After a brief midseason hiatus, Better Call Saul is back for the home stretch of its final season. A review of this week’s episode, “Point and Shoot,” coming up just as soon as you get me a new fridge… “Big talk. You done?” —Lalo “No. Not yet.” —Gus Both Better …
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Bruce Springsteen has announced the dates for his long-awaited 2023 North American tour with the E Street Band. It kicks off on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Florida, and wraps up on April 14 in Newark, New Jersey. Ticket sales begin July 20. Springsteen last played a concert with the E …
Read More »How Mexican Sounds Are Shaping the Most Popular Music in the World
As soon as Alex Guerra and Ramon Ruiz discovered 15-year-old Yahritza Martinez on TikTok, they knew she was going to be huge. The high schooler from Yakima, Washington, had been courting a massive following on social media with her shockingly powerful voice, and Ruiz and Guerra — both artists from …
Read More »Herschel Walker Has Been Pushing His Bonkers Air Pollution Theory for Months
Herschel Walker, who is trying to weather a series of unflattering headlines in his bid to unseat Democrat Raphael Warnock in the Senate, isn’t a huge fan of the Green New Deal. He explained why to his supporters at a recent campaign event, offering a dubious lesson about the physics …
Read More »Madi Diaz Is Still Waking Up With Your 'Hangover'
“I think about you in the morning,” Madi Diaz sings in her latest single, “Hangover.” “I guess that means you’re still important.” “Hangover” features a churning guitar and steady percussion. The video shows Diaz waking up out of bed and grappling with the loss of a relationship — much like …
Read More »Why a Filter of an Old Man Dancing Is Taking Over TikTok
Sometimes TikTok trends are impossible to predict, like when a 22-year-old rap from a documentary series by a British journalist became the novelty song of the summer. Other times, it’s easy to tell something will go viral from the moment you lay eyes on it. Case in point: Horace, the …
Read More »Masters of (Bidding) War: Rare Copy of 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' Sells for $150,000
An extremely rare copy of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan just sold at Heritage Auctions over the weekend for $150,000 — 2.5 times the $60,000 estimate pre-auction. The stereo pressing of Bob Dylan’s second album contains the four tracks that were replaced prior to its official release in May 1963: “Rocks …
Read More »Curtis Mayfield's 'Super Fly' Soundtrack: 10 Things You Didn't Know
In late 1971, when Curtis Mayfield began writing Super Fly — the 1972 film soundtrack that would turn out to be his magnum opus — he should have been burned out. He had spent a decade with the Impressions, becoming one of pop music’s de facto voices of the civil …
Read More »New York Radio Legend Shaila Scott Sues Former Employer for Gender, Age Discrimination
Legendary New York City radio personality Shaila Scott has sued her former employer for gender and age discrimination following her dismissal from WBLS earlier this year. Scott — real name Amilee Cattouse — has spent 30 years as a radio host, including a lengthy tenure on WBLS, a popular urban …
Read More »SZA Reveals Doja Cat Is Featured on Long-Awaited Song 'Shirt'
If this is the reason why SZA fans have been waiting so long to get “Shirt,” then we forgive you, Solana. While performing at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid on Sunday, SZA revealed that Doja Cat is hopping on “Shirt” — the fan-named single she’s been teasing for hella long. …
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