Duran Duran have dropped a futuristic new video for their recent cover of David Bowie‘s “Five Years.” Directed Gavin Elder, the video features the band accompanied by Bowie’s longtime pianist Mike Garson surrounded by swirling colors as they tear through the track. Elder shot each band member individually across Los …
Read More »Louis Armstrong's Only, and Secret, Child Opens Up in New 'Little Satchmo' Trailer
Sharon Preston-Folta discusses growing up as the secret child of jazz great Louis Armstrong in the new teaser for the upcoming documentary, Little Satchmo. Preston-Folta was Armstrong’s only child, but because he fathered her with a mistress, Lucille Preston, a dancer at the Cotton Club, Armstrong never recognized or acknowledged …
Read More »Drummer Simon Phillips on His Years With the Who, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and Toto
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Flashback: Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger Sing 'This Land Is Your Land' for Obama
We’re just one day away from Joe Biden’s inauguration as America’s 46th president. This year’s ceremony is going to be a dramatically scaled-down event because of the pandemic and unprecedented security threats, but there will still be a celebration in the evening hosted by Tom Hanks, with musical guests like …
Read More »We're All Missing the Point of the Armie Hammer Cannibalism Scandal
Last week, unverified screengrabs of extremely lurid text messages allegedly sent by actor Armie Hammer between 2016 and 2020 were posted by the Instagram account @houseofeffie, which also compiled nearly half a dozen examples of women who claimed to have had an affair with Hammer while he was married. Some …
Read More »Revisiting the Horror Show That Was 1978's 'Star Wars Holiday Special'
Before we begin this exercise in nostalgia gone awry, two things of note. I only watched The Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time, and am writing this review, as a stretch goal for The George Lucas Talk Show‘s fundraiser for Feeding America. And this review will contain spoilers …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Kip Moore?
So, How Was Your 2020?is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Kip Moore typically spends a big portion of any year on tour, so in 2020 he …
Read More »500 Greatest Albums Podcast: Daddy Yankee's 'Barrio Fino' and the Rise of Reggaeton
In the mid-2000s, Daddy Yankee was a married father of three living in the Villa Kennedy public housing projects in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was about to change the world, though, with an album that did perhaps more than any other to turn reggaeton — an underground urban movement …
Read More »Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover THAT Peaches Song
On the fourth night of Hanukkah, the Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin gifted us a truly inspired cover of Canadian musician Peaches‘ 2000 track “Fuck the Pain Away.” “Drake’s not the only musical Jew from Canada…tonight we feature a Canadian rock G-Dess…who coincidentally grew up around the …
Read More »FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf, Claiming 'Relentless Abuse' During Relationship
FKA Twigs is suing Shia LaBeouf, claiming the actor physically, emotionally, and mentally abused her while they were in a relationship that lasted just under a year, The New York Times reports. In the lawsuit filed Friday, FKA Twigs — real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett — accused LaBeouf of sexual …
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