Can you imagine what it’s like to be Olivia Rodrigo? The whole world knows all about the breakup that crushed you, thanks to the huge hit songs you wrote about it. They think they know you, too. And by the way, all of this is happening when you’re 18. One …
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I n 2016, newlyweds Marco and Karissa moved to Los Angeles, seeking sunny skies and the chance for a happy life together. The couple had just gone through a miscarriage, and Marco hoped the pleasant climate would help Karissa’s depression. “She was very weather dependent,” he says. “She needed always …
Read More »J Balvin Performs 'In Da Getto' on 'Fallon,' Plots 2022 U.S. Tour
J Balvin marked the release of his new album Jose by performing his Skrillex-produced track “In Da Getto” during a visit to The Tonight Show Thursday. “In De Getto,” also co-produced by Tainy, is built around an interpolation of the Nineties dance hit “In De Ghetto” by David Morales and …
Read More »The Residents Cancel 'Dog Stab!' 50th-Anniversary Tour
UPDATE (8/23): The Residents have canceled their Dog Stab! 50th-Anniversary Tour due to continued concerns about the spread of Covid-19 cases from the Delta variant. While the bulk of shows will be axed, the band will keep three gigs in California: September 15th at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles, …
Read More »Bon Iver Announces Special Live Shows for Album's 10th Anniversary
Bon Iver has announced that they’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album Bon Iver, Bon Iver, with two live performances at Los Angeles’ newly opened YouTube Theater. The performances at the Inglewood venue will take place Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd. Tickets go on sale …
Read More »Bleachers Plan to Enforce Vaccination/Negative Test Mandate on Upcoming Tour
Bleachers is the latest artist to mandate that fans attending their upcoming tour either be vaccinated or supply a negative Covid-19 test. “Working with the promoters and venues now to make sure all shows are vaccine/negative test for entry for the Bleachers tour,” Jack Antonoff tweeted Wednesday. “We’re not messing …
Read More »David Dobrik Was the King of YouTube. Then He Went Too Far.
T he YouTuber David Dobrik is driving his white Tesla through the verdant hills of suburban Los Angeles, explaining the challenges of selling thin-crust-style pizza in L.A., his assistant Natalie texting in the back seat and Billy Joel on pause on the stereo, when he abruptly stops talking. “I got …
Read More »Durand Jones & the Indications Release 'Love Will Work It Out'
Durand Jones & the Indications have released their new song “Love Will Work It Out,” alongside a video of the band performing the new track. “For months into the pandemic and the racial/political chaos that ensued, we found it hard to write. The biggest creative dry spell we’d experienced in …
Read More »A Matter of 'Time': Director Garrett Bradley on Making the Year's Best Documentary
At the tail end of Time — the feature-length documentary that, since its heralded Sundance debut last year, has deservedly made its director, Garrett Bradley, one of the film world’s women of the hour — an extraordinary thing happens. The movie follows a black family living in the shadow of …
Read More »The Cosmic Journey of Kacey Musgraves
I t’s exactly one week after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and her nerves having been frayed like a rodeo rope, Kacey Musgraves is today opting for some self-care. This is how she finds herself, raven tendrils piled carelessly atop her head, pale cheeks slightly flushed, in a floral …
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