While Woodstock 50 never made it off the ground, the organization Knock Knock Give a Sock — which provides socks to homeless people — will host a mini-music fest and fundraiser aptly called “Woodsock” on September 15th at Zanger Hall in New York City. The event will feature performances from …
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They could have just called it Superbad, Jr.Good Boys,producersEvan Goldberg and Seth Rogen‘s spiritual prequel to their (very) seminal coming of age comedy Superbad, certainly believes there are unending laughs in watching three 12-year-old boy virgins say “fuck” a lot, mess around with molly, and get sex wrong. (I never …
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Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday concert and the drama surrounding it were captured in Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll, one of the greatest music films of all time. But Berry’s life has never been covered onscreen. That changes with Chuck Berry, a film directed and produced by Jon Brewer, which will …
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Recently unsealed documents from a Manhattan courthouse reveal new details associated with the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier in jail on sex trafficking charges. According to the 74 pages of documents, which stem from a 2016 defamation lawsuit Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre filed against Epstein’s former girlfriend and …
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Rising singer-songwriter Yebba has released her latest solo single, “Where Do You Go.” The 24-year-old has appeared on both Mark Ronson and Ed Sheeran’s star-studded albums this year. Yebba wrote the midtempo single, produced by BJ Burton (Lizzo, Bon Iver). The smooth track is ambient, light and airy as she …
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The Black Keys haven’t played a full show since 2015, but the band did play a short set in Nashville recently for members of their fan club as the Keys rehearsed for their Let’s Rock tour, which kicks off September 23rd in Denver. Now the band has released footage of …
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Futuristic NYC avant-rockers Battles have announced the upcoming release of their fourth album, Juice B Crypts. Due in October via Warp, the record finds the band scaling back to the duo of guitarist-keyboardist Ian Williams and drummer John Stanier, following the departure of bassist Dave Konopka in 2018. Much like …
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President Trump is heading to El Paso on Wednesday, accepting an invitation from the city’s mayor that comes over the objections of several prominent local officials. Republican Mayor Dee Margo on Monday said the invitation is part of what he feels is his “obligation” to meet with the president in …
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Alan Paul and Andy Aledort’s new book, Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan — out August 13th — chronicles the life of the legendary guitarist in his own words, and those of his closest friends, collaborators, and admirers. The following excerpt, an abridged version of a chapter …
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Teyana Taylor pays tribute to innovative music video director Hype Williams in her new visual for “HYWI?”, her latest single featuring the rapper King Combs. The video, directed by Taylor herself (credited as Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor), references the hip-hop and R&B videos of the late Nineties and early aughts, …
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