This week: a quick, blink-and-you-miss-it glimpse of Disney‘s whole new world of a live-action movie; sneak peeks at where Star Trek: Discovery and Making a Murderer‘s second chapters may be taking us; and not one but two extended early looks at a pair of major horror films hitting theaters in …
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Since his 2015 breakthrough Bladadah, Mozzy has tapped into a deep yet underexplored vein of West Coast street rap with consistently interesting results. Belying its media rep as simplistically violent “gangsta rap,” the Sacramento lyricist’s music is full of regret for past actions, entrepreneurial hope and hustle, and marked by …
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Over the past few years. New England band Stove has consistently shown a real knack for endearing indie-rock on a series of albums and EPs with adorable titles like Is the Meat the Fell Out and Is Stupider (the latter of which featured the winning troika “Stupid,” “Stupider” and “Stupidest”). …
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It’s called the Patriot’s Oath, a loyalty pledge that requires U.S. citizens to declare allegiance to their country, their government, their President. People do not have to sign it, says a press secretary, but their are “perks” if they do. Like, for example, they won’t be audited on their taxes, …
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Imogen Heap shared two new instrumentals, “Platform 9¾” and “In Trouble (Again),” from her upcoming soundtrack adaptation of the score she penned for J.K. Rowling’s stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The new album, The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is available to pre-order ahead …
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Innovations on the tech side of music haven’t done much to curtail its piracy problem, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The organization, which represents the interests of recording industries around the globe, released its 2018 consumer insight report on Tuesday, finding that 38 percent of …
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In its five decades careening through the cosmos and the popular imagination, Doctor Who has given us plenty of philosophies to choose from: “Go forward in all your beliefs.” “There is no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” “We’re all stories in the end.” “Bananas …
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Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, returned to her home state to kick off the 44th season of PBS’ Austin City Limits, which airs on PBS on Saturday. The episode features a 13-song set spanning her career. She also performed “Severed Crossed Fingers” from 2014’s St. Vincent, a bonus track that …
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North Carolina natives the Avett Brothers are set to headline the Concert for Hurricane Florence Relief on November 13th at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum in Greenville. Also appearing will be Future Islands and Valient Thorr, bands with roots and connections to eastern North Carolina. Tickets for the concert, priced …
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The United States and China have struggled mightily to reach a trade agreement. Last month, the stalemate grew so intense that President Trump made official a new round of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. China responded as expected, by imposing another round of retaliatory tariffs on American …
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