Joe Flaherty, who got his start in Canadian sketch comedy show Sctv and was best known for his roles as Harold Weir in Freaks and Geeks, Donald in Happy Gilmore and Western Union Man in Back to the Future Part II, died on Tuesday after battling an undisclosed illness. He was 82.
His death was confirmed to the Canadian press by his daughter Gudrun Flaherty. As reported in February, Toronto’s Second City comedy troupe organized a fundraiser to facilitate with the late actor’s health.
The message on the fundraiser read, “Our beloved Sctv cast member, Joe Flaherty, is very ill. Joe is aware of the gravity of his failing health and would like to spend whatever time he has left at home rather than in a facility.”
Following the confirmation of his death, many of Flaherty’s co-stars and notable fans reacted to the news. His Freaks and Geeks co-star John Francis Daley,...
His death was confirmed to the Canadian press by his daughter Gudrun Flaherty. As reported in February, Toronto’s Second City comedy troupe organized a fundraiser to facilitate with the late actor’s health.
The message on the fundraiser read, “Our beloved Sctv cast member, Joe Flaherty, is very ill. Joe is aware of the gravity of his failing health and would like to spend whatever time he has left at home rather than in a facility.”
Following the confirmation of his death, many of Flaherty’s co-stars and notable fans reacted to the news. His Freaks and Geeks co-star John Francis Daley,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Barcelona-based music festival Primavera Sound will return in 2024 with headlining performances from Lana Del Rey, Sza, and Pulp. The event is scheduled to take place between May 29 and June 2, with additional appearances from Disclosure, FKA Twigs, Justice, Mitski, The National, Phoenix, and more.
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard donned drag and debuted a new song titled “Witchcraft” during their Pride Night performance on Saturday as part of their four-night residency at Tennessee’s The Caverns Amphitheater.
Though an unmistakable statement by the band surrounding the state’s controversial — and as of June 3rd, unconstitutional — law banning drag shows in public spaces and in the vicinity of minors, guitarist Joey Walker clarified early into their set (per Spin) that “This ain’t no protest, baby. This is a celebration!” Later, keyboardist Ambrose Kenny-Smith told the audience to “take some mental notes” because “this is the first and last time you’ll ever see me onstage in shorts.”
The sextet also unveiled “Witchcraft,” an unreleased cut from their upcoming 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. The song offers all the...
Though an unmistakable statement by the band surrounding the state’s controversial — and as of June 3rd, unconstitutional — law banning drag shows in public spaces and in the vicinity of minors, guitarist Joey Walker clarified early into their set (per Spin) that “This ain’t no protest, baby. This is a celebration!” Later, keyboardist Ambrose Kenny-Smith told the audience to “take some mental notes” because “this is the first and last time you’ll ever see me onstage in shorts.”
The sextet also unveiled “Witchcraft,” an unreleased cut from their upcoming 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. The song offers all the...
- 6/5/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Australia’s triple j radio station has been running its weekly Like a Version cover series for nearly two decades, and now it’s bought an extensive archive of the performances to YouTube.
Dating all the way back to 2004, the treasure trove features covers from the likes of Tom Morello, Arctic Monkeys vocalist Alex Turner, Spoon, Queens of the Stone Age, and Tegan and Sara, as well as Death Cab for Cutie, Regina Spektor, Yo La Tengo, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver, and Ben Folds.
The upload comes ahead of a fan-voted Hottest 100 countdown of the best Like a Version covers. Voting starts Tuesday, May 23rd, and runs through July 10th. Unfortunately, only performances broadcast up to November 30th, 2022 will be eligible, leaving out Muna’s recent cover of Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.”
See the full voting guidelines here. The Hottest 100 countdown will begin July 15th at noon Aest.
Dating all the way back to 2004, the treasure trove features covers from the likes of Tom Morello, Arctic Monkeys vocalist Alex Turner, Spoon, Queens of the Stone Age, and Tegan and Sara, as well as Death Cab for Cutie, Regina Spektor, Yo La Tengo, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver, and Ben Folds.
The upload comes ahead of a fan-voted Hottest 100 countdown of the best Like a Version covers. Voting starts Tuesday, May 23rd, and runs through July 10th. Unfortunately, only performances broadcast up to November 30th, 2022 will be eligible, leaving out Muna’s recent cover of Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.”
See the full voting guidelines here. The Hottest 100 countdown will begin July 15th at noon Aest.
- 5/18/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Foo Fighters are set to open a new 450-person capacity venue in Washington, DC, built as a replica of the original 9:30 Club.
The Atlantis, which sits next door to the current iteration of the 9:30 Club, will open its doors on May 30th with Foo Fighters, kicking off a run of 44 special shows. The venue’s calendar also promises shows headlined by The Walkmen, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, X, Tegan and Sara, Jenny Lewis, Spoon, Billy Idol, Maggie Rogers, Bartees Strange, Portugal. the Man, Jeff Tweedy, and more.
Tickets for these inaugural run of shows will be priced at $44 each, non-transferrable, and sold via a lottery-style process. A ticket request period is now ongoing via Ticketmater.
