Sammy Hagar and the Circle have mainly tackled covers like the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and Little Richard’s “Keep-a-Knockin’” in their weekly Lockdown Sessions video series over the past couple of months, but their newest session takes on 1991 Van Halen classic “Right Now.” “When I wrote this song …
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The characters in Aviva, writer-director Boaz Yakin’s experimental self-chronicle-meets-Carnal Knowledge update, have a lot of sex. They copulate passionately in suburban teenage bedrooms and expensive downtown lofts, furtively in the backrooms of bars and against nightclub walls, in versions both vanilla and 50-gray-shaded, positions both missionary and magnificently gymnastic, in …
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Amid the national protests against police brutality and the deaths of so many black Americans, many crucial questions have been raised about the extent of policing powers. They have also questioned the validity of no-knock warrants, which had been issued and signed off by a judge the night a Louisville …
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The weirdest series in the DC Comics stable of TV shows returns later this month with the season season of Doom Patrol, which will jump to HBO Max for Season 2. The preview reintroduces the offbeat superhero team — Robotman (Brendan Fraser), Negative Man (Matt Bomer), Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby), Jane …
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A new museum dedicated to the life and music of Avicii will open in Stockholm, Sweden next year. Per a press release, the “Avicii Experience” will “bring its visitors closer to the artist Avicii and the person Tim Bergling. The audience will follow Tim’s journey from a reclusive music nerd …
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Americana luminary Melissa Etheridge made rock history with her 1993 breakthrough album, Yes I Am — a bold testament to her prowess as a singer-songwriter, as well as her lesbian identity. In Rolling Stone‘s latest edition of “In My Room,” she revives that same trailblazing spirit with an acoustic performance …
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On Friday, President Trump gestured to the sky and said that today’s positive jobs report marks a “great day” for George Floyd, who was killed by police last week. “Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country. It’s a …
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Bank Robber Music and Rough Trade Publishing have announcedTalk – Action = Zero, a compilation album in honor of black victims of police brutality. The compilation will be released Friday, June 5th on Bandcamp, on the same day that the platform will be waiving all of its revenue shares to …
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The new 30 for 30 documentary Be Water opens up with a black-and-white screen test of its subject, martial arts legend Bruce Lee, from the mid-Sixties. Lee silently follows instructions to turn his head to different angles, before the off-screen director says, “Now the camera will pull back,” and invites …
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As protesters and industries react to the killing of George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality, artists, executives, and companies from across the music business will participate in a day of silent protest on Tuesday — though a lack of clear messaging from the major labels makes its …
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