Super Bowl halftime performances can be and often are quite bad. In the early years of the show, you were lucky to get a marching band, a college drill team, a few incongruous movie stars, or some other wholesome business. Carol Channing played twice. The youth educational organization Up with People made four appearances between […]
Fuck with Kesha, and youâre in for the fight of a lifetime. Thatâs the message of âTik Tok,â âDie Young,â âWarrior,â and âWe R Who We Râ â hits about going to war with the night and coming out the victor â and of many of the singer-songwriterâs endeavors since then, including her protracted battle […]
Beliebers, time to reinstall that VPN. Justin Bieber remixed his single âYummyâ with Summer Walker, so if he doesnât get to No. 1 this time, thereâs no telling what drastic measures heâll take. Bieber previously asked his fans to use a virtual private network to stream âYummyâ in other countries and to loop the song […]
The Academy failed to give Jennifer Lopez a Supporting Actress nom for Hustlers, but itâs fine. You canât wear assess chaps, twirl on a pole or dance with an army of leather-class dancers at the Oscars anyway, at least not without being politely but firmly asked to leave. JLoâs everything is too bombastic to fit […]
Andy Gill, founding member of post-punk band Gang of Four, has died. He was 64. Gillâs passing was announced on Twitter by his bandmates on Saturday. âThis is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today,â their statement reads. âAndyâs final tour in November was the only […]
Last year, Jay-Zâs Roc Nation enterprise signed a partnership deal with the NFL to produce the annual Super Bowl Halftime Show, an announcement that was met with a fair share of criticism. In addition to coordinating the halftime show and other music events, Roc Nation also agreed to work closely with the leagueâs various social-justice […]
Incredible news for all of the Broadway stragglers with Remain in Light vinyls whoâve been refreshing Stubhub 10 times (minimum) per day: No need to worry about the hard February 16 closing date, because David Byrneâs American Utopia is going to be filmed to live on for eternity. Oh yeah, and Spike Lee is directing […]
Put simply, Taylor Swiftâs new documentary Miss Americana is about one thing: cats. Totally kidding, but there is a smattering of cat propaganda, and I wouldâve liked some answers about her role in the movie CATS. This is not that movie (luckily). Miss Americana is a coming-of-age story. By now, we all know the tale […]
If youâre like me you greatly enjoyed the excellent scene in the Taylor Swift Netflix doc, Miss Americana, where Taylor has her cat, Oli, in a chic backpack carrier that any cat owner would be envious of. But if you are truly like me, you already own that exact cat backpack. Turns out another thing […]
All M.I.A. wants to do is*gunshot**gunshot**gunshot**gunshot**click**cash register noise*and take your money! But this time, itâs through Patreon. The musician and activist is opening up her world to her fans (for a fee). Patreon is a platform that allows fans to support artists of all kinds and receive exclusive content in return. Itâs popular among online […]
Taylor Swiftâs got her Shiv Roy political-consultant turtleneck on. Swift, famously, publicly apolitical until recently, urges you to get out there and participate in democracy on her new track âOnly the Young.â The song, which was written and released exclusively for her new Netflix documentary Miss Americana, encourages young people to get involved in politics. […]
Megan Thee Stallion and Phony Ppl knew exactly what they were doing releasing a joint about cheating two weeks before Valentineâs Day. The Brooklyn-based band and the Houston-born rapper finally dropped the studio version of âFkn Around,â which they debuted on Megan Thee Stallionâs Tiny Desk Concert. The song laughs about young people messing around […]
Maybe another Drake bop is what we need to get through the winter. Drake and Future dropped âDesiresâ on OVOâs SoundCloud overnight. Itâs titled âDESIRES LEAK 2020 SUPER FUTURE DRAKEâ on SoundCloud, as if theyâre leaking their own song. Itâs no BeyoncĂ© surprise drop, but itâll do. âDesiresâ might be a little extra something-something from […]
Super Bowl LIV is coming up on Sunday, and it was announced today in Miami â the host city for the event â that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will incorporate a Kobe Bryant tribute into their Halftime show performance. Lopezâs fiance, Alex Rodriguez, was a friend of Bryantâs, and he was the one who broke the […]
You canât control your reputation. You think you can by striving to do and be good, but people are hard to win over now, and with good reason. Hucksters are on a powerful tear. No one buys anyone elseâs story anymore. Come up too quickly, and you get called a grifter or an âindustry plant.â […]
