Big Boi announced his inaugural Kryptonite Festival, which will take place at Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta, Georgia on April 18th. Tickets go on sale on Friday, with pre-sale tickets available now. Goodie Mob, EarthGang and Kneel’n Rey are among the performers and Big Boi will headline …
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Elizabeth Warren was the latest Democratic presidential candidate with a guest slot onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, sitting down with the daytime host for her Super Tuesday episode. With Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropping out of the race to endorse candidate Joe Biden, Warren is now the third-place candidate behind …
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Blackberry Smoke will round up a few of their finest Southern-rocking contemporaries for “Spirit of the South Tour: A Celebration of Southern Rock and Roll,” set to get underway in July. Joining Blackberry Smoke for the trek will be the Allman Betts Band, the Wild Feathers, and founding Allman Brothers …
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Nineteen-year-old Los Angeles native Lila Drew is a R&B singer-songwriter to watch, and her song “Locket” is the perfect representation of the dreamy and smooth songs she is bound to serve up in the future. It’s a great end-of-winter jam, ideal for fantasizing of warmer weather. “Locket” explores first heartbreak …
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Say “the Romanian New Wave” to folks who tend to order their cinema off-menu, and they’ll happily regale you with tales of long takes, deliberate paces, dour perspectives and a serious distrust of authority. They’ll also tell you that the country has produced some of the most complex, captivating movies …
Read More »Sonic Youth's 'Live in Moscow' is a Snapshot of the Indie-Rock Greats at Their Peak
From anniversary re-creations by the band to its inclusion in the Library of Congress’ National Registry, Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nationhas been rightly defined as one of the landmarks of Eighties indie rock, and possibly its last galvanizing moment before so much of that scene collapsed. The band still played a …
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Netflix has released the first official trailer for its new fantasy series The Letter for the King, based on the bestselling 1962 novel of the same name by Tonke Dragt. The six-episode series premieres on the streaming service March 20th. Amir Wilson stars as Tiuri, a young knight in training tasked …
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie bumped off Roddy Ricch and bested Justin Bieber to take the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the week of February 14th through February 20th. The rapper garnered 167 million song streams following the release of his new album, Artist …
Read More »Orville Peck Sings for Drag Performers in Colorful 'Queen of the Rodeo' Video
Orville Peck finds the place where bull riding overlaps with drag pageantry in the new video for “Queen of the Rodeo,” a track that originally appeared on Peck’s 2019 debut album Pony. Directed by Austin Peters, the eight-minute clip includes cameos by model Tess Holiday as well as drag performers …
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Amazing Stories Steven Spielberg‘s Eighties hit anthology series is getting a modern update on Apple TV+. The new teaser introduces us to five different stories, and although plot specifics remain a mystery, each has a flair for the supernatural. From otherworldly bursts of energy in the sky to a grandfather …
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