No lawmaker has been more critical of President Trump’s relationship with Russia than Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). The House Intelligence Committee chairman has long claimed that plenty of evidence of collusion exists in plain sight, making him a frequent target of Trump’s Twitter tirades. So when Attorney General William Barr …
Read More »The $1 Billion Waiting For Artists Who Know Where to Look
Before touching down in Austin to perform at the annual South by Southwest music bacchanal this year, folk-pop duo Lily & Madeleine received a curious email from their manager. It said that, while at the festival, the two artists should make sure to go talk to a small industry group …
Read More »Watch Gunna's Elaborate Performance of 'Big Shot' on 'Kimmel'
Gunna took the stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live to give fans a live version of his vibe-y single “Big Shot.” The rapper, whose debut album Drip or Drown 2 dropped last month, donned a glittery jacket and hoodie for a performance that evoked the track’s music video. In the clip, …
Read More »The Beths Announce North American Summer Tour
The Beths have announced a North American summer tour in support of their debut album Future Me Hates Me. The New Zealand indie-pop band will play 22 dates, launching in late June in Wisconsin and wrapping up in Oregon in early August. The Beths have had a busy year so …
Read More »Hear Scott Stapp Reflect on Troubling Times in New Song 'The Purpose for Pain'
Scott Stapp reflects on the trying past five years of his life and his road to redemption on the singer’s new song “Purpose for Pain.” The track features on the Creed singer’s upcoming album The Space Between the Shadows, his first solo LP since 2013’s Proof of Life and the …
Read More »Museums Are Rejecting Donations From the Sackler Family
On Thursday, the Tate became the latest institution to reject any further donations from the Sackler family, the controversial owner of Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which is alleged to have played a major role in driving the opioid crisis. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Tate wrote: “The Sackler family has …
Read More »Hear Bruce Hornsby, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon's Gentle 'Cast-Off'
Bruce Hornsby invited Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon to join him in the studio for a serene new song, “Cast-Off,” that will appear on his upcoming album, Absolute Zero. The two artists trade off vocals about loving someone so much they’d be OK with being someone’s castoff. “I’ll be your castoff,” …
Read More »Ex Hex's 'It's Real' Is a Garage-Rock Killer
“Angie, are you tough enuh-uff/To let it go?” asks Mary Timony over sugared electric guitar churn at the outset of Ex Hex’s latest, immortalizing a new rock’n’roll Angie with as much performative heartache and swagger as Jagger, maybe more. Ex Hex’s second album is about garage-rock thrust at its core, …
Read More »What It Would (Really) Take to Abolish the Electoral College
In 2016, Americans cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton by a margin of close to three million votes. Donald Trump became president, though, because of the Electoral College, which he won 304-227. The system is ostensibly in place to ensure that nation’s rural areas have a voice in national elections, …
Read More »Turns Out That Trillion-Dollar Bailout Was, in Fact, Real
Last summer, Washington Post “Fact-checker” columnist Glenn Kessler wrote that the Medicare for All plan favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would cause “providers” to face an “immediate cut of 40 percent in their payments.” The piece was quickly amended to reflect that the cuts only referred to private insurance …
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