“After the opening series, our intention is to book only the shows that matter,” said Seth Hurwitz, chairman of I.M.P and owner of The Atlantis, in a statement. “We want people to rely on...
The Atlantis, which sits next door to the current iteration of the 9:30 Club, will open its doors on May 30th with Foo Fighters, kicking off a run of 44 special shows. The venue’s calendar also promises shows headlined by The Walkmen, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, X, Tegan and Sara, Jenny Lewis, Spoon, Billy Idol, Maggie Rogers, Bartees Strange, Portugal. the Man, Jeff Tweedy, and more.
Tickets for these inaugural run of shows will be priced at $44 each, non-transferrable, and sold via a lottery-style process. A ticket request period is now ongoing via Ticketmater.
“After the opening series, our intention is to book only the shows that matter,” said Seth Hurwitz, chairman of I.M.P and owner of The Atlantis, in a statement. “We want people to rely on...
- 4/4/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Daisy Jones and The Six fans have spotted a touching easter egg within the new series.
The new mockumentary stars Elvis’ granddaughterRiley Keough as protagonist Daisy Jones, who joins group The Six.
Since the series has begun airing, viewers have spotted a familiar item appearing in the footage.
It appears that Keough is paying tribute to her Grandfather’s by wearing an identical guitar strap to the one he wore while she performed as Jones.
The guitar strap is red, orange, white and black with a busy print of x’s and o’s across it.
the little easter egg of elvis presley's guitar strap being used by daisy jones, aka riley keough, aka his granddaughter, that has really sent me over the edge with the attention to detail in daisy jones and the six pic.twitter.com/maby4vACWu
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) March 5, 2023
The guitar strap is in...
The new mockumentary stars Elvis’ granddaughterRiley Keough as protagonist Daisy Jones, who joins group The Six.
Since the series has begun airing, viewers have spotted a familiar item appearing in the footage.
It appears that Keough is paying tribute to her Grandfather’s by wearing an identical guitar strap to the one he wore while she performed as Jones.
The guitar strap is red, orange, white and black with a busy print of x’s and o’s across it.
the little easter egg of elvis presley's guitar strap being used by daisy jones, aka riley keough, aka his granddaughter, that has really sent me over the edge with the attention to detail in daisy jones and the six pic.twitter.com/maby4vACWu
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) March 5, 2023
The guitar strap is in...
- 3/15/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Yo La Tengo are currently on tour (grab tickets here) in support of their latest album, This Stupid World, and during their latest stop in Nashville, band members Ira Kaplan and James McNew performed in drag in apparent protest of a recently passed Tennessee law banning drag shows in public.
Kaplan and McNew returned to the stage after a brief intermission dressed in drag for their second set on Monday, March 13th. Kaplan wore a sleeveless red dress and donned a long black wig, while McNew added a shawl and a sun hat to his ensemble. Drummer Georgia Hubley didn’t make an outfit change.
According to The Tennessean, the band didn’t explicitly acknowledge the new law, which goes into effect on April 1st. The legislation bans drag shows and other “adult cabaret” performances on public properties and other places where they could be watched by minors (It’s...
Kaplan and McNew returned to the stage after a brief intermission dressed in drag for their second set on Monday, March 13th. Kaplan wore a sleeveless red dress and donned a long black wig, while McNew added a shawl and a sun hat to his ensemble. Drummer Georgia Hubley didn’t make an outfit change.
According to The Tennessean, the band didn’t explicitly acknowledge the new law, which goes into effect on April 1st. The legislation bans drag shows and other “adult cabaret” performances on public properties and other places where they could be watched by minors (It’s...
- 3/14/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
For nearly 40 years, Yo La Tengo have been carrying on one of the great conversations in rock & roll history, welcoming us into their little idyll of pastoral noise, mumbled epiphanies, and sublime cover song choices. Even a diehard fan might struggle to pass a multiple-choice exam where you have to match a list of their song titles with the album they were on, but that sense of familiarity and constancy imbues every new release with the feeling of checking in with old friends. What’s more, their attention to detail...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
February, marking both Black History Month and Valentine’s Day, is the kind of stretch from which a programmer can mine plenty. Accordingly the Criterion Channel have oriented their next slate around both. The former is mostly noted in a series comprising numerous features and shorts: Shirley Clarke and William Greaves up to Ephraim Asili and Garrett Bradley, among them gems such as Varda’s Black Panthers and Kathleen Collins’ Losing Ground; a six-film series on James Baldwin; and 10 works by Oscar Micheaux.
Meanwhile, the 23-film “All You Need Is Love” will cover the blinding romance of L’Atalante, the heartbreak of Happy Together, and youthful whimsy of Stolen Kisses; four Douglas Sirk rarities should leave their mark, but I’m perhaps most excited about three starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Perhaps more bracing are 12 movies by Derek Jarman and four by noir maestro Robert Siodmak. Also a major...
Meanwhile, the 23-film “All You Need Is Love” will cover the blinding romance of L’Atalante, the heartbreak of Happy Together, and youthful whimsy of Stolen Kisses; four Douglas Sirk rarities should leave their mark, but I’m perhaps most excited about three starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Perhaps more bracing are 12 movies by Derek Jarman and four by noir maestro Robert Siodmak. Also a major...
