Taylor Swift returned to Saturday Night Live last night to play two songs from her new record Lover. She did “False God,” as well the album’s title track. Taylor played a stripped down solo piano version of “Lover” in a bright green room surrounded by floating sheet music. For “False God,” she was accompanied by […]
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig sat down with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon for a nearly two-hour interview on the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis.” They reminisced about playing beer pong at a Minneapolis bar after a Vampire Weekend show, talked about their personal hurdles with touring, discussed Vernon’s life in Wisconsin (including […]
After days of being “critically ill” in the hospital, the iconic drummer Ginger Baker died today. Baker—best known for his work with Cream, Fela Kuti, and Blind Faith—was widely considered one of the best percussionists in the world. Musicians who worked with Baker and the leagues of people inspired by him took a moment this […]
Another week, another record. Tones And I’s global hit “Dance Monkey” (Bad Batch Records/ Sony Music Entertainment Australia) bags a 10th consecutive week atop Australia’s singles chart, setting a new, all-time mark among homegrown artists. It’s been a remarkable ride for Tones, who just a year ago was busking in Byron Bay, a popular beach spot […]
Avril Lavigne welcomed an addition to her family tonight onstage at Toronto’s Meridian Hall, when her cousin Bernie proposed to his girlfriend. The 75-minute set was special anyway — her return to perform in Canada after a five-year absence, during which she had to gain back her health after contracting the debilitating Lyme Disease. Toronto also […]
On Saturday evening (Oct 5), the BET Hip Hop Awards returned to Atlanta after having spent a short stint in Miami over the past couple of years. The green carpet portion of the evening set the tone — it was all very much “business as usual,” which is to be expected, but the air felt […]
The second episode of “Saturday Night Live” opened with another impeachment related sketch, this time taking place in the office of Vice President Mike Pence. Pence (played by Beck Bennett) gathered Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon) and Attorney General William Barr (Aidy Bryant) for a crisis meeting to decide how they’re going to deal with the […]
“Old Boy” director Park Chan-wook says he is getting ready to make comedy horror film “The Ax.” The film would be a remake of the 2005 film by Greek-French director Costa Gavras, which was itself a adaptation of a Donald Westlake novel. The story involves a chemist who is make redundant due to outsourcing, and […]
Director Vincenzo Natali and his “In the Tall Grass” leading man Patrick Wilson celebrated the global release of their Netflix Original feature at Spain’s Sitges Intl. Fantastic Film Festival on Friday. That morning, Natali, who doesn’t speak Spanish, opened the Sitges Pitchbox, a pitching competition for European first-time filmmakers in the horror genre, with a […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Angel Olsen, Danny Brown, Wilco, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Chromatics, DIIV, […]
Derick Almena—the master tenant of the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, where 36 people lost their lives during a devastating fire in late 2016—will be retried on multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, as Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU reports. Almena was arrested and charged in June 2017 for his role in the blaze, […]
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has released a new song called “Your Capricious Soul.” It’s available to purchase on his website, with all proceeds going towards the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion. You can check out the song’s music video via the website as well. Watch the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed video here. “Your Capricious Soul” […]
Pink Sweat$ has an album in the works, and it officially has a title. “I don’t know if I should say it,” he initially told Billboard in a sit-down interview at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. But a few seconds later, he opted to make the announcement: “This one is gonna be called Pink Planet.” Pink […]
Tenor Marcello Giordani, renowned for a voice of beauty and heft that made him a star at the world’s top opera houses, died Saturday (Oct. 5). He was 56. Giordani had a heart attack following lunch at his home in Monte Tauro, a suburb of Augusta in Sicily, and could not be revived, his vocal […]
It ain’t easy being green — unless you’re Taylor Swift playing a technicolor piano on Saturday Night Live. No stranger to the SNL stage, Swift — who made her first appearance on the late night mainstay in 2009, and returned for her fifth round on Saturday (Oct. 5) — opted for a simple yet stunning starter. From her […]
