Massive Attack have issued a statement in support of Kneecap, arguing the uproar over the group’s criticism of Israel and support of Palestine at Coachella is a distraction from the ongoing war in Gaza and what they also described as a genocide of Palestinians. The trip-hop greats, as they noted …
Read More »Lawyers Say Trump's Admin Is Endangering Moms of Deported American Kids
The news that three U.S. citizen children were illegally removed from Louisiana and flown to Honduras last Friday has swept the nation. President Donald Trump’s administration continues to double down, insisting that the two mothers wanted to take their children with them, despite the deported families’ legal counsel vehemently denying …
Read More »How Blondshell Tapped Into an Even Deeper Feeling for Her Second LP
Blondshell isn’t having it. We’re browsing the surprisingly large selection of records tucked into the small space of Rough Trade in Rockefeller Center and talking about the singer-songwriter’s second album, If You Asked for a Picture. It’s quite a blissful scenario for the artist born Sabrina Teitelbaum, except for the …
Read More »Jeff Goldblum Is Looking Forward to His Next 'Wicked' Song
Hardcore Wicked fans have a lot of unshakable opinions, including the widespread belief that the Wizard’s big moment in the first act, the talky “A Sentimental Man,” is the Broadway show’s single worst song. But when Jeff Goldblum stepped in as the Wizard for director Jon M. Chu’s blockbuster film …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves on Returning to Country Music: 'I Never Left'
Kacey Musgraves is returning to the first label that signed her, Lost Highway Records, and she’s celebrating with a cover of the Hank Williams song that gave the imprint its name. Lost Highway isn’t a new label, but an old Universal Music Group Nashville subsidiary that was founded in 2000, …
Read More »Meet Haute and Freddy, the Carnival-Pop Duo Blurring Centuries and Breaking Rules
I f you had been one of the two other shoppers browsing the trinkets at the empty Sherman Oaks Antique Mall in early April, you probably would have seen a couple who looked like they’d time traveled from the Renaissance era. They were staring at a two-headed taxidermied rodent with …
Read More »Wife of Weezer Bassist Makes First Court Appearance in LAPD Shooting
Jillian Lauren, the bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, made her first court appearance Wednesday in the strange case of the officer-involved LAPD shooting that left her wounded outside of her Los Angeles home on April 8. Lauren, 51, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for …
Read More »Post Office Reportedly Helping Trump Find Immigrants to Deport
The U.S. Postal Service has reportedly begun cooperating with Trump administration efforts to track down undocumented immigrants for deportation. According to a Wednesday report from The Washington Post, U.S. Postal Inspection Service — the law enforcement arm of USPS — is cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security, which is …
Read More »Watch Penn Badgley (and the Cast of 'You') Cover Taylor Swift and Bon Iver's 'Exile'
A bloodied Joe Goldberg singing Taylor Swift? Heck, why not? On Wednesday, Penn Badgley shared a video of himself (with his chin covered in fake blood) singing to Swift’s song with Bon Iver, “Exile,” alongside his You castmates, Anna Camp and Charlotte Ritchie, and his podcast partners. Badgley and the …
Read More »Lil Durk's Lyrics 'Now Being Used Against Him' in Murder-for-Hire Case
Lil Durk claims his lyrics are “now being used against him” in the government’s murder-for-hire case against the rapper. Durk (born Durk Banks) was charged last year for theattempted murderof rival Quando Rondo, allegedly having ordered his own “OTF” crew to murder Rondo. While Rondo survived, his friend Lul Pab …
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