Flying Lotus has offered up an enthralling new track titled “Heroes Pt. 5” to the Adult Swim Singles series. Keeping with the producer’s mind-bending, genre-blending style, the new song’s atmospheric synths glide along untethered from its propulsive beat and space funk bass lines. The track also samples and manipulates dialogue …
Read More »Kesha Plots 'Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride' Cruise
Kesha announced a four-day Caribbean cruise festival that sets sail February 17th through 21st of 2019. The singer will perform two unique sets during the Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride, which will feature both music and other activities. The initial lineup boasts a diverse mix of musicians and entertainers including …
Read More »Pink, SeaWorld Battle Over Killer Whale Captivity
Pink has weighed in on the polarizing debate involvingSeaWorldand its housing of killer whales, with the singer and animal rights activist e-mailing the company: “When will SeaWorld transfer its orcas and other marine mammals to seaside sanctuaries to save them – and itself?” The pop star sent the letter to …
Read More »Watch Dierks Bentley Perform Poignant 'Living' on 'Today Show'
Putting Dierks Bentley on a stage in the middle of New York City is a bit like taking a fish out of water – or, in his case, a mountain man out of the wilderness. Tuesday morning, Bentley showed up for a Today Show Summer Concert, where he performed a …
Read More »Dierks Bentley on Nashville Gossip, Pot Brownies and New Album 'The Mountain'
For Dierks Bentley, there’s nothing quite as welcoming as an elk carcass and a tray of weed brownies, high up in the Colorado mountains. At least that’s what greeted him when he arrived at the Studio in the Clouds, an eco lodge-cum-recording mecca in Telluride, to make his newest LP, …
Read More »Hear Tony Joe White's Gritty New Version of 'Bad Mouthin''
Tony Joe White is getting back to his roots, fifty years on from when he cut his first recordings. The swamp-rock veteran’s latest LP, Bad Mouthin’, takes its name from the first song he ever wrote, a grimy country blues that’s only just seeing the light of day after more …
Read More »Facebook Is Finally Putting Music Back Into Social Networking
Two billion new revenue streams just opened up for the music industry in the form of Facebook’s user base, which on Tuesday announced the rollout of several official music features on its immense, globe-spanning platform. Starting Tuesday, Facebook users in select countries can add songs to the videos they share …
Read More »Talib Kweli Faces Sexual Harassment Accusations From Former Protégé Res
Talib Kweli is facing accusations of sexual harassment from a former collaborator who claims that the rapper held her career “hostage” after she rejected his advances. Res, an artist who was signed to Kweli’s Javotti Media and appeared on numerous Kweli tracks, made her claims against the rapper (real name …
Read More »'American Animals' Review: Who Likes Doc Hybrids About Dumb Criminals?
You’d call this heist film un-fucking-believable, except that American Animals really is rooted in fact – that is, whenever the British documentarian Bart Layton, in a mightily impressive narrative feature debut, doesn’t mess around too much. “This is not based on a true story,” reads a title card at the …
Read More »Roseanne Barr: Show Canceled Due to Advertisers Threatening to Boycott
UPDATE:Roseanne Barr continued to fight against racism accusations after sending a racist tweet against former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. “I’m not a racist, I never was & I never will be,” the comedian tweeted Wednesday. “One stupid joke in a lifetime of fighting 4 civil rights 4 all minorities, …
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