On Friday night the New York Times reported a blockbuster story: U.S. intelligence has found that Russian military intelligence offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to strike coalition forces, including U.S. and British military members. President Trump has known about the bounties since March and has done nothing to …
Read More »To Save Black Lives, and the Soul of Our Nation, Congress Must Act Boldly
For too long, Black people in America have been burdened with the unjust responsibility of keeping ourselves safe from police. We have been raised by elders and have been taught to pass along to future generations the understanding that every day, we must prepare how to navigate and even survive …
Read More »Folk Singer John Craigie Writes Funny Songs. But Don't Call Him a 'Comedian'
John Craigie has a degree in mathematics and also went through a self-described “hippie phase” while in college. When you learn that, it becomes easier to wrap your head around the title of his new album, Asterisk the Universe. The 40-year-old California folk singer, who has won over audiences with …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers and Her Skeleton Suit Perform 'I See You' on 'Corden'
Phoebe Bridgers and her skeleton suit took a wild car ride to perform “I See You” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The indie star has been wearing the outfit quite regularly — even on the cover of her new album, Punisher — and in the Late Show …
Read More »Donald Trump's Presidency Is a Saturday-Night Massacre That Never Ends
Attorney General William Barr‘s ham-fisted firing this weekend of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York, bears all the hallmarks of the Trump administration’s shoot-first-aim-second approach to governing. But the clumsiness of Berman’s ouster shouldn’t overshadow the chilling message sent by the firing of …
Read More »See Roger Waters' Socially Distanced Take on Pink Floyd's 'Two Suns in the Sunset'
Following the postponement of his This Is Not a Drill Tour, Roger Waters and his touring band once again reunited apart for a socially distanced rendition of Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut closer “Two Suns in the Sunset.” “I had an idea to make an album of all the songs …
Read More »NoCap And Lil Uzi Vert Aren't Here To Celebrate on 'Count a Million'
NoCap is a master of gloom. The Mobile, Alabama, rapper’s music mines a distinct sense of hopelessness; at points, his voice warbles with an unmistakable dread and then swells into a half-rapped, half-shrieked force. “Count A Million,” his new song featuring Lil Uzi Vert, seems at first like it might …
Read More »Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison Announce 2021 Makeup Dates for Stadium Tour
Three weeks after postponing their summer Stadium Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have announced makeup dates for 2021. “All tickets will be honored for the new dates,” they wrote in a message to fans. “If you are a …
Read More »Neil Young's 'Homegrown' Is Now Streaming
Neil Young‘s long-lost 1975 album Homegrown finally drops on Friday, but you can stream it now in full on his Archives site. Gearing up for its release, Young previously dropped the singles “Try” and “Vacancy,” two of the seven unreleased tracks on the album. “Hi, hoping you’re all holding up …
Read More »Flashback: Joe Walsh Sings Bob Dylan's Favorite Eagles Song
Up until this year, Bob Dylan had never really expressed much interest in the Eagles. But then in his epic song “Murder Most Foul,” released in March, he called out Don Henley and Glenn Frey by name, along with their 1975 classic “Take It to the Limit.” That inspired historian …
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