HBO offered its first full look at the upcoming season of their sci-fi drama Westworld Sunday during the Super Bowl LII. The Season Two preview also marked HBO’s first Super Bowl ad in 20 years. Soundtracked by a piano rendition of Kanye West’s “Runaway,” the Season Two trailer captures the …
Read More »See U2, DJ Khaled Bond With James Corden's Parents at Grammys
WhenJames Corden hosted the Grammy Awards, he brought his parents Malcolm and Margaret to mingle with the stars backstage and on the red carpet. There, they spoke with U2‘s Bono and the Edge, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Cardi B, Common, John Legend and many others. After loosening up in the …
Read More »David Byrne on Trump, New Solo Album, Why He Won't Reunite Talking Heads
“My booking agent said, ‘I think you’re having a Leonard Cohen moment,’ ” says David Byrne – before hastening to clarify, with a laugh, that the reference was to renewed relevance and popularity, not his impending demise. In March, he’s releasing a strong new album, American Utopia (written over tracks created …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein's Lawyer Rebuffs Rose McGowan's Assault Allegations
Harvey Weinstein‘s lawyer said thatRose McGowan‘s claims that the film producer sexually assaulted her is “a bold lie,” Variety reports. The statement, issued by Ben Brafman, comes as McGowan embarks on a publicity tour behind her new E! documentary series, Citizen Rose, and book, Brave. In both, McGowan discusses her …
Read More »2018 Grammys: Estimates Show Ratings Slip 20 Percent
Ratings for the 2018 Grammys slipped over 20 percent from last year’s event, putting Music’s Biggest Night in danger of securing its lowest ratings in modern history. Nielsen Media’s overnight returns showed the 2018 Grammys scoring a 12.7 rating in metered markets, a significant fall from last year’s 16.0; ratings …
Read More »Harry Styles, Haim and Bill Clinton Honor Fleetwood Mac's Legacy
In Lindsey Buckingham’s own words as he and his Fleetwood Mac bandmates accepted MusiCares Person(s) of the Year Award, the band was “a group of chemistry.” That chemistry of drama, anger, love, sadness and sense of family has created one of pop’s most enduring musical canons, and as a steady …
Read More »Rob Sheffield Remembers the Fall's Mark E. Smith
Admit it: You thought Mark E. Smith would be the last to go. And in a way, he was the last to go – when the punk legend died on Wednesday, after 40 years leading the U.K. band the Fall, he took most of the world’s bile with him. “There …
Read More »Country Rap: Inside a Genre Full of Big Dreams and Contradictions
Just south of Blackshear, Georgia, down a bumpy dirt road, the Moccasin Creek Off-Road Park spreads across 500 acres of wooded countryside. On a Thursday in late September, RVs, pickup trucks and trailers loaded with all manner of all-terrain vehicles wait to enter the park for the sixth annual Lactember …
Read More »Hear Sonic Youth, Negativland Members' New John Cage Experiment
Members of Sonic Youth, Negativland and the Flying Lizards have all taken part in a new recording of composer John Cage’s music with pianist Tania Chen. Electronic Music for Piano is a work that Cage wrote in Stockholm in 1964 on hotel letterhead, asking for musicians to play parts of …
Read More »Watch The National Mark Trump's First Year With 'Walk It Back' Video
The National mark the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration with the visceral video for “Walk It Back,” a song off the band’s 2017 LP Sleep Well Beast. The video manipulates CSPAN broadcasts (“the primary medium for political and commercial ideology”) of several notable political events – like Ronald Reagan’s …
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