Bad Bunny released a surprise 10-track album, titled Las Que No Iban A Salir, or The Ones That Were Not Coming Out, on Sunday at noon. A number of reggaeton luminaries are featured on the album, including Don Omar, Yandel, Zion & Lennox, and Nicky Jam. The hit-writer-turned-solo-star Jhay Cortez …
Read More »Rhye Combats Quarantine With Slinky Funk Single 'Beautiful'
Mike Milosh, the singer and multi-instrumentalist behind Rhye, mixes chamber pop and muted disco on his new single “Beautiful.” The track starts with a throb of strings before cohering around a sharp beat and muscular bass line, distantly echoing solo Bryan Ferry tracks from the early Eighties. Milosh’s lyrics move …
Read More »How Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen Sang With Waylon Jennings on Their New Album
Collaboration is at the very heart of Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen‘s partnership under the “Hold My Beer” name, refined over 15 years or so of live performances and expertly distilled on the friendly duo’s 2015 debut album. But there’s an entirely new type of collaboration on the Texas singer-songwriters’ …
Read More »Kenny Chesney Celebrates Life on the Road in Vibrant 'We Do' Video
“Who lives like we do?” “We do!” So goes the call and response chant in the opening frame of Kenny Chesney‘s celebratory new video for “We Do.” The song appears on the country superstar’s newly released album Here and Now. An uptempo rocker that shines a light on Chesney’s fans …
Read More »Nick Lowe Drops Breezy Summer Stunner, 'Don't Be Nice to Me'
Nick Lowe released “Don’t Be Nice to Me,” a single off his upcoming EP Lay It on Me, out June 5th on Yep Roc Records. Backed by the Nashville outfit Los Straitjackets, Lowe kicks off the track with lines that stand in stark contrast to the laidback guitar: “Don’t be …
Read More »'There's Power in Laughing at the Pain': 'Brockmire' Creator on Series' American Nightmare
The fantastic final season of IFC’s baseball comedyBrockmiretakes place in the early 2030s, in a world ravaged by climate change, income inequality, and an inescapable sense that the apocalypse is already happening. Yet there is still baseball, and the series ends on a hopeful note for its announcer hero Jim …
Read More »Brandy and Chance the Rapper Celebrate Mother's Day Early With 'Baby Mama'
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Brandy recruited Chance the Rapper for a celebration of single moms. “Baby Mama” will appear on the Grammy-winning R&B star’s first album in eight years. Produced by Hit-Boy, “Baby Mama” is joyful from the jump. Brandy details her love for her daughter Sy’rai over …
Read More »Trevor Noah Slams Elon Musk for His Quarantine Tantrum
Elon Musk made headlines this week when he launched into a rant directed at California’s shelter-in-place mandate during a Tesla Q1 earnings call — and Trevor Noah was quick to poke fun at the tech entrepreneur on The Daily Show. On the earnings call, Musk criticized the state’s requirement that …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Urgent Needs During COVID-19, Dealing with Donald Trump
In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib to discuss her initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she deals with Trump. Matt and Katie respond to Hillary Clinton’s conversation with Joe Biden, and the multifaceted tone-deafness of Clinton …
Read More »'Ramy' Embarks on Spiritual Journey With Mahershala Ali in Season 2 Trailer
Ramy Youssef‘s comedy-drama series Ramy, for which he won an acting Golden Globe, is back with Season Two, premiering May 29th on Hulu. In the first teaser for the new batch of episodes, Youssef portrays first-generation Egyptian-American Ramy Hassan as he embarks on a spiritual journey in his politically divided …
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