The 62 episodes of Breaking Bad make for one of the most satisfying and consistent viewing experiences in TV history. And with the sequel film, El Camino, set to debut October 11th on Netflix, you may feel inclined to binge the whole series, either to refresh your memory or simply …
Read More »Watch Zedd, Kehlani Stir up Chaos at Fancy Restaurant in 'Good Thing' Video
Zedd and Kehlani commandeer a piano and cause a ruckus at a fancy restaurant in their “Good Thing” video. The pair released the self-love anthem last week. Zedd opens the video, playing a sad piano player for hire at a restaurant frequented by wealthy, cruel clientele. His boss berates him …
Read More »Billy Corgan Plots Fall Tour
Billy Corgan will follow his summer tour with the Smashing Pumpkins with a short solo trek this fall. The 12-date run launches November 4th with the first of three shows at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles, California, (the following two will take place on the 5th and 6th). Corgan …
Read More »Flashback: Roger Waters Performs an Epic 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' in 2000
Roger Waters made a fair bit of news earlier this week when he spoke to Rolling Stone‘s Kory Grow. Not only did he reveal that he tried to make peace with David Gilmour a few months back and fell so painfully short that the guitarist won’t even let him promote …
Read More »'Stranger Things' Renewed for Season 4
Stranger Things has been renewed for a fourth season — Netflix announced on Monday — as part of a multi-year film and television deal with co-creators and showrunners the Duffer Brothers. The news came with a short teaser video featuring the tagline, “We’re not in Hawkins anymore.” “The Duffer Brothers …
Read More »Future 25: Dominic Houston, Head of Music at Netflix
Watch a few Netflix titles back to back and you’ll notice a common theme: They tend to be peppered with good tunes. Stranger Things made waves for its brooding electronic-Eighties score; the rom-com Someone Great cast a Lorde song before it cast any actors; and Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Bruce …
Read More »The Cure's Robert Smith Talks 30 Years of 'Disintegration': 'The Whole Atmosphere Was Somber'
When the Cure played their 1989 album, Disintegration, in its entirety earlier this year at the Sydney Opera House, the whole experience was “weird” by frontman Robert Smith‘s estimation. The album is the band’s best-selling release — it’s certified double platinum in the U.S. and made it up to Number …
Read More »Flaming Lips Mark 'The Soft Bulletin' 20th Anniversary With Vinyl Reissue
The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece The Soft Bulletin with a limited edition vinyl reissue this October. The 2-LP reissue, released exclusively through subscription service Vinyl Me, Please and pressed on mustard yellow, preserves the album’s original 13-song vinyl track list – including the …
Read More »Supergroup Saudade Preview New EP with Devastating Instrumental 'Crisis'
Saudade, the supergroup/collective with a revolving door of musicians (which includes bassist Chuck Doom, Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Bad Brains’ Dr. Know), unveiled a new song, “Crisis,” from their forthcoming EP Shadows & Light/Sanctuary Dub, out later this year. “Crisis” is a staggering instrumental that sweeps gracefully between swaths of …
Read More »Frankie Muniz Graciously Offers to Be Lizzo's Purse
Frankie Muniz woke up today. He may have hit the snooze button a couple of times before his significant other complained, then scrolled through his Instagram, checked his email, and eventually traveled to Starbucks because the house was out of K Cups. All of this is conjecture, because we have …
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