Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass has shared the cameo-filled video for “Vaccinated,” his spoof on the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Over the video’s 90 seconds, a bevy of famous friends — including Samantha Bee, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, John C. Reilly, Toto’s Steve Lukather, Kathy Najimy, and (in medical scrubs) Gass’ …
Read More »Hear John Roberts' New Dance Song 'Nobody' With Beth Ditto
Bob’s Burgers voice actor John Roberts has dropped his new dance song “Nobody,” a duet with Beth Ditto. The track features on Roberts’ debut album Lights Out, out Friday, June 4th. “Beth Ditto’s voice is church-like. It’s an uplifting song,” Roberts said in a statement to Rolling Stone, adding of …
Read More »Dan Auerbach on the Black Keys' New Album, Missing John Prine and His Band's 20th Anniversary
Dan Auerbach was in his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville producing an album for the soul singer Robert Finley when he had the urge to call his drummer in the Black Keys, Patrick Carney. Guitarist Kenny Brown and bassist Eric Deaton, who played with bluesmen R.L. Burnside and Junior …
Read More »A Battle of Wits and Knits: Despite Its Intentions, 'Cruella' Proves Why the Baddies Are More Fun
“Your name is Estella,” her mother says. “Not Cruella.” Not yet, anyway. Disney’s Cruella, headlined by Emma Stone, is named for its would-be villain rather than for the 90-something Dalmatian puppies she’s tried to dognap in the name of fashion, time and again, over the years. The original Cruella would …
Read More »Texas Republicans Propose Cutting Polling Places for Urban Voters of Color
Republicans in the Texas Senate have passed legislation that would dramatically decrease the number of polling places in heavily Democratic counties, which would disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color in the state. The provision is now under discussion as the state Senate and House attempt to reconcile each chamber’s bill into …
Read More »87 Ex-Prosecutors Push DOJ to Stop Charging DC Gun Cases Federally, Leading to Longer Sentences
Eighty-seven former federal prosecutors are pushing the Biden Justice Department to end a Trump-era “felon-in-possession” initiative that lets prosecutors shift gun cases out of D.C.’s Superior Court and into federal District Court, where sentences can be twice as long. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting U.S. …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Gives Rare Interview at Clive Davis' Virtual Grammy Party
Joni Mitchell gave a rare interview on Saturday evening at Clive Davis‘ virtual Grammy party, where she spoke to the industry mogul about her early career, songwriting, and her legacy. Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party was split into two virtual parts this year, with the first event taking place on January …
Read More »Son Volt Preview New Album With Hopeful 'Reverie'
Two years after releasing Union, roots-rock pioneers Son Volt will return with their tenth album Electro Melodier in July. The album features a new group of personal reflections and socio-political songs from frontman Jay Farrar, who originally set out to make a nostalgic record that paid tribute to the music …
Read More »The Go-Go's on Entering the Hall of Fame: 'The Five of Us Actually Made It! We're All Alive!'
The Go-Go’s have been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ever since their debut LP, Beauty and the Beat, turned 25 in 2006. But they didn’t even appear on a ballot until this year. “I think there was a lot of misogyny within the Rock & Roll …
Read More »Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood Reveals Second Cancer Battle
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood announced early this week that he had recently been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive small-cell cancer but has been given the “all-clear” from his doctors. Wood revealed the diagnosis — which marks his second bout with cancer — in an interview with The Sun. …
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