Max B released “Super Bad,” the second single from his upcoming Negro Spiritualsalbum, on Friday. The track previously appeared on the free mixtape Coke Wave 4, a collaboration with the rapper French Montana and the producer Paul Couture. “Super Bad” revolves a smoother-than-smooth sample of Jonathan Butler’s “Song for Elizabeth” …
Read More »Flashback: ZZ Top Visit Hill Valley in 'Back to the Future Part III'
ZZ Top rolled out the trailer for their upcoming documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas earlier this week. The film — which traces their 50-year saga from their earliest days gigging around Houston through their period as MTV-era superstars and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees …
Read More »Meek Mill Speaks Out on A$AP Rocky Detention: 'This Could Be You Tomorrow'
Ever since his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in Sweden earlier this month, A$AP Rocky, the Harlem rapper currently being held in Stockholm on assault charges, has become a cause célèbre for the music industry. #FreeAsapRocky hashtags have flooded social media, while a Change.org petition has received over 600,000 signatures and …
Read More »This Is Robert Mueller's Chance to Dismantle the Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory
WASHINGTON —With just a sentence or two, Robert Mueller could demolish one of the most viral and cruel conspiracy theories of the Trump era. On Wednesday, the former special counsel will testify before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees about his final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election …
Read More »50 Years After the Moon Landing: Why Conspiracy Theories Won't Die
Controversy over “fake news” burst into view again this past weekend, on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission . Saturday, July 20th marked 50 years since astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin beat the Soviets’ ill-fated unmanned Luna 15 to the lunar surface. The coming of this date was …
Read More »Watch John Oliver Talk 'Lion King' and Not Meeting Beyonce on 'Colbert'
John Oliver visited Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Friday, where the Daily Show vets talked about The Lion King, Boris Johnson and whether the Last Week Tonight host actually met Beyoncé during the all-cast photoshoot. In the lead-up to Friday’s The Lion King release, Disney distributed a photo of …
Read More »King Princess Announces Debut Album 'Cheap Queen,' New Song 'Prophet'
King Princess will release her debut album, Cheap Queen, this fall on Mark Ronson‘s Zelig Records. She made the announcement with the release of the LP’s latest single, “Prophet.” “Prophet” is a soulful rock slow-burner where the “Pussy Is God” singer thinks about someone she’s infatuated with. “I can only …
Read More »'Send Her Back' Is Trump's Most Honest Campaign Slogan
It felt like President Trump’s rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Wednesday night was probably going to be an ugly one. It was grotesque. The East Carolina University arena was pulsing with white nationalist synergy through the president’s time on stage, provided a horrifying glimpse of what the next 16 …
Read More »Hear Sleater-Kinney's Dark, Experimental New Song 'The Center Won't Hold'
Sleater-Kinney get experimental on their new single, the title-track from theirforthcoming ninth studio album, The Center Won’t Hold. The song marks the band’s first release since longtime drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the line-up. (Weiss performed on the LP, out August 16th.) “The Center Won’t Hold,” like the …
Read More »Brooks & Dunn Exhibit Coming to Country Music Hall of Fame
Just ahead of their induction into the Hall of Fame this fall, the story of Brooks & Dunn from aspiring solo artists to the best-selling country duo of all time will be explored in a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Opening August 9th, Brooks …
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