Harry Styles performed a cover of Shania Twain‘s “You’re Still the One” alongside Kacey Musgraves during the British singer’s Friday concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. “We’re gonna sing one of my personal favorites,” Styles said before launching into the 1997 hit single with Musgraves, who is serving as …
Read More »Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Plot New Hold My Beer and Watch This Tour
Summertime in Texas isn’t complete for country music fans without a tour from resident buddy duo Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers. A fixture of the Red Dirt circuit for a decade, the pair is bringing back its Hold My Beer and Watch This Tour for an 11th year with a …
Read More »'Damsel' Review: Warped Western Is Winner for Robert Pattinson
It’s hard to figure out where this whatzit Western is going exactly. David and Nathan Zellner, the brothers who wrote and directed Damsel,aren’t trying to scare the horses or rattle your nerves – but they clearly like springing surprises. Their deadpan tone makes the stately pace of, say,Dead Mandirector Jim …
Read More »The Fox News Propaganda Machine Is in High Gear Over Family Separation
President Trump has instituted a number of morally dubious policies since taking office, but nothing has sparked so much outrage as the one issued last month that has caused over 2,000 migrant children – or, as Trump puts it, “only 2,000” – to be ripped away from their parents at …
Read More »'Dust on the Bottle' Singer David Lee Murphy Scores First Number One in 23 Years
In October 1995, singer-songwriter David Lee Murphy hit Number One with “Dust on the Bottle,” a tune which Murphy wrote in a 15-minute flurry of inspiration for his debut LP. On the other end of the spectrum, as far as time is concerned, it would be another 23 years before …
Read More »Review: Chromeo's 'Head Over Heels' Clings to a Proven R&B Formula
There is a veritable army of musical masterminds credited on the new Chromeoalbum,Head Over Heels: Pino Palladino, the bassist who anchors D’Angelo’s albums; Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, the writer/producer behind Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” and Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name;” Tawatha Agee, who has backing vocal credits on …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee Dispel Parkland Crisis Actor Hoax
Samantha Bee examined the nefarious “crisis actor” conspiracy theory and the way it’s used to cast doubt on mass shootings and other American tragedies on Full FrontalWednesday. Bee centered the segment around the Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre in Parkland, Florida, and the survivors – especially those that became prominent gun …
Read More »'Superfly' Review: Remake of Blaxploitation Classic Only Hustles Itself
At least it looks super fly. It’s too bad that Director X (born Julien Christian Lutz), the Canadian short-form film master for the likes of Rihanna, Drake and Nicki Minaj, stumbles when he has to stretch a scene past video length. He sets his blaxploitation remake in present-day Atlanta to …
Read More »Spiritualized Ready First LP in Six Years 'And Nothing Hurt'
Spiritualized have announced their new album And Nothing Hurt, the Jason Pierce-led space rock outfit’s first album in six years. The guitarist dubbed “J Spaceman” trumpeted the upcoming arrival of his first Spiritualized LP since 2012’s Sweet Heart Sweet Light by unveiling the video for “I’m Your Man,” featuring Pierce …
Read More »Black Thought Makes His Solo Debut With 'Streams of Thought Vol. 1'
It’s remarkable that – after nearly 25 years in the music industry – this EP is Black Thought‘s first solo project. (He planned the solo debut Masterpiece Theater in 2000, but it was eventually absorbed into The Roots’ 2002 Phrenology.) Musically, 9th Wonder and the Soul Council’s production is spare …
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