Despite being set in the 1950s, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel feels distinctly tethered to our current moment. The Amazon series, about a young mother who stumbles into the New York City comedy scene as her marriage is falling apart, features a female protagonist who’s fearless, opinionated and boldly crashing a …
Read More »See Nicolas Cage Talk 'Mandy,' Ethan Hawke and Angering Sir Ian Holm
Nicolas Cage discusses his acclaimed new horror film Mandy, the genius of Ethan Hawke and how he once enraged Sir Ian Holm in this exclusive video interview. Cage first talked about meeting Panos Cosmatos, the director of the indie horror classic Beyond the Black Rainbow, and how the director originally …
Read More »Review: Nao Yoshioka's 'The Truth' Is Impeccable Neo-Soul
It’s not every day you find a Japanese singer getting traction on what’s known as “Adult R&B” radio — a catch-all format where artists with interest in pre-Drake R&B can still find a commercial audience. But here comes Nao Yoshioka, who was born in Osaka, climbing the chart with “I …
Read More »See Eminem Dance With Copycats in 'Lucky You' Video
Eminem and Joyner Lucas attract an army of imitators in the new video for “Lucky You.” No, it doesn’t make a lot of sense. The two rappers stroll through an empty post-industrial wasteland delivering their lines in double-time. As they walk, they’re stalked by an ever-growing number of figures wearing …
Read More »Watch KT Tunstall Dance in Fierce New Video for 'The River'
KT Tunstall‘s visual for“The River”is stark, black-and-white and filmed in tight, angular shots.The singer-songwriter twirls in long scarves, embracing and posing with dancer Alex Thomas.Tunstall stares into the camera as director Alexo Wandael blends her obscured face with forest images. In a statement, Tunstall said she wanted the video piece …
Read More »Jason Isbell's Interview With 'Pod Save America': 6 Things We Learned
When Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performed at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles last month, the Americana singer-songwriter sat for an interview prior to the gig with Pod Save America co-host Tommy Vietor. A former spokesperson for President Obama, Vietor is also a passionate Isbell fan and caught …
Read More »Spotify Is in Trouble With Record Labels (Again)
Relationships between the old and new guard in music — i.e. the tech firms driving the streaming revolution and the record companies still producing the actual content for it — were always bound to be tumultuous. Case in point: Just a year after Spotify renegotiated its deals with the three …
Read More »10 Essential Mac Miller Songs
In his final interview, published on Vulture just a day before his death, Mac Miller gave unwitting advice on how best to honor him: “The people that have the best chance of knowing me, that would like to” the late 26-year-old rapper said, “would just be by listening to my …
Read More »David Bowie Box Set Reveals Darker, Revamped 'Beat of Your Drum'
David Bowie‘s “Beat of Your Drum” is reworked into bruising, majestic art-rock in a 2018 mix of the track. The new version appears on the Loving the Alien (1983-1988) box set, a collection of Bowie’s studio and live albums from that era. Sawing strings and David Torn’s crashing guitars highlight …
Read More »Hear Devendra Banhart's Whimsical Ode to the 25th Amendment
Outsider folk artist Devendra Banhart has penned a five-minute history of the 25th amendment, the entry in the U.S. Constitution that allows for the president to be replaced by the vice president if he or she is incapable of carrying out the duties of the president. The song is part …
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