Sky Ferreira has been taking her time— more than five years, to be exact. That’s how long it’s been since her 2013 debut,Night Time, My Time,a riotous alt-pop dream that raised major expectations for her long-promised follow-up. Her new single, “Downhill Lullaby,” is our first glimpse of the album she’s …
Read More »Hear Motley Crue's 'Kickstart My Heart' Sung in Style of Led Zeppelin, Ricky Martin
Anthony Vincent, the dexterous vocalist known for singing a single pop song in the style of up to 20 different artists, unveiled a new genre-hopping version of Mötley Crüe’s “Kickstart My Heart.” The song choice was tied to Vincent’s cameo appearance in Netflix’s new Crüe biopic, The Dirt, and he …
Read More »Journey to Antarctica: What We Learned in the Ice
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigatingthe effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. As I write this, I’m on the bridge of the Nathanial B. Palmer, cruising through the Strait of Magellan on our way …
Read More »Democrats Will 'Absolutely' Go to Supreme Court Over Mueller Report, Judiciary Chair Says
House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) made the rounds on the Sunday morning news shows to talk about how Democrats plan to get access to the the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, regardless of any attempts by President Donald Trump or his Justice Department to hide the contents of …
Read More »Best Movies and TV to Stream in April: 'Ramy,' Jordan Peele's 'Twilight Zone'
Imagine, if you will, a month of streaming programming covering a lot of ground by tone and genre. There’s the big re-launch of The Twilight Zone under the stewardship of one Jordan Peele, and another season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been conjured. Netflix has a Swedish court procedural …
Read More »Review: Karen O, Danger Mouse Have an Excellent Adventure on 'Lux Prima'
Karen O and Danger Mouse have described their first-ever collaborative albumLuxPrima as a “shared destination,” and by the sounds of it, space is their place. The nine-song LP is a lush journey down the milky way of their rock ’n’ roll sensibilities, meaning a bit of the signature rough-around-the-edges heaviness …
Read More »Florida Makes It Legal to Smoke Medical Marijuana
Way back when in 2016, the majority of Florida voters (more than 70 percent) said yes to a constitutional amendment that would make medical marijuana legal. But when then-Gov. Rick Scott — he of brutal dictatorial regime-supporting fame — signed it into law in 2017, he curbed the forms of …
Read More »Watch Two Door Cinema Club's Quirky Video for 'Talk'
Two Door Cinema Club‘s lively new single “Talk” becomes even more energized in the band’s accompanying music video. The fast-paced clip sees the musicians dressed completely in red, acting out some of the lyrical moments with the help of red-clad gymnasts as the words scroll across the screen. Some of …
Read More »Jon Anderson on His New Solo Album, Why He's Ready for a Yes Reunion
Twenty-nine years ago, Yes lead singer Jon Anderson abandoned a half-finished solo album called Uzlot that he’d been been recording in Big Bear, California, with his bandmates Chris Squire and Alan White. Yes were gearing up for a massive reunion tour and he simply put the master tapes in his …
Read More »Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan Talk 'Catastrophe' Finale
Last week, I spoke with Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the co-creators and stars of the wonderful romantic comedy Catastrophe, whose fourth and final season was released by Amazon on Friday. We covered a lot of ground in that interview, but they asked that our discussion of the ending be …
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