Itâs liberation season for Hayley Williams. Formerly the knockout voice of Paramore, she is now the knockout voice of her own solo career â even if sheâs still withholding the key changes from all of us. Following her debut single and its accompanying video, âSimmer,â Williams has dropped another steady and personal track in âLeave […]
Frances Quinlan is still getting used to performing with backing tracks. She didnât want to take more than a guitar on tour, to make it easier to explore cities, but that means she has to keep up with the Macbook on stage next to her instead. âItâs like playing with the most merciless band in […]
Billie Eilish better pull together another large formal leisure ensemble, perhaps with some gold accents, because she is going to perform at the Oscars. The Academy announced the news today, putting her in a lineup of musicians that includes Cynthia Erivo, Elton John, Idina Menzel, Chrissy Metz, and Randy Newman. Eilish, who is some real […]
After nine years, My Chemical Romance is back in action. By now, some of their fans are old enough to have their own sons to take into the city to see a marching band. Or they could just take them to the new My Chemical Romance U.S. Tour. Starting September 9 in Detroit, Michigan, the […]
Throughout the Netflix docuseries Cheer, we learn so much about the sport and the athletes dedicating their lives to it. Each athlete faces unique struggles, on and off the mat, raising the question: Who cheers for the cheerleaders? Enter, Patrick Avard, a.k.a. CheerMusicPro. Along with his team at New Level Music Productions, Avard creates over […]
The universe filled out its weekly classic rock Mad Libs, and, with no disrespect to the parallel universe where Charlie Watts spearheads an exciting new collection of drum panties, the following information should amuse you regardless: Brian May, of Queen fame, has designed a very snazzy sports bra for his devoted legion of fans. And […]
While the world is still reeling from the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, Bad Bunny channeled his grief into a new song, â6 Rings.â Bad Bunny, real name Benito Ocasio, shared the song on SoundCloud late Monday night. It opens with sound bites from Kobe Bryantâs legendary 81-point game against the Toronto […]
Just when you were about to delete your Twitter app after being subjected to the latest iteration of uninspired âthe devil works hard but The Bachelor producers work harderâ tweets, Satan himself is probably smiling down at us with all the svengali nonsense that transpired on Monday nightâs episode. Chase Rice, a popular country musician, […]
Thank god, now you donât have to scramble around making the perfect love-making soundtrack for Valentineâs Day next month. Whether youâre spending the holiday alone, or with one or more lovers, you need only shout out Alexaâs name and ask her to play Changes by Justin Bieber. The singer announced that his upcoming album, once […]
Stand-up comedian and Yang Gang member Dave Chappelle took home the Grammy last night for Best Comedy Album, beating fellow nominees Jim Gaffigan (Quality Time), Trevor Noah (Son of Patricia), Ellen DeGeneres (Relatable), and Aziz Ansari (Right Now) for the award with his 2019 Broadway show turned Netflix special Sticks & Stones. Unless you were […]
This was always going to be a heavy Grammy ceremony, but there was no way to tell just how heavy it would get. Upheaval at the highest levels of the Recording Academy had muddied the days leading up to the show. On January 16, it was announced that Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan â […]
When Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan was placed on leave ten days prior to the 2020 Grammys, many wondered if the awards would serve as a space for artists to be vocal about inequities within the industry. Duganâs suspension came amid rumors that she was due to blow the whistle on the Recording Academy, its […]
Hours after the news broke that basketball legend Kobe Bryant tragically died in a helicopter crash, his friend Kanye West, along with Chance the Rapper and Kirk Franklin, celebrated his life and legacy at Westâs weekly Sunday Service. âI was driving home / They was leaving your jersey on the freeway / And I just […]
Spanish singer RosalĂa won the Grammy award Sunday night for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album for El Mal Querer, and her performance of âJuro Queâ and âMalamenteâ on the telecast featured the vibrant influence of Flamenco on her music. In the press room after accepting her trophy, RosalĂa, who is the first all-Spanish-language […]
Tyler, the Creator graciously accepted his Best Rap Album statuette, his first ever win, at the 2020 Grammys Sunday night, but as soon as he got to the press room backstage, the IGOR singer had something to get off his chest. Sure, heâs willing to accept his album is great ⊠but does the Recording […]