President Trump and his allies have leaned on several confusing excuses to defend the president in the wake of the revelation that he solicited Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election. One, that the whistleblower complaint that set off the scandal was illegitimate because he or she didn’t have first-hand …

First-round Grammy voting is currently underway, and running through October 10th. For our 2020 Grammy preview, we asked a series of likely contenders to reflect on their past experiences at the ceremony, look ahead to the future, and break down the albums and singles that could earn them a statue …

When Jacob Pace moved from his native El Paso, Texas, to Los Angeles to jump-start his career in the music business, he was greeted with bewilderment. Pace had been helping artists promote their music on YouTube while working out of his parents’ house. The label executives who’d hired him to …

It’s not completely clear if Frank Ocean knows what a lie is. I wholeheartedly believe Frank can ascertain when he is being lied to, or when he feels the need to lie, but in a cover story for W Magazine the reclusive singer drops hints about his Blonde follow-up. For …

Update: The death-metal version of Greta Thunberg‘s speech is now available as an official single with all proceeds benefiting Greenpeace. The single (with new artwork) is available on YouTube, major streaming services and Bandcamp. Original story: When thrash-metal drummer John Meredith watched teenage climate-change activist Greta Thunberg give her fiery …

Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth’s latest album For the Girls arrived today, and among the album’s guest stars is one Ariana Grande. The pop star joined Chenoweth for a duet of “You Don’t Own Me,” the 1963 song by Lesley Gore that features prominently in one of Grande’s self-proclaimed favorite Nineties …

Cherry Glazerr made their late-night television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden. They were joined by the show’s house band leader Reggie Watts to perform Watts’ remix of their song “Daddi.” Shrouded in cherry red, like their namesake, the group performed the glitzy, disco-infused remix. Lead singer Clementine …

The National will release a new live album, Juicy Sonic Magic, this fall. It documents a 2018 two-night stand at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, and was recorded using the same gear and techniques as legendary taper Mike Millard. Juicy Sonic Magic will arrive as a three-cassette box set …

The trailer forScandalous, an upcoming documentary on the infamous American tabloid theNational Enquirer, is out Tuesday. Directed by Mark Landsman, the film is in theaters November 15th. Scandalous traces the 60-year history of theNational Enquirer and offers an inside look at how it filled its pages with sex, gossip and …

A week afterputting a Republican congressman in his place during a climate hearing in Washington, D.C., teenage activist Greta Thunberg took it to the world leaders gathered in New York on Monday for the United Nations Climate Action Summit, delivering a passionate indictment of their hesitation to take action to …