The world of pop culture is awash in Vikings these days. From streaming television shows to manga, those nefarious Norse are back in vogue. But Continue Reading
Elliott Park's Joyful Family Ride "To the Moon and Back" (premiere)
Singer-songwriter-father Elliott Park‘s forthcoming family-focused record Songs With My Daughters, out digitally 16 October, is an imaginative and lovely collection. Park recruited his daughters Anna Continue Reading
John Lennon 101: The Solo Discography
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (1968) You’re here because you need relief. You’ve read the careful praise, the critics striving to do Continue Reading
The Doors Check Into the 'Morrison Hotel'
Trying to put the Doors in context of their times reveals the paradoxes of their music and career. On the one hand, the band were Continue Reading
Future Islands Continue to Soar on 'As Long As You Are'
Listening to Future Islands is like stepping into a time machine. Their sound is awash in clean synths, pulsing, dancefloor-ready bass lines, and understated beats Continue Reading
John Lennon: Revolutionary Man As Political Artist
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, John Lennon began to actively endorse a wide variety of progressive and radical political causes. He championed the Continue Reading
Cut Worms Keeps Mining the Past on 'Nobody Lives Here Anymore'
When I first heard Max Clarke, I was convinced he had Everly blood. The Brooklyn singer-songwriter, better known by his moniker Cut Worms, sings in Continue Reading
Blake Shelton Is Happy Gwen Stefani Is Back on ‘The Voice,’ But He Still Wants to Win
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani seem to have enjoyed their time off together during the coronavirus pandemic, but now it's time to get back to work Continue Reading
Prince William Supposedly Once Broke Up With Kate Middleton Over an Hour-Long Phone Call
Although Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton are happily married now, William once reportedly broke up with his now-wife over the phone during the early stages of their Continue Reading
Adam Sandler Honors Late ‘Grown Ups’ Co-Star Cameron Boyce in New Film
Adam Sandler pays tribute to his late Grown Ups co-star Cameron Boyce in his latest film. Sandler stars in the newly released Netflix movie Hubie Continue Reading
‘SNL’ Pulls Musical Guest Morgan Wallen After Singer Is Spotted Partying Sans Mask Amid COVID-19
Country artist Morgan Wallen has been pulled from his scheduled Saturday Night Live performance due to violating COVID-19 safety precautions. Wallen was spotted partying at Continue Reading
Pop Career Launcher And Producer Mark Siegel Announces The Release Of Jackie Castro And Jacob Whitesides’s New Singles
Nashville-based pop career launcher and producer Marc Siegel has recently announced the release of two new songs, “Luckiest” by Jackie Castro, and “Hold Me Down” Continue Reading
Lyrah Returns With The Dreamy New “Slow Down”
Slow Down is the first new single from Lyrah since ‘The View’ and accompanying video, which we also discussed earlier this year. Written a couple Continue Reading
The Threat of Violence in George Marshall's Western Comedy, 'Destry Rides Again'
1939 is often considered one of the great years for the studio production system of Hollywood. This is the year of Victor Fleming’s Gone with Continue Reading
Sly5thAve's 'What It Is' Is Sleek, Soulful, and a Good Time
What It Is, the new album from multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Quantic collaborator Sly5thAve, represents a triumph of musicianship over genre conventions. Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka II’s Continue Reading
Tallah Revive Those Familiar Nu-Metal Blues with 'Matriphagy'
It takes a certain kind of tunnel vision in today’s socio-cultural climate to write an album about someone killing their mother and then eating her Continue Reading
Budokan Boys Ruminate on Loss with 'So Broken Up About You Dying'
Like so much of the best music, it’s hard to pin down the sound of Budokan Boys. Jeff T. Byrd and Michael Jeffrey Lee – Continue Reading
Thornato and Paulina Sotomayor Celebrate Independent Women on "La Niña Grande" (premiere)
The four-on-the-floor beats that open “La Niña Grande”, the new single from Thornato featuring Paulina of Mexico City electronic duo Sotomayor, set the tone for Continue Reading
Rick Shea Walks Us Through Perilous Times With "The World's Gone Crazy" (premiere)
Rick Shea’s new album, Love & Desperation, arrives on 23 October via Tres Pescadores Records. The album finds the studio and stage veteran in fine Continue Reading
Eddie Van Halen Inspired a Generation of Guitar Dreamers
From the ages of 13 to 18, every square inch of my bedroom walls were wallpapered with posters and pictures, clipped from rock fanzines like Continue Reading