Call him Mr. Cudi! While getting spiced out on a new episode of Hot Ones, Kid Cudi opened up about where he sees his music career going, admitting that he doesn’t know if he will make music much longer. In fact, he said, he already has another career path in …
Read More »Ozuna's 'Ozutochi' Is Slick Afro-Latin Pop That's Steeped In Tradition
An extravagant tapestry of slick Afro-Latin pop, Ozuna’s much anticipated fifth album ‘Ozutochi’ delivers more of the laid-back grooves and nocturnal hooks that made the Puerto Rican vocalist’s ascent to global stardom look like a natural consequence. This sprawling 18-track collection has a luxurious, tropical-flower-in-bloom feel. It’s a poignant, occasionally …
Read More »Hurricane Ian Is Florida's 'Oh Shit' Climate Moment
“I think what this has finally ended is the discussion about whether or not there’s climate change,”President Biden said in Florida Wednesday, standing amid the wreckage of Hurricane Ian in a striped shirt and his trademark aviator glasses. Nice thought, but Biden knows it’s not true. Millions of Americans think …
Read More »Feds May Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden: Report
Federal investigators have amassed enough evidence to potentially charge Hunter Biden with crimes related to tax fraud as well as falsifying statements regarding the 2018 purchase of a gun, sources tell The Washington Post. According to sources familiar with the investigation, agents on the case have likely gathered enough evidence …
Read More »Pavement Go Back to Their Gold Soundz in Historic Brooklyn Stand
Pavement had so many amazing moments in their historic four-night run in Brooklyn. But one of the funniest came on Sunday night, after the legendary Nineties indie jesters took a ramshackle stab at “Spit on a Stranger.” Stephen Malkmus shrugged and told the crowd, “That was a version of that …
Read More »J.D. Fortune on Fronting INXS: 'I Had It All In My Hand, And I Couldn't Hold Onto It'
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …
Read More »Leave Lizzo Alone
Lizzo must be exhausted. Each week she’s the subject of a new uproar, and last week’s was truly one for the books. After years of establishing her flute skills, playing the instrument is one of her big party tricks. So of course the Library of Congress took the opportunity to …
Read More »Michelle Obama Book Tour Recruits Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres as Moderators
Michelle Obama has recruited a star-studded collection of celebrity moderators to join her upcoming book tour in support of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, set for release on Nov. 15. The 13-date tour (find tickets here) will feature appearances from varying guests for each Live Nation-produced event, …
Read More »David Harbour's Santa Claus is All Face-Stabbing and Holiday Cheer in 'Violent Night' Trailer
Santa Claus may famously double-check his lengthy nice list, but no matter how many times he glances over it, he won’t find his own name. In the trailer for upcoming action-packed holiday flick Violent Night, David Harbour’s take on the beloved Christmas character is more combative than cheerful. Directed by …
Read More »Designers Say Kanye 'Borrowed' Ideas Without Their Knowledge
On Monday, Kanye West debuted the Yeezy Season 9 collection to an invite-only crowd of celebrities and insiders at Paris Fashion Week. During the show, he unveiled a t-shirt bearing a photo of Pope John Paul II on the front and, inexplicably, the phrase “White Lives Matter” on the back. …
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