Bebe Rexha performed a dramatic “I’m a Mess” during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. The song appears on her debut studio album, Expectations, which was released on Friday. The singer launched the heartfelt song while lying in a hospital-styled bed as a nurse stood by. The lyrics …
Read More »Watch Preview of Anthony Bourdain's Final 'Parts Unknown' Episode
CNN has shared a preview of the final episode of Anthony Bourdain‘s Parts Unknown, which documented the late chef’s visit to Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom that borders the Himalayans. “It is considered enlightening and therapeutic to think about death for a few minutes a day,” Bourdain says in voiceover over …
Read More »Are You Ready to Actually Think of the Children?
Like most people, I’ve been seeing a lot of disturbing videos and stories about the situation at our Southern border these past few weeks, in which thousands of children have been forcibly separated from their families for the crime of attempting to enter this country illegally. It’s a hot button …
Read More »Paul McCartney Explores 'Dream Location' for New LP, 'Egypt Station'
Paul McCartney will release his 17th studio album, Egypt Station, on September 7th via Capitol Records. The album, which the former Beatle named after one of his original paintings, features newly announced singles “I Don’t Know” and “Come On to Me.” In a statement about the LP, McCartney says the …
Read More »Frightened Rabbit Festival Set Replaced With Mental Health Panel
London’s Meltdown Festival replaced Frightened Rabbit‘s set with a panel on mental health awareness and the music industry after the death of singer Scott Hutchison, The Guardian reports.Hutchison died last month at age 36. His body was found outside Edinburgh several days after he was reported missing. Hutchison was reportedly …
Read More »Elvis Costello Sets Fall Tour Ahead of New Album
Elvis Costelloannounced a fall tour with the Imposters in support of his soon-to-be-announced new album. The 20-date, coast-to-coast “Look Now And Then…It’s Elvis Costello & The Imposters” trek begins November 2nd in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and concludes December 4th in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to the tour, Costello has booked a …
Read More »Alt-J Recruit Pusha-T for 'In Cold Blood' Rework on 'Colbert'
Alt-J revisited their Relaxer single “In Cold Blood” on Thursday’s Late Show with a performance that featured guests Pusha-T and Twin Shadow. Earlier in the day, Alt-J unveiled the “Twin Shadow Version” of “In Cold Blood,” a hyperactive reworking of the Relaxer standout. The Late Show rendition was an amalgamation …
Read More »Elvis Presley Drummer D.J. Fontana Dead at 87
Dominic Joseph “D.J.” Fontana, the longtime drummer for Elvis Presley who helped pioneer the backbeat swing of rock and roll, died Wednesday, The Tennessean reports. He was 87. Fontana’s son David announced the drummer’s death onFacebook, writing, “My Dad passed away in his sleep at 9:33 tonight. He was very …
Read More »Republicans Are Straining Themselves to Praise Trump's North Korea Meeting
Donald Trump cozying up to one of the world’s most ruthless dictators is a tough one to swallow for Republicans. Most conservative lawmakers condemned President Obama’s willingness to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, which would seem – if one were being generous – as somewhat analogous to Trump’s decision …
Read More »Review: Future's Robo-Croon Shines on 'Superfly' Soundtrack
Future‘s accompaniment to Director X’s remake of Superfly (which the Atlanta MC co-produced) isn’t as concise a statement on post-millennial criminality as Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther project was on universal blackness and African identity, and it certainly can’t live up to Curtis Mayfield’s epochal soundtrack to the 1972 original. But …
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