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2015. Wild Nothing by Shawn Brackbill.

LISTEN: Wild Nothing Announces “Life of Pause,” Shares Two New Tracks

Hear “To Know You” and “TV Queen” inside.

November 24, 2015

2015. Sharon Jones “White Christmas” video screenshot

WATCH: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Bring New Life to “White Christmas”

“It’s A Holiday Soul Party” is out now via Daptone Records.

November 23, 2015

H. Jon Benjamin album trailer

WATCH: H. Jon Benjamin Preps Jazz Record, Does Not Know How to Play Piano

“This is probably the first time I’ve played with someone who couldn’t play jazz at all.”

November 23, 2015

2015. Sket One FLOOD show screenshot

Art & CultureEvents
RECAP: Resurrection: A “Star Wars” Influenced Art Show at the FLOOD Gallery

A very special evening featuring artist Sket One in person.

November 23, 2015

Yoga Hosers / Kevin Smith film

Film + TV
Sundance Film Festival Announces Midnight Screenings

Including Kevin Smith’s Canadian convenience store thriller “Yoga Hosers.”

November 23, 2015

2015. Karen O by Nick Zinner

Art & CultureEvents
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner Will Display “601 Photographs” in Los Angeles

The guitarist’s show opens tonight at 7 p.m. at Lethal Amounts.

November 20, 2015

Sound Board Black and white

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of November 16–20, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved

November 20, 2015

Leon Bridges at Pickathon 2015 // photo by Casey Carpenter

LISTEN: Leon Bridges Releases “So Long,” From Will Smith Film “Concussion”

It’s Bridges’s first new music since “Coming Home” was released earlier this year.

November 20, 2015
LISTEN: M.I.A. Drops New Single “Borders”

“Identities—what’s up with that?”

November 20, 2015

Miike Snow “Heart is Full” Video

LISTEN: Run the Jewels Remix Miike Snow’s “Heart is Full”

Killer Mike and El-P take on the lead single from “iii,” which drops sometime next year.

November 19, 2015

2015. Harrison Ford in Omaze Video screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Harrison Ford Whispers at Camera and Surprises Fans for Charity

“What do you mean old characters?”

November 19, 2015

2015. Natalie Prass by Shawn Brackbill

LISTEN: Natalie Prass Shares Cover of Grimes’ “REALiTi”

From the Side By Side EP, out tomorrow.

November 19, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates // photo courtesy of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Art & Culture
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award for “Between the World and Me”

The cultural critic caps 2015 with a big victory.

November 19, 2015

Bill Hader on Kimmell

Art & CultureFilm + TV
Bill Hader to Star in Film Inspired By David Foster Wallace’s Luxury Cruise Essay

“I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.”

November 19, 2015

Julia Holter “Silhouette”

WATCH: Julia Holter Shares “Silhouette” Video

The “Have You in My Wilderness” cut gets its own clip.

November 18, 2015
Eagles of Death Metal Issue Statement on Paris Attacks

“Vive la musique, vive la liberté, vive la France, and vive EODM.”

November 18, 2015

Junior Boys // photo by Tom Weatherill

LISTEN: Junior Boys are “Over It” in New Single

The second single from “Big Black Coat” dropped this morning.

November 18, 2015

Oscar®-winning actor Denzel Washington speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient Spike Lee at the 2015 Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, CA, on Saturday, November 14, 2015.

Film + TV
The 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Award Goes to Denzel Washington

The iconic actor will be awarded at the Golden Globes in January.

November 17, 2015

Savages / photo by Rozette Rago

LISTEN: Savages Share “T.I.W.Y.G.”

This is what you get when you mess with love.

November 17, 2015

John Cale in “Close Watch”

WATCH: John Cale Enters the Veil in “Close Watch” Video

From the forthcoming “M:FANS”.

November 17, 2015
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