While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has begun to rock the global live music scene, causing tour and festival postpones around the world, all is still steady — mostly — for South by Southwest, which will commence in Austin in March. That’s not without a few minor hiccups; SXSW has seen …
Read More »'Like Iowa Should Have Felt': Scenes from Bernie Sanders' Victory March in New Hampshire
Manchester, N.H. — The news that Bernie Sanders had won the New Hampshire primary spread slowly, circulating around the packed gym at South New Hampshire University as reporters and Sanders supporters hunched over their phones, nudging their neighbors as one, then two, then three networks called the race for the …
Read More »Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Tour
UPDATE: Rage Against the Machine have added several more shows to their 2020 reunion tour. The new dates include a second night in Glendale, Arizona on April 1st and an additional show in East Troy, Wisconsin on July 11th. Two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City on …
Read More »Joe Biden Highlights Mayor Pete's Lack of Experience in Clever New Ad
Joe Biden went after Pete Buttigieg in a new digital ad that cleverly mocks the inexperience of the small-city mayor while contrasting it with Biden’s breadth of experience as vice president. The video, called “Pete’s Record,” opens with a clip of former President Barack Obama calling Joe Biden “the best …
Read More »Are the Democrats Completely Screwing This Up?
Take your mind back there. Miami. June 2019. Two nights, 20 candidates. A portrait of the Democratic Party in miniature assembled onstage, mics on, ready to debate. They are U.S. senators and House members, governors and a mayor, a refreshingly human economic futurist and a self-help guru best known as …
Read More »'The Good Place' Series Finale Recap: The Meaning of Life
A review of The Good Place series finale, “Whenever You’re Ready,” coming up just as soon as I find out Carrie Coon was never nominated for an Emmy for The Leftovers… We’re born. We live. We die. These are absolutes, for all of us. We have absolutely no control over …
Read More »Why People Should Take Neil Young's Subscription Success More Seriously
“It’s 2015, we’re making music to the highest level; it sounds more amazing than ever before, in my opinion. And [yet] we’re listening to it on this platform where it’s compressed. I try to make music to the highest quality, and that’s why this stood out. You tell people what …
Read More »Watch Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Perform 'California' on 'Colbert'
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers appeared on The Late Show to perform their new single “California.” The group, who dropped the new single earlier this month, gave the bluesy track a rollicking feel onstage, with Martin playing banjo and singing. Martin also sat down for an interview with …
Read More »Best Movies to See in Feb.: 'Birds of Prey,' 'Downhill,' 'The Invisible Man'
Forget the horror films of 2019 — was there anything scarier than that first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer, featuring a disturbingly toothy rendition of the video game hero? It created such an outcry that the film was bumped to February 2020; thankfully, you’ve got a lot of other choices re: …
Read More »'We Can't Have All Our Artists Die': How the Music Industry Is Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis
In 2009, Anders Osborne found himself at rock bottom. He was bankrupt, his house was in foreclosure, his wife had kicked him out, and he couldn’t see his two young kids. His livelihood was playing gigs, but he couldn’t even do that — he’d often show up too drunk or …
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