For more than a year, the Turnpike Troubadours have been on what they have termed an indefinite hiatus. During that time, band co-founder and front man Evan Felker has kept a low profile, staying far away from media (social or otherwise), and distancing himself from the high-profile turmoil that dogged …
Read More »Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne Tease Upcoming Biopic: 'We're Not Making It for Kids'
A film about the life of Ozzy Osbourne is in its “very, very early” stages, according to Jack Osbourne, whose production company is working on the picture. “We have a writer,” Ozzy’s son says. “We said to go from 1979 to 1996. I can’t say too much, but the film …
Read More »King Krule Takes a Creepy Evening Stroll in 'Comet Face' Video
King Krule, a.k.a. Archy Marshall, has dropped a haunting new video for “Comet Face,” a track off his latest album Man Alive! Directed by CC Wade and co-written by Wade and Marshall’s brother Jack, the clip features Marshall waking up on a bench in his childhood home of Peckham, South …
Read More »Metallica Hits the Stage for First Show of 2020 — at the Drive-In
Metallica is returning to the stage for the first time since 2019 — kind of. The band will be the inaugural rock act to partner with the Encore Drive-In Nights series, screening a full set at drive-ins and outdoor theaters in the U.S. and Canada on August 29th. As with …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Daughter Lily Cornell Silver on What Her Dad Taught Her About Mental Health, New IGTV Series
Toward the end of April, Lily Cornell Silver was struggling with her mental health. Coronavirus-related lockdowns started a month earlier and the third anniversary of the death of her father, Chris Cornell, was a few weeks away. Although she already had a strong support system of family members, friends, and …
Read More »'I Used to Go Here': Gillian Jacobs Heads Back to College
“Critics are the worst kind of humans,” says Jemaine Clement in the role of David Kirkpatrick, a horndog college professor trying to comfort Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs), a former student whose first novel has just been savaged in The New York Times as an “amateurish beach read.” But the critic …
Read More »FKA Twigs Launches GoFundMe for Sex Worker Mutual Aid
FKA Twigs has created a GoFundMe for sex workers facing an income loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer and performer launched the fundraiser in partnership with several sex worker-led organizations, including Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM), Lysistrataand East London Strippers Collective. FKA Twigs kicked the GoFundMe off …
Read More »'Howard' Review: Meet the Lyricist Behind Your Favorite Disney Tunes
There is nothing Disneyfied about this frankly intimate documentary on the late Howard Ashman, the brilliant lyricist behind such animated Mouse House musicals as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Ashman was only 40 when he died of complications from AIDS in 1991. His life partner, architect …
Read More »RS Charts: Taylor Swift Surges Past Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke on Artists 500
Taylor Swift completed a major charts sweep as she flew up the ranks of the Artists 500 to land at Number One for the week of July 24th through July 30th. The musician typically hovers just outside the Top 10, but with the release of her new album Folklore, Swift …
Read More »See Roger Waters, Lucius Sing John Prine's 'Hello in There'
Roger Waters and the women of Lucius paid their respects to John Prine in a new cover of the late singer-songwriter’s “Hello in There.” Waters kicks off the cover by playing acoustic guitar and singing half of the first verse by himself. Lucius then takes over, narrating Prine’s story about …
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