Mumford & Sons have enlisted Jenny Lewis, Phoebe Bridgers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and more to join them in Cancun, Mexico for the band’s inaugural Agora Del Mar, a three-day festival scheduled for February 2020. “We have not spent enough time in Mexico and we want to make …
Read More »See Vivian Girls Run Wild in New 'Something to Do' Video
Vivian Girls surprised fans with a reunion in July; now the band follows the good news with their latest track, “Something to Do,” the second single off their comeback album, Memory. The new song sees the Brooklyn-turned-L.A. rock trio meld classic surf-pop melodies with brackish, interjecting punk riffs. In their …
Read More »Curt Schilling Threatens To Run For Congress: 'Someone in Charge Needs Their Ass Kicked'
Curt Schilling, failed businessman, Q-Anon evangelist, collector of Nazi memorabilia, and former Red Sox pitcher, is mulling a run for the House of Representatives. Schilling confirmed to the Arizona Republic he is considering a bid for public office on an anti-immigration platform. “The state is not the state I grew …
Read More »Americana Artist You Need to Know: Che Apalache
As a young man, Che Apalache leader Joe Troop left his native North Carolina and spent time working and playing music in other parts of the world — Spain, Morocco, and Japan, before settling in Argentina. He’s lived the immigrant experience as an American abroad, and that instilled in him …
Read More »Universal Cancels 'The Hunt' Release After Trump Criticism
Universal Pictures announced Saturday that the studio has canceled its planned release for the upcoming horror film The Hunt, just a day after President Donald Trump seemed to criticize the movie and “liberal Hollywood” in a series of tweets. In the aftermath of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings, …
Read More »Climate Activist Bill McKibben Arrested Protesting Trump's Immigration Policies
Bill McKibben is no stranger to getting arrested for protesting. Usually it’s when he’s protesting fossil fuel companies in response climate change, but on Thursday, the climate activist was arrested along with six others who refused to leave Rep. Elise Stefanik‘s (R-N.Y.) Glen Falls office in a protest of President …
Read More »Glen Campbell Museum Slated for Downtown Nashville
Country-pop legend Glen Campbell will soon join other iconic stars including Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline with a museum and performance venue celebrating his legacy in downtown Nashville. Marking the second anniversary of the musician’s death on August 8th, 2017, Clearbrook Hospitality announced plans today for the Glen Campbell Museum …
Read More »The Original 'Lion King' Soundtrack Was Perfect. How Do You Update It?
One of the most iconic musical moments in cinematic history was a spur-of-the-moment freestyle, recorded for a demo for a movie that many thought would be overshadowed by a beautiful cartoon from Disney: Pocahontas. In 1994, though, The Lion King began with an animated sun rising against a crimson sky, …
Read More »Flashback: Original Byrds Lineup Reunites at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Byrds fans were dealt a disappointing bit of news yesterday when a representative for Roger McGuinn totally rebuffed David Crosby’s public offer to reunite the group. “Neither Roger or Chris [Hillman] entertain the idea of a Byrd’s reunion,” they wrote to Rolling Stone. “Roger was just tired of David crying …
Read More »'New York Post' Urges Trump to Ban Assault Weapons
After yet another weekend of horrific mass shootings in a country where gun violence has become numbingly routine, The New York Post has called for an assault weapons ban. The U.S. tabloid, owned by conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, made its case on the cover of its Monday issue, writing …
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