Thom Yorke will release his new solo album, Anima, digitally on June 27th, with a physical version arriving July 19th. Yorke wrote all of Anima, and the album was produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri debuted several songs on the album during past Tomorrow’s …
Read More »Watch Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Roast Trump's Corny '45 Fest' Campaign Launch
Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the ridiculous parking lot carnival surrounding President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign launch on their respective late-night shows Tuesday. Trump launched his campaign at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida Tuesday night, and he spent the days leading up to it …
Read More »Perry Farrell Performs Hard Rocking 'Pirate Punk Politician' on 'Fallon'
Perry Farrell, the frontman of LA alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction and one of the co-founders of the Lollapalooza festival, performed “Pirate Punk Politician,” on The Tonight Show Monday night. The track is from his latest solo album Kind Heaven. The song is a slinky hard rock anthem with unsurprisingly political …
Read More »Watch Keb' Mo' Decry Single-Use Plastic in 'Don't Throw It Away' Video
Keb’ Mo’ has shared a video advocating against single-use plastic using his track “Don’t Throw It Away” with Taj Mahal. The song features on singer’s just-released new album Oklahoma. The “Don’t Throw It Away” visual features Mo’ strumming the blues in a chair alongside images of landfills, oceans and the …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren's New Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren came forward in March to propose breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google, the words “small business” were not necessarily at the tip of her tongue. She spoke of “freeloading billionaires” and “giant corporations,” but made no direct mention of their most immediate victims: the …
Read More »Whiskey Myers Preview Upcoming Album With Tough New Song 'Die Rockin”
Opening with a slashing guitar riff and the wail of singer Cody Cannon, Whiskey Myers’ new song “Die Rockin’” is a blast of potent rock & roll with a Southern flavor. “I’m gonna rock until I die/I’m gonna die rockin’,” Cannon sings, letting you know exactly where he lands on …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Miley Cyrus/Ashley O, 'On a Roll'
Thirty years ago, no one would have expected that Nine Inch Nails’ foreboding industrial dance rock would be at the nexus of Top 40 pop conversations. Yet, in 2019, Trent Reznor is everywhere he may have never wanted to be: you can hear the 2008 instrumental track “34 Ghosts IV” …
Read More »Gordon Lightfoot Is Still Following That Carefree Highway
Anyone who ever owned an album by Gordon Lightfoot might not immediately recognize the man sitting on a metal chair in a dressing room at New York’s Town Hall. These days, Lightfoot only passingly resembles the strapping, mustached, square-jawed troubadour whose ballads, like “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Early …
Read More »Trans Inmate Layleen Polanco Found Dead in Rikers Island Jail Cell
Layleen Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman being held at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, was found dead in her cell on Friday, NBC reports. Department of Corrections officers reportedly found Polanco’s body unresponsive in the Rose M. Singer Center for female inmates. Custodial staff performed CPR …
Read More »See Madonna's New 'Dark Ballet' Video Featuring Mykki Blanco as Joan of Arc
Madonna has unveiled her new video for “Dark Ballet.” It’s the fifth and final preview that will be released from her forthcoming Madame X, due June 14th. The cinematic clip stars Mykki Blanco, who portrays Joan of Arc. In the visually arresting Emmanuel Adjei-directed video, Mykki Blanco is seen bravely …
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