Walker Hayes sings a detail-rich tune inspired by his own life in “Beautiful,” which now has a grainy, Super 8-style video. From the Mobile, Alabama, native’s upcoming debut Boom., due out December 8th, Hayes’ new clip features him skateboarding and spinning a basketball with the same dexterity as his syncopated …

Broken Social Scene unveiled an endearing portrait of a friendship forged in peanut butter and Foreigner in the new video for “Skyline.” The track appears on the band’s latest album, Hug of Thunder. Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew directed the clip, which centers around the friendship of the band’s …

Members of the Berkeley City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday in favor of allowing police officers to use pepper spray on violent demonstrators, overturning a 20-year ban on its use during protests. Police Chief Andrew Greenwood requested the ban reversal with a 26-page memo to the City Council, citing four incidents …

Daniel Dae Kim found a semblance of redemption this week after Variety reported that he is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Hellboy reboot, taking Ed Skrein’s place as Major Ben Aimio. Skrein dropped out of the film project last month amid claims that the film was …

Bruce Springsteen‘s team was cautiously optimistic on August 30th, as the first round of tickets went on sale for “Springsteen on Broadway,” a run of 79 solo acoustic shows in a small theater in New York. Springsteen knew demand for tickets would be enormous, and wanted to make sure they …

For two decades, Kara Swisher, the tenacious reporter and columnist who co-founded the influential tech news site Recode, has chronicled the rise of Silicon Valley with an unmatched combination of cynicism and sourcing. Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was rumored to be so afraid of her that she hunted down …

The Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wood revealed in a new interview that he recently battled a “touch of lung cancer,” with the guitarist requiring an operation to remove a part of his lung. “There was a week when everything hung in the balance and it could have been curtains, time to …

For the past 15 years, ABC’s The Bachelor franchise has beguiled America with its blend of sponsored fantasy and structured reality, while also being glaringly white. At best, its relationship with race has been noncommital and, at worst, toxic. If people of color do make it past casting – some …

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington was honored at a private service Saturday July 29th at the South Coast Botanical Garden in Palos Verdes Estates, California. The ceremony included over 500 family members and friends including the singer’s bandmates from Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots. KROQ DJ Ted Stryker led …

Chicago Cubs fans forgave Steve Bartman when the franchise finally won the World Series last season, and the franchise is now treating him like one of their own. The Cubs announced on Monday in a statement to WGN that the Ricketts family has gifted Bartman with an official World Series …