President Donald Trump forecasted a potential post-midterm White House shake-up in his 60 Minutes interview that airs Sunday evening. CBS’s Leslie Stahl asked Trump about reports of “chaos” in the White House, and Trump told her that those reports are “fake news.” Trump then said that he is “changing things …
Read More »'Watergate' Review: Near-Definitive Doc Looks at Granddaddy of POTUS Scandals
Here’s how it’s always worked, the traditional go-to method for diving down the barrel of the smoking gun: You film a close-up of reel-to-reel tapes, the rotating wheels moving the magnetic strips through the player’s gates. Maybe you focus on the spindles in the middle of the cassette, turning and …
Read More »'Camping' Review: Sweet Jennifer Garner Holds This Sour Comedy Together
If I hadn’t known that HBO’s new comic miniseries Camping was based on a British show (created by Julia Davis), I would assume Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner had conjured it on a dare. Their previous show, Girls, was beloved and reviled in equal measure for just how uncomfortable it …
Read More »Elle King on Learning from Women Bassists, New Album 'Shake the Spirit'
Rolling Stoneheld its firstMorning Sessionsduring ACL Fest 2018 on Saturday, October 6th, at Wanderlust Yoga in Austin, Texas. Americana bad-ass Elle King and her band The Brethren took Austin City Limits by storm this past weekend, making a pit stop at the Morning Sessions to chat with Music Editor Suzy …
Read More »Florence Welch Blesses Her Flock, Exerts Power Over Masses at Thrilling Show
Halfway through her set at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Florence Welch — barefoot and draped in a translucent peach gown — stood in front of her eight-person Machine to introduce her next song as a tribute to a “kind and magical woman — who is also a New Yorker!” She tiptoed …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Psychic Temple & Cherry Glazerr, 'Let Me Comb Your Hair'
Psychic Temple is another name for Chris Schlarb, a self-styled cult leader from Long Beach, California, who’s really just a wickedly skilled producer, songwriter and musician. His Bandcamp page is full of sweet, strange sounds on the outskirts of folk-rock, jazz and psychedelia, and even further out than that — …
Read More »Raconteurs Attach New Songs to Third Man's 'Consolers of the Lonely' Reissue
Jack White‘s long-dormant side project the Raconteurs will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their second album Consolers of the Lonely with a deluxe reissue that will sport the band’s first new songs in 10 years. Consolers of the Lonely: 10 Year Anniversary Special Edition, the latest installment in the Third …
Read More »Watch T.I. Deliver 'Dime Trap' Medley on 'Kimmel'
In support of his new album Dime Trap, T.I. was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Friday night. The rapper performed a medley of “Jefe” and “The Weekend,” two songs from his long-awaited LP, which was released earlier in the day on October 5th. T.I. opened his set with …
Read More »Review: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Shine Bright on the 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack
Stars are born every minute, and if you’re theA Star Is Bornfranchise, you’re born roughly every 20-40 years with a different icon at the center. This time around, it’s Lady Gaga, who is already a pop chameleon having lived seemingly a thousand different lives in the 10 years since she …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Jeff Tweedy, 'Some Birds'
Wilco recently announced that they will be going on hiatus. The reason: Drummer Glenn Kotche’s wife, Miiri, got a Fulbright Scholarship to study medical device design in Finland. “It just seemed like a good reason to honor her and honor his commitment to the band: kind of allow them to …
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