Shawn Mendes has announcedWonder: The Experience, a livestream benefit concert to celebrate his new albumWonder. Following the album’s release date on December 4th, Mendes will perform the livestream on December 6th, featuring the album’s title track as well as yet-to-be-released songs. Wonder: The Experience is the 2020 finale of the …
Read More »Van Morrison, Eric Clapton Announce Anti-Lockdown Song 'Stand and Deliver'
Van Morrison has announced the release of another anti-lockdown song. A collaboration with Eric Clapton, “Stand and Deliver” arrives on December 4th and will support Morrison’s Save Live Music campaign. The track was penned by Morrison and performed by Clapton. Morrison’s “Stand and Deliver” follows three previously released songs he’s …
Read More »Best Movies/ TV to See in Dec.: 'Wonder Woman 1984,' 'Mank,' New 'Euphoria'
We’ve almost made it through an objectively terrible 2020 — and while you wait for this annus miserablis to finally end, there’s a lot of stuff to watch while you’re stuck at home, wishing you could be with loved ones and remembering better times. Need a holiday-centric special episode of …
Read More »Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Be Focus of New Documentary
UPDATE (11/23/20):After having its theatrical release delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Library That Dolly Built will now become available as a worldwide streaming event. The documentary will stream for free exclusively on Facebook Wednesday, December 9th at 7 p.m. ET. The screening will be followed by a performance …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Phoebe Bridgers & Lars Ulrich
P hoebe Bridgers was in grade school in Pasadena, California, when she heard Metallica’s music in the PlayStation 2 game Test Drive: Off-Road Wide Open. “I was a kid in the early 2000s, so it was kind of a gift when a band that you just got into has an …
Read More »Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland Team Up in New Trailer for Sci-Fi Flick 'Chaos Walking'
Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland star in the new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller, Chaos Walking, which is set to be released next year. The film is based on Patrick Ness’ 2008 book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, which was the first installment in his Chaos Walking series. …
Read More »Neil Young's 'Archives: Volume II' Is a Stunning Look Back at His Prolific Peak
On August 26th, 1973, Joni Mitchell arrived at Studio Instrument Rentals in Los Angeles, where Neil Young and his band the Santa Monica Flyers were recording the boozy Tonight’s the Night. Joined by guitarists Ben Keith and Nils Lofgren, drummer Ralph Molina, and bassist Billy Talbot, Mitchell and Young tore …
Read More »Maria Bakalova Talks About That Rudy Giuliani Scene in 'Borat' Sequel
Maria Bakalova made her late-night talk show debut on Monday night’s The Late Late Show With James Corden, discussing her breakout role in Sacha Baron Cohen’sBorat Subsequent Moviefilm. The Bulgarian actress had never done improv comedy before starring in the film, in which she plays Borat’s teenage daughter Tutar. But …
Read More »'Fargo' Recap: And Your Little Dog, Too
A review of this week’s Fargo, “East/West,” coming up just as soon as my dog is named Rabbit… In 2009, the Coen brothers sat down with critic Elvis Mitchell for a career retrospective conversation on their home turf in Minneapolis. At one point in the wide-ranging discussion, Mitchell asks about …
Read More »Ottoman Turks Get Picked Off by a Serial Killer in New Video '35 to Life'
Texas country-punk-garage rock outfit Ottoman Turks cook up some molten, Black Sabbath-influenced riffs with their new song “35 to Life.” The track, accompanied by a gory, slasher flick-style video, will appear on the group’s second album, titled Ottoman Turks II, which arrives on March 5th, 2021. In “35 to Life,” …
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