News Drakeo the Ruler’s Son Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Live Nation The $60 million lawsuit details the moments leading to the rapper’s death. Promoters of Once Upon a Time in L.A. are accused of negligence and providing insufficient security. By Matthew Strauss and Evan Minsker February 2, 2022 Facebook Twitter Darrell Wayne Caldwell aka
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If watching D-List celebrities sing pop songs under the guise of elaborate costumes wasn’t enough to make you rebuke network television altogether, consider the fact that Rudy Giuliani performed on The Masked Singer as if he didn’t attempt to upend our democracy a year ago. While FOX was apparently okay with the casting, judges Ken
MUMEx Trio’s four song collection Folds of Time goes where few other musicians or bands can follow. It, likewise, should confound some cliches. Many believe that trained musicians with significant time studying and practicing their craft often play precisely but without passion, thinking too much, feeling too little. Louis Siciliano, Mauro Salvatore, and Bob Bellatalla’s first foray
It’s rather unfortunate to admit, as both a fan and a critic, but there aren’t a lot of artists in the country music scene today willing to put the music – and quality thereof – ahead of everything else when it comes to their careers. Vanity and an ill-conceived notion of virtuosity’s role in Nashville
News Musicians Criticize HitPiece Website That Claims to Sell NFTs of Songs The website listed countless songs for sale as non-fungible tokens, but co-founder Rory Felton recently explained that the library was culled from Spotify’s API. The company has also issued an apology and claimed “artists get paid when digital goods are sold on HitPiece.”
Craig Robinson is a snake-killing, kimono-wearing, all-American success story in the teaser trailer for Killing It. The new comedy series from Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor and writer/producer Luke Del Tredici arrives on Peacock in April. The trailer opens with Robinson standing on the balcony of a mansion overlooking the water, his flapping kimono allowing full-body access to the
News The War on Drugs Add 2022 U.S. Tour Dates New shows in support of I Don’t Live Here Anymore take place in the spring By Matthew Strauss February 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter The War on Drugs, photo by Brandon Todd/MSG Photos Facebook Twitter The War on Drugs have added a number of dates to
A digital marketplace called HitPiece is allegedly selling songs as NFTs without the consent of artists or proper licensing. According to LinkedIn, HitPiece was co-founded by industry executive Rory Felton and Michael Berrin (formerly known as the rapper MC Serch), with the financial backing of Blake Modersitzki. The marketplace went live in beta in early
High energy is the order of the day as we listen in on the opening cut in Project Grand Slam’s The Shakespeare Concert, the classic “I’m Falling Off of the World,” and as the band digs into another stone-cold jam in the form of one “Redemption Road,” the fact that there’s no audience in front of
News Adele to Perform at 2022 BRIT Awards Taking place on Tuesday, February 8 in London By Matthew Strauss February 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Adele, October 2021 (Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Adele is performing at the 2022 BRIT Awards. “Anddddd I’ll also be popping in to see Graham [Norton] for a chat
More than fifteen years after Bob Odenkirk and David Cross reinvented sketch comedy with their seminal program Mr. Show, they’ll reunite as rival cult leaders in Guru Nation, a scripted mockumentary series coming to Paramount+. Guru Nation was co-created by the two stars alongside Bob’s brother Bill Odenkirk, a veteran comedy writer with credits on The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchanted. Jason
News Ravyn Lenae and Steve Lacy Share New Song “Skin Tight”: Listen A new collaboration recorded in Los Angeles By Matthew Strauss February 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Ravyn Lenae, photo by Jean Philippe Joseph Facebook Twitter Chicago-born arist Ravyn Lenae has released the new single “Skin Tight,” featuring Steve Lacy. The musicians recorded their collaboration
Wordle, the viral word game which offers players six chances to puzzle out a five-letter word, has been purchased by The New York Times to bolster their ever-expanding collection of brain-teasing games. The New York Times Company left a blank space in place of the actual price, though they did say the purchase involved a number “in the
Greye’s single “Everything” is a successor to its original version appearing on their second studio release, 2016’s The Worrier. There are scattered examples throughout popular music history over the last three-quarters of a century where musical artists, dissatisfied with a prior release or believing the track deserving of a revamp, pluck plums from their catalog and
Opening their latest release Chain Link with the one-two punch of the title track and “Groove Town” makes it clear that Little Muddy’s talents are built on solid fundamentals. Their familiarity with blues and rock doesn’t have any artistic distance; the band, particularly guitarist and dominant songwriter Rich Goldstein, wholeheartedly embrace those traditional sounds without ever imitating
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
Steve Markoff, Patricia Lazzara, and Allison Brewster Franzetti come together again on the A-Ha’s pop hit “Take On Me” with memorable results. I wasn’t a fan of the original when they first released and it still stands for me as a near-archetypal video for a network, MTV, with serious quality control issues, but my point
News Peaches Announces The Teaches of Peaches 20th Anniversary Tour She’ll perform the “Fuck the Pain Away” LP in full in North America and Europe By Allison Hussey January 31, 2022 Facebook Twitter Peaches, photo by Hadley Hudson Facebook Twitter Peaches has announced a tour to mark the belated 20th anniversary of 2000’s The Teaches
BTS‘ Jimin tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis today, January 31st, according to a statement from the K-pop group’s agency, Big Hit Music. On Sunday, the 26-year-old K-pop idol (born Park Ji-min) was hospitalized for abdominal pain and a mild sore throat, Big Hit said according to Reuters. Big Hit added
News After Neil Young Boycott, Spotify Adding Content Advisories to Any Podcast That Discusses COVID-19 Young and Joni Mitchell’s exit in protest over Joe Rogan’s COVID-19 misinformation has been followed by other artist and podcast departures from the platform By Evan Minsker January 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter Spotify CEO Daniel Ek (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty