Remember A Quiet Place, which created a post-apocalyptic world in which aliens would pop out and kill you if you made a single sound? Bird Box is pretty much the same story, except it’s looking at the creatures from another planet that will end your days on earth. Lay your …
Read More »Why Sony Is Launching a Hi-Res Streaming Service in Japan
Music streaming is coming up on its next frontier: audio quality. On Monday, that future loomed a bit closer when Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Rhapsody International announced, in partnership, a new service called Mora Qualitas, which will be Japan’s first on-demand high-resolution music streaming service. Sony Music Entertainment Japan …
Read More »Supreme Court Refuses to Hear a Case About Defunding Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case that could have paved the way for Republican states around the country to defund Planned Parenthood. A lower court had previously blocked laws passed in Louisiana and Kansas that declared Medicaid funds couldn’t be used to receive services at the …
Read More »Grammys 2019: The 10 Biggest Snubs
What doAriana Grande, Travis Scott and J Balvin have in common? All were spurned to some degree by Grammy voters. The nominations for the 2019 awards ceremonywere announced on Friday morning, with Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B and Lady Gaga each picking up multiple nods in major categories. But each year, …
Read More »New Report of Cyberattacks on Leading Republican Campaign Group Raises Questions
WASHINGTON —Fresh off its shellacking in the 2018 midterm elections, House Republicans suffered another embarrassment on Tuesday when it was revealed that their flagship campaign group was hacked earlier this year and failed to tell senior party members about the attack. Politico reported that unknown hackers breached the National Republican …
Read More »See Thom Yorke's Live Debut of 'Suspiria' Song 'Unmade' at Tour Kickoff
Thom Yorke kicked off his solo tour Friday at Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall, a gig that featured the live debut of the Radiohead singer’s Suspiria song “Unmade.” Although Yorke released his Suspiria album in October, the singer only performed the one song from his first film score; instead, Yorke’s tour …
Read More »Watch Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler, Tom Morello Sing 'All You Need Is Love'
Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Aloe Blacc and Eric Church performed a celebratory version of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” in a preview of the upcoming film/album Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert. Kris Kristofferson, Peter Frampton, …
Read More »Dream Theater Talk Recording in the Catskills and Their Heavy New LP
Dream Theater’s career has spanned three decades and more than a dozen studio albums. But when it came to the progressive metal giants’ newest effort, Distance Over Time, due February 22nd, they still managed to find new and unique ways to approach the writing and recording process. This time, the …
Read More »How a Wisconsin Singer Got a Bob Dylan Co-Writing Credit for New Song 'On, Wisconsin'
Wisconsin singer/songwriter Trapper Schoepp was scrolling through articles on Rolling Stone‘s website in March 2017 when he came across a piece about a long-lost Bob Dylan lyric manuscript about the state of Wisconsin that was about to hit the auction block. The article concluded with a complete transcription of the …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Sues to Count Provisional Ballots in Heated Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams isn’t giving up. The Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia filed a lawsuit Sunday insisting that provisional ballots in heavily Democratic counties around Atlanta be counted before the 2018 election is officially certified. The suit also asks that the deadline to certify the election, set for Tuesday, be …
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