The National‘s Matt Berninger has released a video of his new song “Walking on a String,” featuring indie-rock phenom Phoebe Bridgers. The duo recorded the track for the new Zach Galifianakis film Between Two Ferns: The Movie, released last month on Netflix. “It’s a song about how our problems and …
Read More »Pharma Giants in Talks to Settle Opioid Lawsuits for $18 Billion
Three major pharmaceutical companies, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health, are considering an $18 billion settlement to end the myriad lawsuits over their role in perpetuating the opioid crisis, The Wall Street Journal reports. As it stands now, the settlement would prompt the three companies to pay out $18 billion over …
Read More »Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr. Highlight New Crossroads Festival Live LP
Eric Clapton, Gary Clark. Jr., Jeff Beck and other guitar icons will appear on the Crossroads Festival’s first-ever vinyl set, a six-LP live release. Performances from Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, ZZ Top, Joe Walsh, Keith Urban, Susan Tedeschi with the Derek Trucks Band, Willie …
Read More »DMX Returns to Rehab, Cancels Concerts
DMX has canceled his upcoming slate of concerts in order to return to rehab, the rapper announced Saturday. “In his ongoing commitment to putting family and sobriety first, DMX has checked himself into a rehab facility,” DMX’s Instagram told fans. “He apologizes for his cancelled shows and thanks his fans …
Read More »Can the Words of a Mother Who Lost Her Son to Gun Violence Change an Election?
WASHINGTON — Over the next few days, a curious piece of mail will land in the mailboxes of voters in northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the suburbs of Richmond that is unlike any political campaign lit they’ve received before. There are no shadowy photos of “corrupt” politicians, no all-caps doom-saying …
Read More »Charli XCX Pulls Out All the Stunts in Her 'White Mercedes' Video
Charli XCX has unveiled her video for “White Mercedes,” and it’s an action movie wrapped in pink tulle. In the clip, directed by Colin Solal Cardo (who also directed the video for “Gone,” featuring Christine and the Queens), the pop star performs while inside of a white sports car — …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Expands 'Norman F-cking Rockwell' U.S. Tour
Lana Del Rey has announced 11 new dates to her Norman Fucking Rockwell Tour, following her Long Island-and-the-West-Coast excursion this past month. The additional outing will kick off November 3rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and make stops in Denver, Chicago and more before wrapping November 19th in Nashville, Tennessee. Del …
Read More »Watch Aldous Harding's Fantastical New Video for 'Zoo Eyes'
Aldous Harding roams the lush New Zealand hills in the fantastical new video for “Zoo Eyes.” The track is the third single from her new album, Designer, released earlier this spring. Directed by Martin Sagadin, the video features Harding singing the surreal lyrics — “I drove my inner child to a …
Read More »Larry Junstrom, Early Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist, Dead at 70
Larry Junstrom, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the longtime bassist for .38 Special, has died, according to a post on .38 Special’s Facebook page. He was 70. Junstrom was in an early incarnation of Skynyrd, with singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitar players Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, and …
Read More »Democrats Demand Ukraine Answers, Documents from Pence for Impeachment Inquiry
The chairmen of the House committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight are seeking a lengthy list of documents from Vice President Mike Pence in connection with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Reps. Eliot Engel, Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings officially requested from Pence on Friday “all documents …
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