The title character of HBO‘s My Brilliant Friend is Lila Cerullo, a shoemaker’s daughter in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples in the Fifties. Defying all odds of both nature and nurture, she is a prodigy who masters whatever task she sets her mind to, usually without any …
Read More »Dido Preps First New Album In 5 Years, 'Still on My Mind'
Dido will release her first new album in five years, Still on My Mind, on March 8th via BMG. The British songwriter will promote the LP with her first tour in 15 years, opening with a run of European dates before launching a North American leg on June 13th in …
Read More »Mike Myers on Fighting For 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Getting Final Letter From George Harrison
Mike Myers discussed the cyclical nature of his relationship with the Queen hit “Bohemian Rhapsody”: how he went from head-banging to the song inWayne’s World to playing a cantankerous record exec in the new Queen biopic onThe Late ShowWednesday. Myers said the iconic Wayne’s World scene, in which the characters …
Read More »Tom Steyer Opens Up About His Would-Be Assassin, the Midterms, His 2020 Plans and More
Tom Steyer, the liberal billionaire who has gotten more than 6 million Americans to sign a petition calling for the impeachment of President Trump, was a target of the alleged MAGABomber, Cesar Sayoc. Last Friday, postal authorities intercepted an improvised explosive device mailed to Steyer, similar to those sent to …
Read More »Review: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' 'Mid90s' Soundtrack
In the mid Nineties, Trent Reznor was rock’s preeminent enfant terrible – a figure in black who covered himself in mud, sang “I wanna fuck you like an animal” and midwifed Marilyn Manson into the world. A quarter of a century later, he’s an Oscar-winning film composer and a dad …
Read More »Anti-Susan Collins Campaign Raises $2 Million, Crashes During Kavanaugh Speech
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) extinguished any lingering hopes that she might cast the deciding vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. As she delivered her lengthy speech on the Senate floor, a crowd-funding site created to fund a Democratic challenge to Collins in 2020 crashed. …
Read More »Coheed and Cambria: Choreography, Robbery Highlight 'Old Flames' Video
Coheed and Cambria enrich the conceptual universe of their upcoming LP, Vaxis: Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, with the theatrical, futuristic video for new single “Old Flames.” The clip appears to explore the narrative of the album’s two main characters, Creature and Sister Spider, who also appear in the video …
Read More »Paul Banks: My Style
With their post-punk look — black suits, boots and skinny ties — Interpol were the most stylish band of the early-2000s New York rock boom. That’s still true, but these days frontman Paul Banks prefers more casual looks offstage, mixing vintage finds with high-end streetwear from brands like Y-3. “It’s …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Drops Antitrust Lawsuit Against AEG
Ozzy Osbourne dropped his antitrust lawsuit against concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) after the company agreed to end their practice of “block-booking” their venues. In the lawsuit, filed in March 2018, Osbourne accused AEG of forcing him to bring his farewell tour to Los Angeles’ AEG-owned Staples Center – …
Read More »Americana Roundtable: Things We Learned From John Prine, Jason Isbell, Margo Price
During last week’s AmericanaFest in Nashville, Amazon Music convened some of the genre’s most respected and beloved artists for a taping of “Today in Music,” an Alexa-based show hosted by Adam Steiner. John Prine, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Dave Cobb, Margo Price and Brandi Carlile all came together at Music …
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