- 1/26/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Yo La Tengo celebrated the fourth night of Hanukkah — and the midpoint of their annual Bowery Ballroom residency marking the Festival of Lights — with an encore entirely dedicated to the Ramones, featuring the punk legends’ longtime drummer Marky Ramone.
The indie rock trio hinted at what was to come Wednesday when they opened their Night Four gig with their instrumental rendition of “Blitzkrieg Bop.” For the encore, Yo La Tengo whipped out five Ramones classics — “Rockaway Beach,” “I Can’t Make It on Time,” “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Loudmouth” and “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker,...
The indie rock trio hinted at what was to come Wednesday when they opened their Night Four gig with their instrumental rendition of “Blitzkrieg Bop.” For the encore, Yo La Tengo whipped out five Ramones classics — “Rockaway Beach,” “I Can’t Make It on Time,” “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Loudmouth” and “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Regrets and tragedy hang heavy over a music-obsessed father and withering daughter as they drive across England
With this road movie, the Cornish director Brett Harvey nails a certain type of man: the tastesplainer. A sub-species of the mansplainer, he is that incredibly boring guy with an encyclopaedic knowledge of cool indie bands or some other niche. Here he is David (Tristan Sturrock), a failed middle-aged musician who can (and will) explain in great detail how Yo La Tengo got their name or why Bowie wrote All the Young Dudes for Mott the Hoople. David can’t hold down a day job and drinks too much. “A sad old man” is how his daughter describes him. Though you suspect that when he looks in the mirror, he still sees a 24-year-old indie rocker staring back.
David is driving his daughter, photography student Lea (Chloe Endean), from halls in Manchester down...
With this road movie, the Cornish director Brett Harvey nails a certain type of man: the tastesplainer. A sub-species of the mansplainer, he is that incredibly boring guy with an encyclopaedic knowledge of cool indie bands or some other niche. Here he is David (Tristan Sturrock), a failed middle-aged musician who can (and will) explain in great detail how Yo La Tengo got their name or why Bowie wrote All the Young Dudes for Mott the Hoople. David can’t hold down a day job and drinks too much. “A sad old man” is how his daughter describes him. Though you suspect that when he looks in the mirror, he still sees a 24-year-old indie rocker staring back.
David is driving his daughter, photography student Lea (Chloe Endean), from halls in Manchester down...
- 8/29/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
When Harry Styles left the U.K. boy band One Direction he was eager to prove his musical ambition and historical knowledge. His debut 2017 single was the brazenly enormous Bowie/Queen-style ballad “Sign of the Times.” An artist in his position could’ve come off as insecure or overreaching, but Styles has relaxed with winning ease into his role as a gender-fluid, genre-fluid megastar, a new-look rock & roll gentleman who can flip from guitar raunch to soul to soft rock and convincingly pull off a come-on like “I know that...
- 5/16/2022
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Yo La Tengo marked the 25th anniversary of their album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Friday by unearthing the director’s cut for their video “Sugarcube,” co-starring Mr. Show’s Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
In the original video, Yo La Tengo’s record boss (played by Mr. Show‘s John Ennis) sends the beloved indie band to the Academy of Rock, where Odenkirk and Cross served as teachers, doling out knowledge about what it takes to be a rock band, including lessons on how to trash...
In the original video, Yo La Tengo’s record boss (played by Mr. Show‘s John Ennis) sends the beloved indie band to the Academy of Rock, where Odenkirk and Cross served as teachers, doling out knowledge about what it takes to be a rock band, including lessons on how to trash...
- 4/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows is now available on multiple video-on-demand platforms for the first time — including Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Vudu or Vimeo On Demand, where it was made available in February after Johnson died. Johnson died on Feb. 6 at the age of 85.
Originally released in 2015, the documentary traces the life and career influential, but longtime overlooked soul singer, from his Mississippi roots to his move to Chicago in the Sixties. After moving to the Windy City, Johnson eventually signed with Twinight Records, releasing hits including...
Originally released in 2015, the documentary traces the life and career influential, but longtime overlooked soul singer, from his Mississippi roots to his move to Chicago in the Sixties. After moving to the Windy City, Johnson eventually signed with Twinight Records, releasing hits including...
- 4/19/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Death Cab For Cutie has released a cover of Yoko Ono’s 1973 track, “Waiting for the Sunrise,” which is included on Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono, an upcoming tribute album honoring the groundbreaking artist curated by frontman Ben Gibbard. The album, scheduled for release Feb. 18, coincides with Ono’s 89th birthday.
“Waiting for the Sunrise” appeared on Ono’s album Approximately Infinite Universe. While Ono’s original is angular and upbeat, Gibbard and crew give the song a distinctly Death Cab emotive indie rock flair.
In January, two contributions...
“Waiting for the Sunrise” appeared on Ono’s album Approximately Infinite Universe. While Ono’s original is angular and upbeat, Gibbard and crew give the song a distinctly Death Cab emotive indie rock flair.
In January, two contributions...
- 2/16/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Syl Johnson, whose 1967 single “Different Strokes” has been frequently sampled by some of hip-hop’s top artists, has died at age 85. No cause of death was given.
