On Saturday, March 24, students, families and supporters of March For Our Lives will flood the streets of Washington, D.C. to demand their safety become a priority in America by ending gun violence and mass shootings in schools. Those unable to attend can, should and will march in their own communities, participating…
How, if it all, can we enjoy art made by those who’ve harmed others?
On Wednesday, March 7, legendary British music magazine NME (shorthand for New Musical Express) announced it will shutter its 66-year-old print edition of the publication, effective immediately. This week’s issue, featuring up-and-coming UK punk band Shame, will be its last. According the Guardian, NME will “keep a…
On Sunday, March 4, the Academy will hand out its broad-shouldered golden trophy boys to the best and most fervent campaigners in the film industry at the 90th Academy Awards. It’s Oscar time, baby!
As we prepare for the 2018 Oscars Sunday, March 4th, Anne T. Donahue looks back at the film that defined the show 20 years ago, Titanic, through its game-changing ballad—Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.”
If you’re a human who was born anywhere between the years of 1990-2018, and most years outside of that span, you probably have good reason to be amped for The Incredibles 2. Most of the gang’s back, in a new trailer that premiered this Wednesday night: Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible, Holly Hunter as Elastigirl,…
Dear Smashing Pumpkins,
Ahh, Valentine’s Day, the holiest holiday beloved only by Hallmark corporation executives and whatever sickos mass produce those chalk-y heart-shaped candies every goddamn year. At the very least, Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to talk about all the great love and love-adjacent songs that exist in the world (hint:…
Bandcamp, the small but mighty online music platform and store that caters mostly to indie music fans, had a profitable 2017. Last year the company saw double-digit growth in sales across the board—in digital albums (16%), artist merchandise (36%), CDs (18%), vinyl (54%), and, whoa, cassette tapes (41%)—according to …
It’s cold as shit right now in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is perfect for the Winter Olympics and really nothing else. They’ve already kicked things off with select qualifying events, figure skating, and, of course, the opening ceremony—which is a strange institution, when you get down to it. They’re exercises in…
While Hollywood reckons with its #MeToo moment since the revelation of its biggest “open secret,” alleged predator Harvey Weinstein, the music industry has been slow to acknowledge its own powerful-but-shitty men and reconcile with its own long-standing history of sexual harassment against women. But that could change…
In case you haven’t heard, the 2018 Winter Olympics will kick off this Friday, February 9th in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It’s going to be very, very cold, but not for us! We’re smart people, who will sit in our warm homes, starring at our computer screens, cheering on the world, muttering this year’s motto of …
On Monday, Bruno Mars tweeted (with weird spacing and capitalization) that he really, really wants to help book the next Super Bowl Halftime show:
Unless you’ve managed to ignore everything outside of the Super Bowl for the last 24 hours (if you’re a resident of Philadelphia, that’s totally plausible, I heard some dude got drunk and ate literal horse shit to celebrate the city’s victory) you are well aware that 20-year-old makeup mogul Kylie Jenner, the youngest…
On Friday, February 2, Groundhog’s Day (that little shit predicts six more weeks of winter, by the way) Justin Timberlake released Man of the Woods, his fifth studio album and first record in five years. On Sunday, JT will return to the Super Bowl stage for the first time in 14 years, since the infamous incident in…
In case you hadn’t heard (which, at this point, is nearly impossible) the 60th annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday night at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. While the antiquated Recording Academy and their big night out would usually stop making headlines at this point the following week, they’ve…
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The 2018 Grammys started off with a bang Sunday night—the opening performance for the award show’s 60th run featured Kendrick Lamar, flanked on all sides by backup dancers dressed in modern military uniforms, the image of the American flag flowing behind them.
Just how long is Migos’ brand new album Culture II?