Four latter-era Dio albums will be reissued next year with previously unreleased recordings. Beginning with 1996’s Angry Machines — including 2000’s Magica and 2002’s Killing the Dragon —and ending with 2004’s Master of the Moon, each release will feature remastered audio and a bonus disc of rare content. In addition …
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Stephen King legendarily hated the classic 1980 film Stanley Kubrick made of The Shining — a fact that made it hard for writer-director Mike Flanagan to get King’s seal of approval to film Doctor Sleep, the bestselling 2013 sequel to his haunted-hotel magnum opus. Besides, readers of the novel may …
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After embarking on their first tour in seven years earlier this year, Tom DeLonge’s Angels & Airwaves will return to the road this winter for another stretch of North American dates. The latest 18-date jaunt kicks off December 4th in Phoenix, Arizona, and concludes January 26th in Norfolk, Virginia. Along …
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If you signed up for the Marianne Williamson campaign mailing list earlier this year, you might have gotten an email in early August from an entity called the Williamson Institute; subject: “Summer Sale Now On!” If you opened it, you would have been greeted by a soft-focus portrait of the …
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch’s John Cameron Mitchell has teamed up with Eyelids — a psychedelic group featuring members of Decembrists, Guided By Voices and the Jicks — to record an EP of Lou Reed covers. The proceeds will benefit Mitchell’s mom, who has Alzheimer’s disease. They also released an …
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Two weeks after Frank Ocean delivered his new single “DHL” and announced a pair of vinyl singles, the singer premiered another new track, “In My Room,” late Friday night. At press time, the song is only available through Apple Music. https://thisforall.net/blondedocean/status/1190559176340254720 “Every night you are in my room / My …
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“With Stop Making Sense, we brought everything onstage so people could see what it takes to put on a show, and with this, I’m taking everything away,” David Byrne says of American Utopia, his quasi-theatrical Broadway residency, which is scheduled to run into next year. “I wondered, ‘Can we do …
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Some bands reach greatness by inventing something new, others by reminding you of what you loved a long time ago. For Pip Blom, the 23-year-old sparkplug who leads the Dutch alt-rock band of the same name, the choice was clear. Growing up surrounded by peers who listened to Top 40 …
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Halsey performed her new single “Graveyard” on Wednesday’s Ellen, transforming an ordinary bedroom into a trippy digital realm. The singer opens her song draped across a vanity, staring into the mirror as the electro-pop track begins. After the first chorus hit, she stands up and launches into choreographed moves, including …
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“My god, you will ruin the good name of Dickinson!” This is Edward Dickinson (Toby Huss), father of Emily (Hailee Steinfeld), in the debut episode of the Apple TV+ series that bears their family moniker. Dickinson is a mess, albeit an entertaining one. But it’s unlikely to ruin the good …
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