In the Communist Seventies and Eighties, popular music was repressed in the Soviet Union, and the hunger for it – particularly Western rock & roll – led Russian fans to extreme measures. Black-market records, bootlegs etched into X-rays and even the opportunity to dub cassettes could easily cost fans a …

Sibling rivalry culminates in a knockdown brawl between Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller‘s characters in the new trailer for Noah Baumbach‘s film The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), but the volatility doesn’t stop there. While the previous trailer featured a goofy family sing-along, the new clip takes a few serious …

Melissa McCarthy bumbles through a cooking competition in the wild new trailer for the long-gestating mockumentary, Cook Off! The film premiered at the Comedy Arts Festival in 2007 – long before McCarthy’s breakout turn in Bridesmaids – and will finally receive an on-demand and limited theatrical release November 17th. Cathryn …

The past three years have tested U2 in different ways, from the fierce backlash they received for gifting 2014’s Songs of Innocence to every iTunes user to Bono’s devastating bicycle accident, which left him with several fractured bones and a shattered left arm. But those setbacks didn’t compare to another …

With its funding backed in part by Detroit taxpayers’ money, and in a city where more than 80 percent of the people are black, hosting Kid Rock as the inaugural act at the new Little Caesars Arena—which opened Tuesday with the first show of Rock’s six-night stand—fueled controversy in the …

Lordetapped SZA, Khalid and Post Malone for a crackling remix of her Melodrama track, “Homemade Dynamite.” The three artists contribute fresh verses to the song and lay down vocals alongside Lorde‘s during the punchy chorus. Over the airy synths of “Homemade Dynamite,” Khalid and Post Malone unravel poignant verses while …

Darren Aronofsky doesn’t make movies to help you feel better about yourself and the world. He’s a cinematic virtuoso (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) on a mission to probe and provoke. That makes him a rare bird in a multiplex of comic-book escapism and cheap formula. Be warned: Mother! …

Trump’s pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was criminally convicted for defying a federal court order, amounted to a presidential endorsement of Arpaio’slongstanding unconstitutional practices of racial profiling and prisoner abuse. It also sent a less recognized message to a growing subset of the anti-government extremist movement: …

Veteran art-metal crew Living Colour stretch across time and genre for another serving of righteous rage. But for sixth albumShade, they fold blues music into their singular crunch: Tracks like “Freedom of Expression (F.O.X.)” and “Who’s That” (with trombone by ex-Dirty Dozen Brass Bander Big Sam Williams) sound like an …

Troy Gentry, one half of the popular country duo Montgomery Gentry, died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey on Friday, September 8th, where he was scheduled to perform that evening. With his performing partner Eddie Montgomery, Gentry enjoyed a series of country hits throughout the 2000s, including five …