In a statement, Johnson’s family called him “a legend.”
“It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame legend Syl Johnson. Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle, Friend & Artist, he lived his life as a singer, musician, and entrepreneur who loved black music.” Johnson was 85 years old.
Johnson was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1936. He made his name in the 1960s and ’70s with Chicago label Twinight, which issued his 1968 debut Dresses Too Short. That album featured “Different Strokes.” The song would eventually be sampled by Public Enemy (“Fight the Power”), Wu-Tang Clan (“Shame on a N***a”) Eric B. & Rakim (“I Know You Got Soul...
In a statement, Johnson’s family called him “a legend.”
“It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame legend Syl Johnson. Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle, Friend & Artist, he lived his life as a singer, musician, and entrepreneur who loved black music.” Johnson was 85 years old.
Johnson was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1936. He made his name in the 1960s and ’70s with Chicago label Twinight, which issued his 1968 debut Dresses Too Short. That album featured “Different Strokes.” The song would eventually be sampled by Public Enemy (“Fight the Power”), Wu-Tang Clan (“Shame on a N***a”) Eric B. & Rakim (“I Know You Got Soul...
- 2/6/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Amid an Omicron variant surge in New York, City Winery has announced that, starting Sunday, people attending shows at the venue will be required to have both proof of full vaccination as well as a negative Covid-19 test.
City Winery says they are the first venue to require both measures, as the transmission of the Omicron variant has made it so that full vaccination isn’t enough of a defense against the highly contagious strain.
“This is the safest measure we can do to balance the challenging protections against the Omicron surge in NYC,...
City Winery says they are the first venue to require both measures, as the transmission of the Omicron variant has made it so that full vaccination isn’t enough of a defense against the highly contagious strain.
“This is the safest measure we can do to balance the challenging protections against the Omicron surge in NYC,...
- 12/19/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Patti Smith isn’t one to get cabin fever, but this past year has been the exception, as the pandemic left her grounded in her home city. “I haven’t left New York in over a year, which is the longest I’ve been rooted since my children have grown,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I’m not used to being rooted in one place. But I’ve spent most of my time writing.”
Now that the world is in the process of reopening, the globe-trotting artist and musician is ready to get back onstage.
Now that the world is in the process of reopening, the globe-trotting artist and musician is ready to get back onstage.
- 5/17/2021
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
It can be hard to keep up with all the new releases out there, even in a year when many of us had nothing but time and unlimited streaming services at our fingertips. Inevitably, there are worthwhile albums that get overlooked by even the most devoted music fans. Some of the albums on this list are DIY gems from the far corners of Bandcamp; others came out on established labels and got a fair amount of attention, but deserved even more. Read on for 18 records from this year that Rolling Stone...
- 12/21/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Emily Blake, David Browne, Jon Dolan, Brenna Ehrlich, Andrew Firriolo, Kory Grow, Samantha Hissong, Joseph Hudak, Jeff Ihaza, Daniel Kreps, Hank Shteamer and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
For almost two decades, Yo La Tengo have put on an annual eight-night Hanukkah concert series in New York City. This year, with pandemic restrictions still in place, the celebration will look a little different: On Friday, December 18th, the last night of Hanukkah 2020, the band will host a one-night-only livestream performance in celebration of the holiday.
The virtual live show will kick off at 8:00 p.m. from the Greene Space in the West Village. In keeping with tradition for the event, the show will open with a surprise musical guest,...
The virtual live show will kick off at 8:00 p.m. from the Greene Space in the West Village. In keeping with tradition for the event, the show will open with a surprise musical guest,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Yo La Tengo have shared a new song, “Bleeding,” which will appear on the group’s upcoming EP, Sleepless Night, out October 9th via Matador Records.
“Bleeding” is an immersive bit of dream pop, with tendrils of guitar lines twisting around each other while Ira Kaplan’s baritone floats above, just louder than a whisper. About halfway through, however, a lone drone begins to swell beneath the serene proceedings, adding an unnerving edge to the song as it drifts toward its conclusion.
“Bleeding” is the second offering off Sleepless Night,...
“Bleeding” is an immersive bit of dream pop, with tendrils of guitar lines twisting around each other while Ira Kaplan’s baritone floats above, just louder than a whisper. About halfway through, however, a lone drone begins to swell beneath the serene proceedings, adding an unnerving edge to the song as it drifts toward its conclusion.
“Bleeding” is the second offering off Sleepless Night,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sting, Sarah Silverman, Nick Offerman and more appear in the trailer for Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics, out May 11th on Netflix.
The film explores the history of psychedelics — its pros and cons and cultural impact — while pondering its possibilities for treating depression and addiction. “I don’t think psychedelics are the answers to the world’s problems,” Sting says in the opening of the clip. “But they could be a start.”
Offerman appears as a mad professor in a lab, asking the camera, “What is going on...
The film explores the history of psychedelics — its pros and cons and cultural impact — while pondering its possibilities for treating depression and addiction. “I don’t think psychedelics are the answers to the world’s problems,” Sting says in the opening of the clip. “But they could be a start.”
Offerman appears as a mad professor in a lab, asking the camera, “What is going on...
