledState I’m In,via Big Machine imprint Valory Music on April 12th. Produced by Buddy Cannon, State I’m In features 10 tracks, six of which Lewis had a hand …
Read More »Is There a Secret Hiding in Roger Stone's Indictment?
Hours after he was roused from his Florida home in a pre-dawn raid by armed federal agents, Roger Stone, President Trump’s longtime friend and former political adviser, appeared on Fox News to announce that the charges against him were “thin indeed.” But Stone’s indictment may not be the last word …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Spoofs Soulja Boy's Viral Drake Interview, Video Game Console
Saturday Night Live spoofed Soulja Boy‘s headline-making past few months as the rapper, as played by SNL‘s Chris Redd, appeared on Weekend Update. The Soulja Boy sketch follows a pair of bizarre stories involving the rapper: First, his not-quite-legal attempts to become video game magnate and, secondly, an instant classic …
Read More »Hear Ghostface Killah Add Fresh Verses to 'C.R.E.A.M.' Beat on Nicole Bus' 'You'
Ghostface Killah brings fresh verses to a classic Wu-Tang Clan beat on a new version of Nicole Bus’ breakout single “You.” The track utilizes the same soul sample – The Charmels’ “As Long As I Got You” – that served as the foundation of Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers‘ classic …
Read More »Tori Kelly Pivots Back to Pop on 'Change Your Mind'
Tori Kelly collaborated withJimmy Napes, best known for co-writing Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” on her urgent new single “Change Your Mind.” The singer’s September album,Hiding Place, was a gospel record, but she transitions back to the secular here: “He spoke to me like the rain/I knew that I would …
Read More »Lauv, Troye Sivan Are Sick of Love Songs on 'I'm So Tired…'
Lauv and Troye Sivan try to get over both a break-up and love songs on their new track, “I’m So Tired…” The snappy cut finds the two singers unspooling lovesick verses about getting over an impossible-to-forget ex, and an equally inescapable song. Sivan throws in references to tracks like Coldplay’s …
Read More »Jonas Mekas, Underground Film Legend, Dead at 96
Renowned experimental filmmaker and film critic Jonas Mekas, who influenced artists ranging from Andy Warhol to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, died Wednesday at the age of 96. The Anthology Film Archives, which Mekas founded in 1970, confirmed Wednesday on Instagram, “Dear Friends, Jonas passed away quietly and peacefully early …
Read More »Future's Lo-Fi 'Rocket Ship' Video Features Disturbing Chicken Cameo
Future’s “Rocket Ship” is less music video, more extended Instagram clip. In under two minutes, the rapper does what he does best: look effortlessly cool as he brags about his drug-making prowess, selling said drugs and stealing your girl in the process. While the video isn’t exactly complex, the Uncle …
Read More »Op-Ed: On the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, We're Still Fighting for Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
In January of 1973 — after years of delays, arguments and questioning from an all-male Supreme Court — the world changed for women. Up until then, women didn’t have the right or freedom to control their bodies, lives or future. Up until then, a woman’s ability to access a safe …
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