Comedian andSaturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones will get her own Netflix stand-up comedy special. The hour-long special will premiere on Netflix in 2020. Jones announced the news onJimmy Kimmel Live!Thursday night. “Y’all get to see what I really do: I am a stand up comic. It’s fun to …
Read More »Flashback: The 'Beverly Hills 90210' Gang Mashes Up Neil Sedaka With Robert Palmer
Unlike many teen shows of its era, Beverly Hills 90210 never had an episode where the gang formed a band. But in the critical second-season episode Wildfire that introduced the agent of chaos known as Emily Valentine, there was a talent show in which the power trio of Brenda Walsh, …
Read More »'Abbey Road' vs. 'Let It Be': Which Was the Beatles' Last Album?
So what’s the final Beatles album? Abbey Road or Let It Be? If you’re a Beatles fan, you’ve had at least one chemically-assisted late-night argument about this (because that’s what we do). Abbey Road was the last they recorded, but Let It Be was the last they released. So did …
Read More »Omar Apollo Wants to Inspire Young Latinx Musicians to 'Go Crazy'
Two years ago, Omar Apollo was sitting in the attic where he was living in the small town of Hobart, Indiana, with his guitar and laptop. He recorded a two-minute marvel of achingly tender R&B called “Ugotme,” which a friend persuaded him to upload to Spotify. The next day, the …
Read More »Hear Slipknot's Menacing New Song 'Birth of the Cruel'
Slipknot proclaim themselves “the bitter, the maladjusted and the wise, fighting off a generation too uptight” on their menacing new song “Birth of the Cruel.” The track will appear on the metal band’s upcoming sixth LP, We Are Not Your Kind, out Friday, August 9th. “Birth of the Cruel” — …
Read More »What Is Nikki Haley's Angle?
President Trump on Friday morning gloated that the Baltimore home of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) had been burglarized. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who in December stepped down as Trump’s U.N. ambassador, did not approve. “This is so unnecessary,” she tweeted, along with a rolling-eyes …
Read More »The 'Forever Business': Smithsonian Folkways' Quest to Preserve Music's Past
In the middle of January, with temperatures hovering around zero degrees, John Smith and his colleagues at Smithsonian Folkways drove a truck up to a 19th century homestead in Sharon, Connecticut to pick up a record label. For over 50 years, the remolded barn and carriage house had been the …
Read More »Hear Carly Rae Jepsen Join Gryffin for Single 'OMG'
Summer loving is the vibe on Gryffin’s new single “OMG,” which features Carly Rae Jepsen on vocals. The glossy synth-pop number, produced by Gryffin, evokes a sultry sensibility as Jepsen croons, “I love it/ When you touch me now/ I go from zero to a million/ When you dim the …
Read More »Dan Auerbach on How the Black Keys Came Back
Dan Auerbach spent the years between Black Keys’ new album, Let’s Rock, and 2012’s Turn Blue recording album after album in his Nashville studio, most of them far more rootsy, layered and restrained than much of his band’s catalog. But to return to the Black Keys‘ sound — and a …
Read More »Queen and Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys Lead Global Citizen Fest Lineup
UPDATE: Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch,Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins and Savannah Sellers have all signed on to co-host this year’s Global Citizen Festival alongside Hugh Jackman Deborra-lee Furness. Singer-songwriter David Grey and K-pop group NCT 127 will also perform. …
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