- 5/1/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair’s 1989 collaboration It’s Spooky will be reissued for its 30th anniversary, out April 10th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The track “Ashes on the Ground” is out now.
Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late Eighties. They finally met in person in New York in 1989. “I was doing some recording with Mo Tucker [of the Velvet Underground],” Fair recalls. “Daniel was in town, staying with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Daniel and I became friends and I invited...
Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late Eighties. They finally met in person in New York in 1989. “I was doing some recording with Mo Tucker [of the Velvet Underground],” Fair recalls. “Daniel was in town, staying with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Daniel and I became friends and I invited...
- 2/20/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
In June 2018, Sophie Allison took the stage at amphitheaters across the eastern United States as the opening act for pop-punk mainstays Paramore. For Allison, who writes and performs perceptive, melancholic rock songs under the name Soccer Mommy, playing for outdoor crowds of dancing emo-pop fans that summer felt, at times, like an unlikely match.
“It’s hard having to play in front of an audience that sometimes does not like it, or just doesn’t care,” says the singer-songwriter, 22, who’s also opened for Liz Phair, Wilco, Kacey Musgraves and...
“It’s hard having to play in front of an audience that sometimes does not like it, or just doesn’t care,” says the singer-songwriter, 22, who’s also opened for Liz Phair, Wilco, Kacey Musgraves and...
- 2/3/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Thanksgiving is in the rearview and it’s the end of the road for the 2010s. That means it’s time to celebrate winter festivities with this playlist of the best Christmas and Hanukkah songs from the last decade. Grab your glockenspiel and a cup of non-dairy eggnog and cozy up to the fire with these new holiday classics. No covers allowed.
Kanye West ft. Cyhi the Prynce and Teyana Taylor, “Christmas in Harlem,” 2010
Before renouncing secular music, Kanye dabbled in a consumerist celebration of Christ’s birth.
Hayes Carll,...
Kanye West ft. Cyhi the Prynce and Teyana Taylor, “Christmas in Harlem,” 2010
Before renouncing secular music, Kanye dabbled in a consumerist celebration of Christ’s birth.
Hayes Carll,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Anna Peele
- Rollingstone.com
For their latest radio pop/soft-rock cover, Haim have decided to perform a Robyn song — but it’s not “Dancing on My Own” or anything from the Body Talk era, when Robyn became the international patron saint of dancing out your feelings.
Instead, the sisterly trio from L.A. performed “Show Me Love” — one of Robyn’s early radio hits from the Nineties — on BBC Radio 1’s Piano Sessions with Este Haim on lead vocals. The band beautifully adapted the pop song into a searing piano ballad, and it...
Instead, the sisterly trio from L.A. performed “Show Me Love” — one of Robyn’s early radio hits from the Nineties — on BBC Radio 1’s Piano Sessions with Este Haim on lead vocals. The band beautifully adapted the pop song into a searing piano ballad, and it...
- 12/2/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Yo La Tengo have been performing their famous eight-night Hanukkah run for the better part of 18 years, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish. “We’re not all Jewish, for one thing,” frontman Ira Kaplan tells Rolling Stone. “Even those of us that are are not religious in any way. It was more that it seemed challenging and funny to play eight nights in a row with all the hoopla over Christmas. I thought that Hanukkah could use a bit of a spotlight.”
Even so, their annual run...
Even so, their annual run...
- 11/21/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The Asbury Park Music + Film Festival has quietly become one of the East Coast’s most exciting events of the year. Last year, the fest included rare screenings drawing from the Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen archives, and Springsteen surprised everyone by appearing onstage to discuss the footage. The Farrelly Brothers, David Crosby and Cameron Crowe, Jakob Dylan, Yo La Tengo, and others also appeared at the not-for-profit fest, which benefits children in the Asbury Park area.
The festival has now announced headliners for this year, set to take place April 23rd through the 26th.
The festival has now announced headliners for this year, set to take place April 23rd through the 26th.
- 11/18/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
The festival of lights is getting a boost this year from Hanukkah+, a collection of Hanukkah classics and originals from artists like Haim, the Flaming Lips, Jack Black and Yo La Tengo.
The album, produced by Grammy-winning music supervisor Randall Poster, will be released November 22nd via Verve Forecast. A vinyl release will follow on December 13th.
Loudon Wainwright III, Moldy Peaches’ Adam Green, Holy Ghost’s Alex Frankel and Craig Wedren also contributed to the album. Haim take on Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be Your Will,” from Cohen’s 1984 album Various Positions,...
The album, produced by Grammy-winning music supervisor Randall Poster, will be released November 22nd via Verve Forecast. A vinyl release will follow on December 13th.
Loudon Wainwright III, Moldy Peaches’ Adam Green, Holy Ghost’s Alex Frankel and Craig Wedren also contributed to the album. Haim take on Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be Your Will,” from Cohen’s 1984 album Various Positions,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Bon Iver previewed their upcoming fourth LP, i,i, with a deluge of new songs: “iMi” (which features James Blake among its massive cast of collaborators), “We,” “Naeem,” “Marion” and “Holyfields,” (comma intentional) and “Salem.”
