After somehow getting passed over last year in their first year of eligibility, Radiohead are finally going to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t have much to say about the honor when it was announced this morning. “The members of Radiohead have been …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign Indicted on Felony Drug Possession Charges After Atlanta Arrest
Ty Dolla $ign has been indicted on felony drug possession charges stemming from the hitmaker‘s Atlanta-area arrest on September 5th. Grand jury documents obtained by Rolling Stone reveal that the rapper-singer born Tyrone Griffin Jr. faces charges of felony cocaine possession, felony possession of Schedule I controlled substance and a …
Read More »How an Alleged Serial Killer Went Unnoticed for 40 Years
Convicted killer Samuel Little, 78, could turn out to be among the country’s most prolific serial killers in history, and one that, until now, law enforcement didn’t even realize existed. According to the FBI, after being convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for three murders in Southern …
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 »Meet Alina Baraz, the Serene Singer Who Went From Isolation to Streaming Stardom
Alina Baraz has released just two EPs of her feathery, crazily calm music — like R&B buried under a layer of permafrost — but hasn’t produced anything that could be considered a mainstream hit. And yet she has amassed over 1.2 billion streams, many more than artists who are multiple …
Read More »See Neil deGrasse Tyson Defend Trump's 'Space Force' Plan on 'Colbert'
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson defended Donald Trump’s Space Force plan to Stephen Colbert during a visit to The Late Show Tuesday. “People make fun of it, I among them. I like space exploration, I’m excited about us conquering space scientifically and through knowledge, but why do we need the Space …
Read More »How Florence Welch Gets Comfortable Enough to Step Onstage
Just to get onstage, Florence Welch has to induce herself into what she calls a “trance state.” She listens to whatever music she’s been loving lately and simply zones out. Her playlist lately — as she’s been readying herself for months of twirling dervish performances on Florence and the Machine‘s …
Read More »Thom Yorke Previews 'Suspiria' Soundtrack With Haunting 'Suspirium' Song
Thom Yorke unveiled an uncanny new piano ballad, “Suspirium,” from hisupcoming soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the 1977 Italian horror film, Suspiria. Yorke’s soundtrack will be released October 26th via XL Recordings, while the film arrives November 2nd. On “Suspirium,” Yorke crafts a spellbinding mood with an eerie edge …
Read More »Detroit Waterfront Venue to Be Renamed 'Aretha Franklin Park'
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced during Aretha Franklin‘s funeral Friday that he has entered a motion to rename the city’s waterfront Chene Park “Aretha Franklin Park.” “When performers from around the world come here, they are going to know this is the home of the Queen of Soul,” Duggan said …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign Looks Back on His Biggest Year Yet
There’s a secret behind the last three decades of pop music: Writer-producers run the show. This is partially a numbers game — Whitney Houston had an inimitable voice, but Babyface had a hand in over 200 R&B hits, so who exerted more influence over the direction of a genre? When …
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