Forty-seven years since forming in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and despite losing some of its original members, the Marshall Tucker Band remain on the road. The Southern-rock pioneers, best known for hits like “Can’t You See,” “Fire on the Mountain,” and “Heard It in a Love Song,” have announced a new …
Read More »Watch the Who Play New Song 'Big Cigars' at Madison Square Garden
The Who resumed their Moving On! world tour with a stop at Madison Square Garden on Sunday and used the opportunity to play their new song “Big Cigars” for the first time in America. The tune is part of their in-progress LP that Townshend told the audience will come out …
Read More »'The Assistant' Is About Harvey Weinstein — And Much More
In the opening minutes of The Assistant, Jane (Ozark’s Julia Garner), an entry-level employee at a well-known film production company, is on her hands and knees, cleaning her boss’ office in the predawn hours, before any other employees arrive. She gathers up used plates and cups for washing, wipes crumbs …
Read More »Eli Valley on Drawing Bret Stephens as a Bed Bug and the Importance of Protesting
In the latest episode of Useful Idiots, Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper sit down with political cartoonist Eli Valley to discuss his most recent controversial illustration: Bret Stephens as a bed bug. Valley explains that he wanted not only to depict Stephens’ online meltdown, but to criticize the conservative New …
Read More »Patrick Carney on Making the New Black Keys Album and Looking Forward to the Road
Last August and September were fruitful months for the Black Keys‘ Patrick Carney: On August 28th, he and his now-wife, Michelle Branch, had a baby, and on September 5th, he and Dan Auerbach went into the studio to start work on the Keys’ first album in five years. That album, …
Read More »John Paul White on Donnie Fritts: 'He Wrote Some of the Greatest Songs I Know'
Songwriter and musician Donnie Fritts died Tuesday at 76. John Paul White, who produced Fritts’ 2015 album Oh My Goodness, recalls his collaborator’s influence and gentle nature in this remembrance. Donnie Fritts made me cry the day we met. I’d asked him to be a part of the Muscle Shoals …
Read More »See J Balvin, Bad Bunny Perform Trippy 'Qué Pretendes' at 2019 VMAs
J Balvin and Bad Bunny, urbano’s two most stellar acts, both made their VMAs debut on Monday night with a pop-art performance of “Qué Pretendes,” their lead single off their intrepid joint album, Oasis, released in June. Dressed in comically long-limbed inflatable suits, the pair channeled the pop absurdism of …
Read More »Jeff Goldblum Feeds His Curiosity in 'The World According to Jeff Goldblum' Trailer
Of all the trailers to come out of Disney’s D23 Expo this past weekend, none were quite as dazzling as the one for Jeff Goldblum‘s new travel show, The World According to Jeff Goldblum. The new series, hosted by Goldblum and produced by National Geographic, premieres on Disney’s new Disney+ …
Read More »Flashback: Night Ranger's Hair Metal Masterpiece 'Sister Christian'
Rock of Ages has extended its off-Broadway run 14 weeks (through January 14, 2020), meaning hair metal fans can now sit back and take tequila shots in their Harley Davidson T-shirts in New York City for a little longer. Held at the Theater District’s New World Stages, the production is …
Read More »Missy Elliott Drops New 'Iconology' EP, Unveils 'Throw It Back' Video
Missy Elliott surprised fans at midnight on Thursday with a new five-track EP, titled Iconology. Produced by Elliott, Timbaland and Wili Hendrix, it is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2005 sixth studio album, The Cookbook. The video for the lead single “Throw It Back” pays homage to the old school …
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