Primus announced a new run of headlining U.S. dates promoting their ninth LP, 2017’s The Desaturating Seven. The trek, which marks their final live run of 2018, launches September 9th in Riverside, California and wraps with a pair of back-to-back shows in Denver, Colorado on October 7th and 8th. Tickets …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Breaks Silence in New Interview
Harvey Weinstein has broken his silence for the first time since he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by dozens of actresses. “Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone,” Weinstein said to columnist Panagiotis “Taki” Theodoracopulos in an …
Read More »Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, the National's Aaron Dessner to Record New LP
Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and the National‘s Aaron Dessner will release their debut collaborative LP, Big Red Machine, on August 31st via Jagjaguwar (on vinyl, CD and cassette), all streaming services and their recently launched digital platform, PEOPLE. The 10-track album includes four new songs – “Forest Green,” “Lyla,” “Gratitude” …
Read More »Did 'Handmaid's Tale' Season 2 Finale Just Take Down the Series?
The Handmaid’s Tale just concluded its second season in incredibly frustrating fashion. Thoughts on the finale, and the season as a whole — with full spoilers throughout — coming up just as soon as I listen to Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen on my car stereo… Some stories are meant …
Read More »'Star Wars': Billy Dee Williams to Reprise Lando Calrissian Role in 'Episode IX'
Billy Dee Williams is set to reprise the role of Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX, the Hollywood Reporter writes. After debuting the role of the smooth-talking space pirate and Han Solo buddy in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, Williams returned to portray Calrissian in 1983’s Return …
Read More »Giant Inflatable Trump Baby…Welcome to the Resistance
London Mayor Sadiq Khan isn’t a huge fan of President Trump. The two leaders have sparred publicly since Trump’s campaign, mostly notably over the infamous “travel ban” (Khan is Muslim), and in the days following the deadly London Bridge terror attack last year. “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded …
Read More »The Abolish ICE Movement Begins in the Streets
In the midst of a nationwide heat wave over the weekend, nearly a million demonstrators hit the pavement Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” border policy. In over 700 locales across the country – from cities like El Paso and Albuquerque to the towns of Onancock, Virginia (pop. …
Read More »Lil Wayne Tour Bus Shooter Has Conviction Overturned
The man accused offiring multiple gunshots at Lil Wayne’s tour busin April 2015 had his conviction overturned Friday, just three years intoa 10-year prison sentence. After pleading guilty to the Atlanta highway drive-by shooting in November 2015, Jimmy Carlton Winfrey appealed his conviction in February, arguing that the judge overseeing …
Read More »Trump's Trade Policy Is Getting Worse by the Day
While speaking to business leaders at the Davos Economic Forum in January, President Trump declared the United States open for business. “America first does not mean America alone,” Trump insisted. “When the United States grows, so does the world.” But as is usually the case when the president is expressing …
Read More »Watch Smashing Pumpkins Confront Surreal Horrors in 'Solara' Video
The Smashing Pumpkins unveiled an utterly bizarre video for their new song “Solara.” The Nick Koenig-directed clip finds Billy Corgan being held captive in an otherworldly asylum. There, he receives dosages of trauma from an IV, watches other inmates play Connect Four with only black pieces and stumbles across a …
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