Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda grapples dark memories in his gritty new song, “Running From My Shadow,” featuring Grandson. The track will appear on Shinoda’s upcoming solo debut, Post Traumatic, out June 15th. “Running From My Shadow” recalls Linkin Park at their most anthemic with its mix of atmospheric hip-hop and …
Read More »John McCain's Revisionist History Is a Team Effort
I hope my editors boil in oil in the afterlife for asking me to review John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls, the new HBO doc that premieres Memorial Day and stars David Brooks, Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush and a succession of other wax-museum escapees who line up to …
Read More »David Lynch's Festival of Disruption: 20 Things We Learned
A horde of David Lynch devotees descended on New York venue Brooklyn Steel this weekend to drink Log Lady Lager, watch Blue Velvet with an intro by its stars and soak in some avant-garde ambiance via a stacked lineup of musical performances. The first New York–based, Lynch-curated Festival of Disruptionfeatured …
Read More »10 New Albums to Stream Now: Courtney Barnett, Lil Baby and more
ALBUM OF THE WEEK:Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really FeelThe Melbourne axe-slinger’s second album “is noisy and way more pissed off than her 2015 debut, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, unsheathing sharp new earnestness alongside her trademark sabers of sarcasm and penetrating observation,” writes …
Read More »Whitney Houston Doc Alleges She Was Molested by Cousin Dee Dee Warwick
Whitney Houston was allegedly molested as a child by her cousin Dee Dee Warwick, according to the new documentary Whitney, which premiered at Cannes Thursday. Per the Chicago Sun-Times, the claims were made by Houston’s longtime assistant Mary Jones and Houston’s brother Gary Garland-Houston. Jones said Whitney told her that …
Read More »Hear Christina Aguilera's Empowering 'Fall in Line' With Demi Lovato
Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato team up for the uplifting new song “Fall in Line,” the latest single off Aguilera’s new album Liberation, due out June 15th. The duo also shared the lyric video for the track, which Aguilera and Lovato will debut live this Sunday at the Billboard Music …
Read More »'Deadpool 2' Review: Smart-Ass Superhero Returns In Superior Sequel
The first Deadpool in 2016 took a heap of crap from critics and comic-book savants for being too jokey for its own good. Then, on a cheapskate budget of $58 million, it grossed $783 million worldwide, becoming the money-making-est R-rated movie ever. So yes, you bet your ass that Deadpool …
Read More »Watch Johnny Marr's Video for 'Catchy' New Song 'Hi Hello'
Johnny Marr has shared the video for his catchy new song “Hi Hello,” the latest single off the former Smiths guitarist’s upcoming album Call the Comet. The video finds Marr performing the song alone in a gazebo and a park bench in the dead of winter. The desolateness of the …
Read More »Hear Selena Gomez's New Song 'Back to You' From '13 Reasons Why'
Selena Gomez compares a romantic partner to a hooky pop tune in the sleek new song, “Back to You,” featured in the upcoming soundtrack to 13 Reasons Why Season Two. “You’re stuck in my head, and I can’t get you out of it,” the singer proclaims over acoustic guitar and …
Read More »'Filmworker': Doc on Kubrick Collaborator Is Case Study of Obsession
There’s being someone’s right-hand man, and then there is Leon Vitali. A strapping young lad who had begun making a name for himself in the early Seventies, this British actor had built up an impressive resumé of theater gigs, supporting parts, cop-show cameos and sitcom ensemble roles – he was …
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