Not all machines come in peace. In the trailer for Y2K, man-made devices turn into homicidal machines as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999. “Y2K is real,” a partygoer yells in the trailer as hair spray turns into a flamethrower, VCR tapes eject like missiles, and a …
Read More »Nathaniel Rateliff, Larkin Poe Emphasize Mental Health at an Empowering New Festival
With the high desert sun fading behind the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, My Morning Jacket launched into “I’m Amazed” during their set at the Park City Song Summit. “I’m amazed at what the people sayin’,” the Jacket’s Jim James sang. “I’m amazed by a divided nation.” In a time when …
Read More »Trump Says He Would Give Elon Musk a Top Role in His Administration
Former President Donald Trump said he would consider appointing Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, as an adviser or cabinet member in his administration if he is elected. “He’s a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He’s a brilliant guy,” Trump told …
Read More »Foreigner Unearths Nostalgic 'Turning Back the Time' in Honor of Rock Hall Induction
In honor of Foreigner‘s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction this fall, the band opened the vault for “Turning Back the Time.” Featuring Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, the previously unreleased rocker is a nostalgic reflection of the past. Gramm drops references to the Beatles’ legendary 1964 performances on …
Read More »The True Story Behind 'Boogie Nights' is Now A Crime Docuseries
The Academy Award-nominated 1997 film Boogie Nights captured viewers with its fast-paced tale of sex, drugs, and crime in Hollywood‘s Golden Age of Porn. But behind the popular film is a real-life murder that captured Hollywood’s attention for over 40 years. Now, Michael Connelly, the crime novelist behind best-selling works …
Read More »Beyoncé's 'Freedom' Helps Kick Off the DNC in New Kamala Harris Ad
Night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured a couple of major music moments, but maybe the biggest was from an artist who wasn’t actually in attendance: Beyoncé. The evening kicked off with a new campaign ad for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running-mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, …
Read More »Why Creators Have Stopped Editing Their Content
WHEN DAN HENTSCHEL, a 28-year-old comedic YouTuber, goes to make a video, he props his phone up on the dashboard of his car, talks for up to 40 minutes uninterrupted, and posts it. “I don’t edit them,” he says of his videos. “The whole reason why people are enjoying this …
Read More »Lola Young Explains How the Perfect Haircut Helped Her Make Her New Album
Sometimes, there’s nothing more powerful than a haircut — and that’s exactly what Lola Young needed when she went about making her latest album, This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway. Speaking with Rolling Stone‘s Delisa Shannon backstage at Lollapalooza, the rising English singer-songwriter said making her new album was “the …
Read More »State Champs Return with Self-Titled LP, Share Two New Songs
Secret’s out: State Champs are back. The Albany pop-punk rockers are gearing up to release their fifth LP, a self-titled project out via Pure Noise Records on November 8. Along with the news, State Champs shared two new songs off the record: nostalgic chug “Silver Cloud,” and meditative number “Too …
Read More »Dems Gave the 'Uncommitted Movement' Space to Talk About Gaza — Just Not on TV
CHICAGO —On the first day of the Democratic National Convention, several thousand protesters gathered in Union Park, their numbers growing through the day until they began their march to a park near the United Center —the aggressively-fortified basketball arena where President Joe Biden was set to speak on Monday night …
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