The world is ending in the new trailer for American Horror Story: Apocalypse. In its eighth season, the show will feature favorite characters from season’s past along with newcomers who gather to usher in end times. “No need for the rules anymore,” a voiceover says as a bleak, decaying scene …
Read More »'Castle Rock' Recap: The Kid Stays in the Picture
Have you guys seen Henry Deaver around? You know — tall skinny guy, floppy hair, big Gollum eyes, white as the Swedish snow? The renowned Alzheimer’s researcher who fled Castle Rock when his mother escaped his abusive preacher father? The guy who found a little boy locked in a cage …
Read More »See Calvin Harris, Sam Smith Strut the Catwalk in 'Promises' Video
Sam Smith hits the dancefloor and struts a catwalk with Calvin Harris in their “Promises” video, which pays tribute to ball culture and Voguers. The visual opens with a series of dancers describing the sense of freedom found through dance culture. “Growing up in the Bronx you have to carry …
Read More »Dream Wife Just Want to Dismantle the Patriarchy
Take a look around: Women are pissed right now – and there are few better places to exorcise that rage than at one of Dream Wife’s rowdy live shows. The U.K. trio has a “bitches to the front” policy that creates perfect moshpit conditions for women to dance off their …
Read More »Hear Gregg Allman Guitarist Scott Sharrard's 'Everything a Good Man Needs'
“Whenever we would pull into a town or a hotel on the road, Gregg would usually say, ‘This place has everything a good man needs,’” says Scott Sharrard. He’s talking about Gregg Allman, the Southern-rock torchbearer whose voice — an instrument every bit as soulful as his Hammond B-3 organ …
Read More »The Triumph of Stephen Colbert
T ime to stand,” says Stephen Colbert, responding to a cue from his Apple Watch. He duly gets up from his deskand stretches. “Ahh,” says Colbert. “Now I’ll never die!” That, plus an interlude during which he grooves in silence to Sting’s melancholy 1991 jam “All This Time,” and a …
Read More »Brendon Urie Walks Up Side of Skyscraper in Panic! at the Disco's 'High Hopes' Video
Panic! at the Disco‘s Brendon Urie confidently walks up the side of a tall building in the band’s new video for “High Hopes.” The video is also modeled off the cover of their chart-topping new album Pray for the Wicked. “No matter how hard your dreams seem, keep going. You …
Read More »'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3' Production Put on Hold After Director's Firing
Production on Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 has been put on hold after Disney and Marvel fired director James Gunn over years-old lewd tweets. According to Variety, a handful of crew members hired to begin pre-production on the third installment of the blockbuster in Atlanta were dismissed from the …
Read More »Review: Soul Veteran Candi Staton's Amiable 'Unstoppable'
Candi Staton’s career has been full of zigzags since she released her first solo album, I’m Just a Prisoner, in 1970. She was an overlooked southern soul singer, working with producer Rick Hall of Muscle Shoals fame; a dancefloor killer in both discos (“Young Hearts Run Free”) and European clubs …
Read More »Smashing Pumpkins to Livestream Seattle Concert via Twitter
Smashing Pumpkins will livestream their upcoming Seattle, Washington concert via Twitter on Friday, August 24th starting at 11:15 p.m. ET. The broadcast, part of the Live Nation Concert series, will document the band’s ongoing reunion tour featuring three-fourths of their classic line-up: singer-guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha and drummer …
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