“iMi” opens with a heavily processed Blake vocal warble before settling into a tranquil nylon-string guitar pattern, soft electronics and a wall of Justin Vernon’s soulful vocals. “We” rides a bluesy bassline and a heavy sax section, with Vernon navigating his lower falsetto. “Naeem” finds Vernon belting over a gospel piano, building to a choral-stacked chorus.
“iMi” opens with a heavily processed Blake vocal warble before settling into a tranquil nylon-string guitar pattern, soft electronics and a wall of Justin Vernon’s soulful vocals. “We” rides a bluesy bassline and a heavy sax section, with Vernon navigating his lower falsetto. “Naeem” finds Vernon belting over a gospel piano, building to a choral-stacked chorus.
- 8/8/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
“The folk era had died — or did it?” Allen Ginsberg asks, with a dash of whimsy, in the early portion of Martin Scorsese’s new Rolling Thunder Revue film. His observation accompanies the early, non-faked part of the movie, where we see Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Patti Smith, and even Bette Midler sandwiched into Folk City, a Greenwich Village club that had 170 seats and plenty of history. Although the film doesn’t provide any context, the occasion was a 61st birthday party for venue owner Mike Porco held in 1975, and...
- 6/20/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Bon Iver released the two new songs, “Hey Ma” and “U (Man Like),” which they played over the Pa system following their headlining set at All Points East in London this weekend.
The studio version of “Hey Ma” arrives one year after the band premiered the track during their set at Bonnaroo 2018. The track boasts a characteristically serene mix of synths that drift along until they’re eventually buoyed by marching drums, which eventually fall away as the song floats towards the end. “Full time, you talk your money up,...
The studio version of “Hey Ma” arrives one year after the band premiered the track during their set at Bonnaroo 2018. The track boasts a characteristically serene mix of synths that drift along until they’re eventually buoyed by marching drums, which eventually fall away as the song floats towards the end. “Full time, you talk your money up,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Emily Zemler and Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Wilco has announced a new festival experience, Sky Blue Sky, to take place January 18th through 22nd, 2020 in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico’s Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
In addition to three full concerts from Wilco and a solo set by frontman Jeff Tweedy, will feature performances by Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Kamasi Washington, Dr. Dog, Yo La Tengo, Calexico, The Autumn Defense, Durand Jones & The Indications, the Comet Is Coming and a local band, Archi.
Tickets will be limited to 2300 attendees, with meals and rooms at the Hard Rock Hotel included with ticket purchase.
In addition to three full concerts from Wilco and a solo set by frontman Jeff Tweedy, will feature performances by Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Kamasi Washington, Dr. Dog, Yo La Tengo, Calexico, The Autumn Defense, Durand Jones & The Indications, the Comet Is Coming and a local band, Archi.
Tickets will be limited to 2300 attendees, with meals and rooms at the Hard Rock Hotel included with ticket purchase.
- 5/15/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The sugar-sharp melodies come in a spree during singer-guitarist Fred Thomas’ great new song “Altar,” a concise little shot of curt, catchy guitar scraping and amiable boy-girl vocals. But the scenes and feelings he rifles through in the song’s lyrics are hardly as easy or comforting: “You can’t feel the damage ’til after it happens,” he laments. Thomas is singing about falling out with a group of friends in a very tight small-town community, giving you a sense that the tuneful speediness is more about condensing his pain down to something manageable,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
About seven years ago, I bumped into Mike Myers while attending a concert in downtown Brooklyn, New York. The line up was a Yo La Tengo spin-off group called Dump, an intimate performance by Oneida drummer Kid Millions, my friends The Sloppy Heads, and evidently, a performance by one of Mr. Myers personal musician friends. We exchanged a few words, shook hands, and sat in the row next to one another throughout the... Read More...
- 2/9/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Start stockpiling Pop-Tarts and get that bottomless pot of coffee brewing: We're just days away from the premiere of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Netflix's revival of the beloved early-2000's dramedy. (The streaming service is dropping all four episodes on November 25th.) The original series introduced us to the fast-talking, java-addicted Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), her 16-year-old brainiac daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel), and a colorful cast of characters in the fictional Connecticut hamlet of Stars Hollow.
All things considered, the CW show could have been a forgettable mess,...
All things considered, the CW show could have been a forgettable mess,...
- 11/21/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Don’T Blink – Robert Frank Screens September 23rd – 25th at 7:30pm at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood).
Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer’s candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank’s artistry. Director Laura Israel (Frank’s longtime film editor) and producer Melinda Shopsin were given unprecedented access to the notably irascible artist. The assembled portrait is not unlike Frank’s own movies – rough around the edges and brimming with surprises and insights – calling to mind Frank’s quintessential underground movie, the 1959 Beat short, Pull My Daisy (co-directed by Alfred Leslie). Don’t Blink includes clips from Frank’s rarely seen movies, among them Me and My Brother...
Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer’s candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank’s artistry. Director Laura Israel (Frank’s longtime film editor) and producer Melinda Shopsin were given unprecedented access to the notably irascible artist. The assembled portrait is not unlike Frank’s own movies – rough around the edges and brimming with surprises and insights – calling to mind Frank’s quintessential underground movie, the 1959 Beat short, Pull My Daisy (co-directed by Alfred Leslie). Don’t Blink includes clips from Frank’s rarely seen movies, among them Me and My Brother...
