High-five! Earlier this summer, Sacha Baron Cohen was up to his old tricks by pranking folks in Washington, and also former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Now we know why: Baron Cohen is returning as Borat this fall. According to Deadline, the film will be shown on Amazon Prime beginning in late October. The outlet […]
The xx’s Romy Madley-Croft has shared her first proper single. Released simply under the name Romy, the song, titled “Lifetime,” was written and recorded during quarantine with Fred again.. and Marta Salogni producing. It’s the second song she’s shared from her untitled solo album (Madley-Croft performed “Weightless” in an Instagram Live session in April). If there were […]
Sharon Van Etten has had a fairly active year, all things considered. She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her sophomore album, Epic, last week, and also digitally released “All Over Again” for the first time as well. Earlier this year, she performed with Fountains of Wayne as part of the Jersey 4 Jersey COVID relief fundraiser. […]
Fashionable music icons Iggy Pop, A$AP Rocky and Tyler, The Creator are the stars of a new Gucci ad campaign shot by Kids and Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine. The spots were shot in pre-pandemic February and are airing now. The artists, with their distinctive looks, dance around in a West Coast home in their Gucci finery. Pop, who is joined […]
It’s not looking like a COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the 2020 holiday season, so it’s only appropriate that often-mournful songwriter/ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan is releasing out a full Christmas album under the ‘Dark Mark’ moniker. The album, titled Dark Mark Does Christmas 2020 will be available at Rough Trade stores. The record will consist of five tracks […]
I once almost saw Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J naked. In 2013, I was working as ICP’s publicist. We were out in L.A. doing a press tour to promote their Fuse TV show, Insane Clown Posse Theater. It was me, Shaggy, Violent J, and their assistant Chop. We had just arrived at our hotel in […]
Deerhoof’s surprise new (free!) album Love-Lore on Joyful Noise Recordings that dropped today (Sept. 28) is surprising in a second way as well. It’s a 35-minute, 43-song, live-in-the-studio covers medley of songs by mostly ’80s hitmakers, including Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, The Police, Sun Ra and the B-52’s. Tracks from composers Ennio Morricone, John Cage and Laurie […]
Whether you’re planning to cast a vote for Igor or not on Nov. 3, Tyler, the Creator is encouraging you to “pull up” to the polls regardless. The music superstar took to Instagram and Twitter on Monday and dropped a two-minute video in an attempt to inspire fans to vote in the upcoming presidential election. […]
If you thought Tiny Desk Concerts would be impossible without all band members in the same room, you don’t know Bright Eyes very well. The indie rockers presented their own spin on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert Monday, as they performed four tracks, “Mariana Trench,” “Pan and Broom,” “Persona Non Grata” and “Shell Games.” The first […]
Amanda Shires’ new song “The Problem,” featuring Jason Isbell, is out today (Sept. 28), to coincide with International Safe Abortion Day. All proceeds from “The Problem” benefit The Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization based in Alabama. In a statement, Shire says, “This song is about making tough decisions and not having to go […]