Beyoncé hasn’t released a straightforward pop album, really ever, but generally since 2008. Since then, she changed how music is released with Beyoncé, created a cultural opus on Lemonade, secured her rap crown with Everything Is Love, danced all night on Renaissance, and rode off into the sunset on Cowboy …
Read More »DeSantis' Police Are Making House Calls to Grill People About Abortion Measure
The Republican effort to kill a ballot initiative that would protect abortion access in the state of Florida is now coming to people’s homes. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state election police are making house calls to question voters about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the November …
Read More »Chappell Roan Says a Fan Once Kissed Her Without Permission
Chappell Roan revealed that a fan grabbed and kissed her without permission while discussing the frustrating interactions she’s had this year amidst her meteoric rise in a new Rolling Stone cover story. Roan said the kissing incident occurred in August at a bar while she was celebrating a friend’s birthday. …
Read More »'Yars Rising' Reinvents Atari's Forgotten Hit
At the dawn of video gaming in the early Seventies, there was one name that dominated the scene: Atari. For years, the house that Pong built was synonymous with the arcade scene and home consoles, but like many of the biggest players from the old days not named Nintendo, the …
Read More »Dream Theater's 40th Anniversary Tour to Hit North America Right on Time
Dream Theater may be kicking off their 40th anniversary celebrations in Europe next month (a year early since they formed in 1985), but they’ll celebrate their ruby anniversary properly in their home country next year (for their actual 40th anniversary.) The prog-metal band, which recently reunited with founding drummer Mike …
Read More »Soccer Mommy Revs Up the Engine for Hypnotic 'Driver'
As we approach autumn — a.k.a. Soccer Mommy Season — Sophie Allison has dropped another single off her upcoming album Evergreen. Whereas the previous singles “M” and “Lost” are acoustic, “Driver” is a genuine rocker, with Sophie Allison turning up the volume. “I’m a five foot four engine waiting to …
Read More »Brothers Osborne Will Perform at Kamala Harris' North Carolina Campaign Rally
Brothers Osborne have never hidden their support for political causes or even for candidates. The country music duo have actively supported gun control reform and LGBTQ rights, and in 2018, they headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor. But on Thursday, they’ll make arguably their most high-profile …
Read More »Donald Trump Learns Roy Cohn's Ruthless Rules for Winning in 'The Apprentice' Trailer
Donald Trump learns the best-worst lessons in the world from his mentor Roy Cohn in the new trailer for the upcoming biopic, The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as a young Trump, and Jeremy Strong as Cohn, the infamous prosecutor and veteran of the McCarthy-era witchhunts who became a …
Read More »Katy Perry and Doechii Set Release Date for First Collaboration 'I'm His, He's Mine'
In less than two weeks, Katy Perry will release her latest album, 143. The album era began in July with “Woman’s World” and continued with “Lifetimes” in August. Neither single has been received exactly how Perry seemed to hope they would as far as her comeback goes, so she’s breaking …
Read More »Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's First Tour Will Finally Be Released on New Live Album
Until now, anyone who wanted to hear live recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at their peak had to settle for the double album 4 Way Street. That record, culled from their 1970 shows, had its charged moments, including one of the earliest live versions of Neil Young’s “Ohio,” …
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