- 9/22/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Mubi is showing Kelly Reichardt's newly restored debut River of Grass (1994) globally August 5 - September 3, 2016. In the United States and United Kingdom, more films by the director are also playing.“You meeting someone here tonight, Cozy?”“Nah, I just had the urge to get out.”“Yeah? I had the urge to drink. So it’s fate.”— Lee and Cozy, River of Grass “The wind’s not gonna be kind tonight.”— Solomon Tetherow, Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt’s is a cinema of misfits and margins. Of survival and getting by. In her debut feature, River of Grass (1994), a romantic naïf and her drifter boyfriend go on the run for a crime they’re convinced they’ve committed. In Old Joy (2006), a contentedly married man and soon-to-be father agrees to a road trip with an old pal, only to realize that the two are on divergent paths: the latter, frustrated by everyday pressures,...
- 8/11/2016
- MUBI
The music video is in a state of evolution at the moment. Sure, plenty of bands cut the standard promos that MTV used to play back in the day, but it's the videos that expand the form and have viral potential that tend to get passed around. Rihanna's bonkers clip for "Bitch Better Have My Money" became an instant sensation, while Yo La Tengo recently turned its cover of The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" into the soundtrack for the apocalypse. And now, U2 have done something special for the latest single, "Song For Someone." Read More: Review: "Now You See Me' Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher & Mark Ruffalo Director Vincent Haycock is behind the camera for this 9-minute short that stars Woody Harrelson as a prisoner who is released from jail and meets his daughter, waiting for her on the outside (played by Harrelson's real life offspring,...
- 7/14/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
What a year in rock music! There, I said it. Too much to take in. Like a rowboat taking in more water than I can bail out. I keep getting new music recommended to me by friends, publicists, old lovers, dudes on subways, songs blasting in hipster boutiques; freakin' new music was everywhere. I got tipped to U.K. acts such as punk rockers Sleaford Mods, poetry rapper Kate Tempest, and folkster Jake Bugg; there was a new pop rock opus by Dan Wilson, and soulful Brooklynite Selena Garcia, and much more. I could barely compile my "best of/favorites of 2014" list knowing that I'll probably discover even more music after I've completed it. But here goes...my ten favorite tracks from 2014, a few essential reissues, and my ten favorite albums, yes, albums, like on real heavy duty vinyl, with two sides and everything.
Singles:
"Brother" - Selena Garcia...
Singles:
"Brother" - Selena Garcia...
- 1/1/2015
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
In honor of Gilmore Girls finding its new home on Netflix late last week, EW staffers Molly Smith and Lindsey Bahr have compiled a list of their favorite episodes—one per season. The unfamiliar should use these picks as an entry point; the obsessed can consider this a refresher to rekindle your fervor for the series. Let's make one thing clear: There's no such thing as a "best" Gilmore Girls episode. This is just a little something to make you fall in love, and for many, fall in love again. "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) We'd be remiss not to include the pilot,...
- 10/9/2014
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
It's true: No other television show has a better theme song than Gilmore Girls. Even out of context, Carole King and her daughter Louise Goffin's "Where You Lead" brings you back to Stars Hollow — it's that integral to the show. And it's not Gilmore Girls' only musical coup: The show's soundtrack featured the likes of Yo La Tengo, the Shins, Big Star, and Björk, with Sam Phillips's signature "la-la-la" refrains serving as transitions between scenes. (How would Stars Hollow retain its whimsy without it?) But leading off with "Where You Lead" set a tone for the show that wasn't just a candy coating. It seeped way down into the seams. Here's why.Even through marathons, I promise you, it won't get old. The second time I watched Gilmore Girls in its entirety was via a DVD box set a friend graciously lent me in college. And while I...
- 9/24/2014
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
The future according to the world of sci-fi is really appealing—if you’re a teenage boy.
In a wacky video for their new song, “These Aren’t the Droids,” singer Neko Case and her longtime collaborator Kelly Hogan slyly highlight the extent to which popular visions of the future are designed to appeal to teenage male fans. Case wears a Star Trek uniform and Princess Leia wig (probably just to make you angry about that combination), while Hogan sports a full-on Chewbacca costume. Ellie Kemper (The Office, Bridesmaids) also appears as a woman unfulfilled by her relationship with a Star Wars stormtrooper.
In a wacky video for their new song, “These Aren’t the Droids,” singer Neko Case and her longtime collaborator Kelly Hogan slyly highlight the extent to which popular visions of the future are designed to appeal to teenage male fans. Case wears a Star Trek uniform and Princess Leia wig (probably just to make you angry about that combination), while Hogan sports a full-on Chewbacca costume. Ellie Kemper (The Office, Bridesmaids) also appears as a woman unfulfilled by her relationship with a Star Wars stormtrooper.