“The West Wing” debuted 20 years ago in the fall of 1999 when Bill Clinton was in office, and the Aaron Sorkin-created political drama ran for seven seasons, through the Bush administration. Looking back now, Sorkin says the storylines that seemed like a big deal at the time seem “so quaint” in 2019. “We know […]
“The Truth,” directed by Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu, will be released in Korean cinemas in December this year. Rights were acquired by local distributor Tcast. The highly-acclaimed director was absent from the Busan International Film Festival’s opening ceremony, where he was Thursday named as Busan’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. But he has now […]
Seven months after the Paris prosecutor dismissed rape allegations against Luc Besson citing a lack of evidence, a French judge has reopened an investigation into claims filed by the French-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, according to the AFP. The reopening of the investigation by a judge stems from Van Roy’s civil party petition filed in […]
Dave Free has left his position as co-president of Top Dawg Entertainment, according to a new report by Rolling Stone. Citing “two insiders with knowledge of the move who spoke on the condition of anonymity,” RS states that Free has been “working on his own for several months.” Dave Free, along with TDE founder and […]
Lil Nas X, Cardi B, and their collaborators on the song “Rodeo” have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by two Atlanta producers, who claim that “Rodeo” is derivative of a song they produced in 2017. According to the complaint, viewed by Pitchfork, producers Don Lee and Glen Keith DeMeritt III claim that they […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez has shared a music video for her brand new song “Far Away.” The Peter Huang-directed visual follows two lovers who are brutally separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.). Watch it below. [embedded content] “Far Away” is from Reyez’s forthcoming debut album, which will arrive next year via FMLY/Island Records. Of […]
The K-pop girl group’s new album scores them their best U.S. sales week to date as well. TWICE can certainly take the title of their new single and album to heart as the K-pop girl groups earns a slew of chart accolades with their latest release. First up, the nine-member act scores their second No. 1 […]
Miley Cyrushas never shied away from controversy, but all she asks is to be respected on an equal level as her male counterparts. The songstress published a four-part statement on Twitter Friday (Oct. 4), in which she talks about the dichotomy between how men and women are viewed by the public when it comes to dating. […]
Doja Cat goes a little pop-punk with her latest song, “Bottom Bitch,” released on Friday (Oct. 4). She samples Blink-182‘s classic “What’s My Age Again?” but keeps her characteristic rap flow. “Ooh, that’s my trick/I’m her pimp, she my flip/Ooh, don’t forget, that’s my trick/She my bottom bitch,” she proclaims in the hook. The accompanying […]
October 4, 2019 12:46AM PT SAG-AFTRA has commended California Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing legislation that institutes penalties for nonconsensual digital sexually explicit videos, also known as “deep fakes.” The legislation, Assembly Bill 602, targets companies and individuals who create and distribute the videos in California without the consent of the individual being depicted. SAG-AFTRA said the […]
Spanish journalist and editor David Jimenez’s revealing autobiography “El Director” is being made into a TV series by Fremantle. Jimenez was a seasoned international correspondent, covering conflicts, disasters, and major events for over two decades, before becoming editor in chief of Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo in 2015. In his book he details how he […]
Italian director Andrea De Sica, who has been helming the bulk of Netflix teen series “Baby,” is set to shoot a horror film based on a bestselling Gothic novel, “Non Mi Uccidere,” geared towards the same youth demographic as the show. The book – written by late cult author Chiara Palazzolo, with a title that […]
Throughout his discography, Tyler, the Creator has never released an official remix of one of his songs. Sure, there’s a song on Cherry Bomb called “THE BROWN STAINS OF DARKEESE LATIFAH PART 6-12 (REMIX),” but the title was written as a joke. Today, Tyler has released his first-ever official remix of one of his tracks. […]
Gucci Mane just surprise-released a new track with Megan Thee Stallion, titled “Big Booty.” Take a listen to the song below. Gucci Mane’s new album, WOPTOBER II, is out October 17 via Atlantic. Earlier this week, Gucci announced the rapper as a star of their new Cruise 2020 campaign alongside Iggy Pop. Harmony Korine, who […]
Gesaffelstein has shared a new six-song EP called NOVO SONIC SYSTEM. It follows his latest album Hyperion. Hear the EP below. Hyperion arrived back in March. It featured contributions from the Weeknd (“Lost in the Fire”), Pharrell (“Blast Off”), Haim (“So Bad”), and others. Gesaffelstein heads out on a U.S. tour in November. Check out […]