After moving to Nashville from Ohio in 2011, Caroline Spence nannied, waited tables and wrote songs. It took her two years to come up with one she felt was good enough to play around town: “Whiskey Watered Down,” a gently savage kiss-off to a flaky musician. “You think you’re a …
Read More »Jenny Hval Channels 'Alice in Wonderland' on Synth-Heavy Song 'High Alice'
Jenny Hval tells the psychedelic tale of Alice in Wonderland on her new song “High Alice.” The track is the second single off the Norwegian avant-pop artist’s upcoming LP The Practice of Love, out September 13th via Sacred Bones Records. The song opens with an intro of clashing, reverberating synths …
Read More »It Isn't Much to Ask That Cops Have a Higher Standard for Killing People
Stephon Clark lived and died in Sacramento.When the 22-year-old father of two was shot and killed by local cops after a foot chase in the spring of 2018, it provoked the largest national uproar over a police killing of an unarmed black man since the groundswell of protests that began …
Read More »Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Clinton Was Involved in Epstein Death
Donald Trump, president of the United States of America, retweeted two tweets promoting the baseless conspiracy theory that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was involved in the apparent suicide of billionaire and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday. https://thisforall.net/JaneLytv/status/1160315604475289600 Trump’s tweets came after a Trump HUD employee posted …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Channels 'Pink Rock & Roll' in New Song 'Mess With My Head'
Miranda Lambert continues to shake off the emotional heaviness of 2017’s The Weight of These Wings, releasing the uptempo rocker “Mess With My Head” on Friday as the latest preview of her upcoming album. Channeling the plainspoken toughness of Pink along with the sleek, new-wave power pop of the Cars, …
Read More »The Latest Remix of 'Old Town Road' to Skyrocket Is an Unexpected One
If you know one thing about Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” it’s that the single borrows from both rap and country. But in recent months, artists have been drawing less obvious connections between the runaway hit and styles of music from around the world. Take afrobeats producer DJ Tunez, …
Read More »The White Stripes Plot 20th Anniversary Package Celebrating Debut LP
Jack White’s Third Man Records will release a 20th anniversary edition of the White Stripes‘ self-titled debut LP. The White Stripes XX will be available as part of the label’s Vault subscription service, and the deadline to sign up for the package is October 31st at 1 a.m. ET. The …
Read More »Tupac, Afeni Shakur Docuseries Headed to FX
FX announced a new slate of docuseries including a five-part project on Tupac and Afeni Shakur, as well as a six-episode investigation into a dying breed of old school hip-hop power brokers. The network announced five new docuseries in total, plus one feature documentary, though they have yet to share …
Read More »If Trump Fooled You Twice on Background Checks, Shame on You
We’ve all been watching the Trump Show for four years now. But a lot of folks, and a shocking number of journalists, still haven’t caught onto the rules. Trump will promise any policy he thinks works to his political advantage in the moment. He loves generating headlines for those proposals …
Read More »The Making of the 'Woodstock' Documentary
Moments after cameraman David Myers finished filming a couple having sex in the tall grass at the Woodstock festival in 1969, he happened upon a middle-aged sanitation worker cleaning out an overflowing toilet with a giant suction hose. “It’s hard to keep up,” he says. “I’m glad to do it …
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