Happy tenth birthday to Blackout, which is not only the greatest of all Britney Spears albums, but one of the most innovative and influential pop albums of the past decade. It’s where America’s sweetheart changed her name to Mrs. Oh My God That Britney’s Shameless and got real, real dark …
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Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Trombone Shorty and the Nevilles Band paid tribute to the late Fats Domino at the fourth annual Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Inductions & Celebration, which took place Wednesday at the show’s home venue, ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The one-night-only supergroup honored the …
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We’re neck-deep in the prestige-movie season, i.e. when a handful of movies made for [gasp] adults join the usual year-round I.P. blockbusters. Yes, there are new Marvel and DC movies heading down the pike, perfect for those who like their superhero films in both bright-and-peppy and dark-and-dour flavors. But there’s …
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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood will release his 2014 orchestral piece “Water” on vinyl November 10th via the Australian Chamber Orchestra and ABC Classics. The Australian Chamber Orchestra commissioned the piece, which Greenwood wrote after serving as the company’s composer in residence in 2012. The composition features strings, piano, flutes, keyboards andthe …
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Early on in the great new season of Stranger Things, there’s a moment that sums up the geek heart of the story. Eighties small-town misfit kid Will Byers sits alone in his room, sketching his comic-book superhero alter ego, Zombie Boy. His older brother, Jonathan, comes in for a talk …
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Update: Late Friday, the federal appeals court in D.C. denied Jane Doe’s plea to require the federal government to release her to get an abortion. In a 2-1 decision, the court gave the government until October 31st to find someone to be legally responsible for Jane Doe – a “sponsor” …
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Kelly Clarkson unveiled a celebratory new song, “Meaning of Life,” the title track from her forthcoming album, out October 27th. The song begins with stripped down production and a despondent edge as Clarkson tends to a broken heart over punchy drums and an ominous bass line. But with each colossal …
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Playwright-actor Sam Shepard‘s final work, Spy of the First Person, will be published this December, five months after his death from ALS complications. The fictional novel mirrors Shepard’s own final years and struggle with the paralyzing disease as the book is described as “the story of an unnamed narrator who …
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A wheelchair-bound Morrissey is pushed around by English soccer player Joey Barton in the new video for “Spent the Day in Bed.” The song serves as the lead single from Morrissey‘s upcoming Low in High School album, out November 17th. In the track’s new clip, directed by Sophie Muller, Morrissey …
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Björk detailed her own account of sexual harassment in the film industry in a post on the singer’s Facebook page. “I am inspired by the women everywhere who are speaking up online to tell about my experience with a Danish director,” Björk wrote. While the singer didn’t outright state the …
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