- 7/10/2014
- by Jackson McHenry
- EW.com - PopWatch
Not the best in terms of money making of course, that belongs to the loud robots, but this weekend looks to be one of the best by a critical and audience standpoint. The two releases Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (shouldn’t this one have been called Rise instead?) and Boyhood have managed to live up to their respective hype it seems. You can click the banners below to see any updates, but slight changes today and tomorrow shouldn’t drops these numbers much if at all.
I’m happy to say that I look forward to seeing both these movies, especially Boyhood. I’ve had my eye on that movie for a long time. Apes does look like a lot of fun, and director Matt Reeves should be proud that he was able to make what looks to be the definitive Pota movie. For all of us...
I’m happy to say that I look forward to seeing both these movies, especially Boyhood. I’ve had my eye on that movie for a long time. Apes does look like a lot of fun, and director Matt Reeves should be proud that he was able to make what looks to be the definitive Pota movie. For all of us...
- 7/10/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Richard Linklater's upcoming "Boyhood" is truly an epic in almost every sense. Shot over the course of a decade, the film tracks the coming-of-age of a young boy in cinematic "real time," with the movie stretching to nearly three hours to envelope you in the world Linklater crafted. So it's only fitting that the soundtrack is equally huge and wide-ranging. Ranging from big name acts like Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Foo Fighters and Wilco, to indie heroes like Cat Power and Yo La Tengo, to Latino artists like Freddy Fender (classic), the tunes compiled by music supervisor Meghan Currier (who worked as a music coordinator on the equally massive lineup for "The Wolf Of Wall Street") does a solid job of compressing a decade's worth of pop hits and underground faves into a pretty good collection. If you need ideas for your next mixtape, look no further. It's...
- 6/26/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Just in time for the Lupitia Nyong'o and Gwendoline Christie Star Wars news, musicians Neko Case and Kelly Hogan have released their new song, "These Aren't The Droids." The future is here and it is awesome! If you're a straight white dude. For the rest of us? This utopia isn't quite what was advertised. Taking aim at geek culture from the inside with light-hearted comedy (and kittens!) Case and Hogan purpose a new vision for the world of tomorrow. A vision that includes lyrics like: 1. "Space drinks, space clothes, space silver jumpsuits, space world harmony, space silver moon boots…so much silver!" 2. "But we didn't realize, the future…was designed by teenage guys!" 3. "Three boobed aliens on stripper poles. They want shiny sex bots with only holes." 4. "It is way past time for a revolution to your hairless post-apocalyptic constitution. Which face it, is basically Maxim mixed with Mad and Cracked.
- 6/2/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
"Parks and Recreation" just wrapped up its sixth season. I did my annual interview with Mike Schur about what happened, and I have a review of the finale coming up just as soon as I click through a slideshow of "American Music Awards" sideboob fails... The natural inclination with an episode like "Moving Up" is to talk early, often, and perhaps only, about the very last minute, where the show jumped forward three years in time, showing us a well-established National Parks office in Pawnee, Leslie and Ben's triplets as adorable little kids, Garry Gergich now being referred to as Terry, and surprise guest star Jon Hamm as an incompetent National Parks employee being fired after three years of misadventures that we will likely never see. And we'll get to that, sure. But there was so much else to "Moving Up," which essentially played as Schur and company bringing the...
- 4/25/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Are you ready to rock and/or roll with the merger? The Pawnee/Eagleton Unity Concert — and a whole lot of other events — will take place in the season 6 finale of Parks and Recreation on Thursday at 8 p.m. The hourlong episode is brimming with famous guests, plot twists, and, yes, a decision from Leslie (Amy Poehler) on whether she’ll stay in Pawnee to raise triplets or move her family to Chicago so she can take a dream job at the National Parks Service. Want a few more hints about the big night? Executive producer Michael Schur has you...
- 4/24/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
California, here she comes: In the hourlong season finale of Parks and Recreation (Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC), Leslie Knope speaks at a National Parks conference in San Francisco, runs into First Lady Michelle Obama, and decides whether she and Ben will raise their triplets in Chicago or Pawnee. Oh, and did we mention that the Pawnee/Eagleton Unity Concert is in less than a week?
A rock star-studded episode awaits you Thursday night — Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, Ginuwine, and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy are also on the guest list — but if you’d rather not wait, you can preview...
A rock star-studded episode awaits you Thursday night — Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, Ginuwine, and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy are also on the guest list — but if you’d rather not wait, you can preview...
- 4/23/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Parks and Recreation will unveil its season finale next Thursday, and it will be filled with all sorts of guest stars, from musical (Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, Letters to Cleo, the returning Jeff Tweedy) to political (First Lady Michelle Obama) to mystery (???). One name you can add to the list from the comedy world: Workaholics star Blake Anderson.
In the hourlong episode, father-to-be Ben (Adam Scott) and Andy (Chris Pratt) visit Grizzle, a Bay Area tech start-up (whose music service, Grizzle Dump, was referenced in April 3′s “Prom”), and Anderson plays one of its founders, Mike Bean. “The only...
In the hourlong episode, father-to-be Ben (Adam Scott) and Andy (Chris Pratt) visit Grizzle, a Bay Area tech start-up (whose music service, Grizzle Dump, was referenced in April 3′s “Prom”), and Anderson plays one of its founders, Mike Bean. “The only...
- 4/18/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
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