Donald Trump is obsessed with beingTime’sPerson of the Year. As early as 2013, he was retweeting supporters saying that he should be given the honor. And for years before he he was named Person of the Year in 2016, Trump displayed a Photoshopped Timecover in his golf clubs depicting himself …
Read More »Watch The Cure Perform 'Pictures of You' at 'Disintegration' 30th Anniversary Show
This year marked the 30th anniversary of The Cure‘s landmark 1989 album Disintegration and they spent it performing it in full at special concerts around the globe. Cameras were rolling when the tour hit Sydney’s Opera House on May 30th and the group has just released three songs from the …
Read More »Brandi Carlile, Dierks Bentley to Headline 2020 Shaky Boots Festival
Brandi Carlile and Dierks Bentley will headline the 2020 Shaky Boots Festival. The country-music weekend, set for May 8th and 9th, returns after a five-year absence to stage its second incarnation at Atlanta’s Central Park. The time off did the festival well: this lineup is particularly satisfying and eclectic, with …
Read More »Watch U2 Dedicate 'Pride' to John Lennon at First-Ever South Korea Concert
U2‘s Joshua Tree 2019 tour touched down at Seoul, South Korea’s Gocheok Sky Dome on December 8th. It was the group’s first concert in South Korea, and it happened to also be the anniversary of John Lennon‘s death. Early in the show, Bono paused “Pride (In the Name of Love)” …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Recruits 'Peloton Wife' for Spoof on Viral Ad
Following the release of a viral, controversial Peloton ad on Thanksgiving, Ryan Reynolds recruited the actress at the center of the commercial for a spoof from his Aviation gin company. Peloton, a company known for its exercise bikes, released its 30-second Christmas commercial earlier this week featuring a man who …
Read More »Vic Mensa and Junglepussy Join Pussy Riot on Hard-Hitting 'Hangerz'
Pussy Riot have released a new song, “Hangerz,” with the help of Vic Mensa and Junglepussy. The politically themed track was written before the band staged a sold-out live benefit show in Birmingham, Alabama, on July 11th to protest the anti-abortion legislation and centers on reproductive freedom for all women. …
Read More »See Thrilling New Trailer for Live-Action 'Mulan' Remake
Following its teaser trailer in July, Disney has unveiled the first lengthy look at their upcoming Mulan live-action remake. As evidenced by the new trailer, the live-action version strips away some of the more cartoonish elements of the 1998 animated film — that indestructible bug, the Eddie Murphy-voiced mini-dragon Mushu …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Judy Collins' Cover of Joni Mitchell's 'River'
Decades before Lana Del Rey introduced Joni Mitchell to millennials, Judy Collins was spreading the Canadian bohemian gospel. Mitchell’s heart-wrenching Christmas classic “River” has just received its 687th cover, and it’s arguably one of the best: Collins’ rendition, released Friday off her new record Winter Stories, gives the piano-laden track …
Read More »Michael Nesmith on Monkees' 2020 Tour and His New Archival Live LP
When Michael Nesmth took the stage at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California, on August 18th, 1973, his life and his career were in a state of free fall. “I had just bought my way out of the Monkees,” he says. “I didn’t have a dime. I had a …
Read More »Prince's '1999': How the Artist Leveled Up on His Breakthrough LP
When audio engineer Peggy McCreary was recording Prince for his 1999 album, she didn’t immediately recognize his genius. “I had no idea who he was when I first started working with him,” she recalls. She had met him around the time he made his third LP, Controversy, and unlike Prince, …
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