A British kid of Pakistani descent finds salvation and inspiration in the music of Bruce Springsteen in the trailer for the upcoming film, Blinded By the Light, set to arrive August 14th. Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham) directed the film and Sarfraz Manzoor wrote the script, which was based …
Read More »Billboard Music Awards 2019: Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie Perform 'ME!' Live for First Time
Taylor Swift performed an effervescent version of her new single “ME!” with Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, marking the track’s live debut. The pastel-hued, fantastical set mirrored the color scheme of the song’s video, which she released last week. A bevy …
Read More »Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real Detail New LP Featuring Neil Young, Sheryl Crow
Since releasing an album in 2017,Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have played 200-plus shows — both on their own and with Neil Young, inspiring some of the legend’s fieriest shows in years. “They have no fear,” Young told RS. “They’re much better players than I am. Lukas is …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dan Tepfer, 'Intervals I / Industrial'
Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer is known for forging deep musical relationships. The 2018 album Decade featured highly attuned duets between the 37-year-old and legendary 91-year-old alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, his collaborator for 10 years. Tepfer’s new album features a similar kind of intense communication — the only difference is that …
Read More »Federal Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban
In the absence of any meaningful action from Washington to address the increase in American mass shootings involving assault weapons, some states, like Massachusetts, have taken measures of their own to ban high-capacity guns within their borders. And a recent ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a …
Read More »Watch the Trailer for Netflix's 'Jailbirds,' a Real-Life 'Orange Is the New Black'
While Orange Is the New Black is a deftly written and widely beloved show, as some former prisoners have suggested, it’s not an 100% accurate representation of life inside the penitentiary system. Next month, however, Netflix will provide an in-depth look at a real American prison with the launch of …
Read More »Watch 'Deadwood' Gunslingers Fight Modernity in New Trailer
Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen find themselves up against a familiar foe when George Hearst returns to bring the new state of South Dakota into the modern age in the new trailer for Deadwood: The Movie, premiering May 31st on HBO. The film sequel to the beloved Western is set …
Read More »Hear Better Oblivion Community Center's Shimmery New Song, 'Little Trouble'
Better Oblivion Community Center, the indie rock duo comprised of Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, have dropped a new single, “Little Trouble,” with “Sleepwalkin’” as a b-side. On “Little Trouble,” the pair harmonize seething lyrics over punchy drums: “Well, tell me, baby, what’s your biggest conceit?/Is it that you did …
Read More »Watch Maggie Rogers Perform Emotional Ballad 'Say It' on 'Fallon'
Questlove joined Maggie Rogers to perform her track “Say It” on The Tonight Show. The song comes off the singer’s major label debut, Heard It In a Past Life, which dropped in January, and took on a particularly emotive tone in the live setting. In the clip, Rogers and her three …
Read More »'Someone Great' Is the Music-Critic Comedy We Had No Idea We Needed
Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez shines in her totally delightful Netflix comedy Someone Great, written and directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. In addition to everything else Someone Great is — a break-up comedy, a killer soundtrack, a girls-together-outrageously romp — it’s a movie about music fans, people who live …
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