Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda announced a headlining North American tour. The 22-date trek launches with two Canadian dates – October 10th in Montreal, Quebec and the 11th in Toronto, Ontario –before spanning the U.S. and concluding November 17th in Silver Spring, Maryland. General tickets go on sale Friday, August 10th …
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Perhaps the most surprising thing about Better Call Saul – other than the fact that many Breaking Bad fans have said they prefer the spinoff, and even the ones who disagree don’t find that a ludicrous notion – is how it’s become beloved for the exact opposite reason that its …
Read More »The Enduring Power of Trayvon Martin
My mother sat next to me as we listened to Trayvon Martin die again and again. Millions of Americans have heard the 9-1-1 calls from the gated Sanford, Florida, community where, six years ago, an armed George Zimmerman felt compelled to follow a black kid carrying snacks while wearing a …
Read More »How Denzel Curry Reinvented Himself on 'TA13OO'
Denzel Curry wants to master just about everything he can. To do so, the 23 year-old former Raider Klan emcee, newly moved to Los Angeles from his native Florida, is currently in the process of switching up his style. His last LP, Imperial, found the rapper confrontational, abrasive — a …
Read More »10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: July 2018
A Canadian group of rootsy outlaws, an unabashed Nineties-country bro and an Americana duo who excel at hushed elegance make up the 10 new country and Americana artists you need to hear right now. Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling IROC-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded …
Read More »How Trent Reznor Turned His Anger Outward
Trent Reznoris not a Vegas kind of guy. Yet here is Mr. Self-Destruct, clad entirely in his signature black, a 5 o’clock shadow peeking through at 11 a.m., sitting on the worn leather couch of a green room inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. “It’s a nice, dark room,” …
Read More »'Glass': Watch Gripping First Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Superhero Thriller
M. Night Shyamalan unveiled the gripping first trailer for Glass, the third installment in his covert superhero trilogy, Friday at San Diego Comic Con. The trailer for the film, which follows 2000’s Unbreakable and 2017’s Split, unites Bruce Willis’ indestructible superhero David Dunn, Samuel L. Jackson’s master criminal Mr. Glass …
Read More »The NRA Is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina
It typically takes a mass shooting to keep the National Rifle Association this quiet. As of this writing, the NRA has issued no public comment about this week’s arrest and indictment of Maria Butina, a 29-year-old Russian gun rights activist who had spent years ingratiating herself with the NRA, as …
Read More »New Lynyrd Skynyrd Doc Shows Plane Crash Footage, Traces Band History
A new documentary promises to tell the full story of one of southern rock’s defining bands, warts and all. The film, Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow, covers a lot of ground: the band’s rise from Jacksonville, Florida, the plane crash that killed vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve …
Read More »Donald the Sellout
It is only natural to ask why President Trump chose to make himself look like such a chump. Was it really blackmail? Is he worried about an actual scatalogical recording of himself with Russian sex workers? Whatever the reason, the president of the United States went limp Monday as he …
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