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2014. Wim Wenders and Dennis Hopper courtesy of MoMa © Wim Wenders Stiftung 2014

Art & CultureFilm + TV
MoMA to Honor Wim Wenders With Huge Career Retrospective

Over the last forty years, Wim Wenders has quietly become a leader of independent and foreign cinema, mostly banking on…

January 27, 2015

2015. Operators photo by Shervin Lainez

LISTEN: Dan Boeckner’s New Act Operators Offers Hint of Things to Come With “Ecstasy In My House”

Now that everyone has just accepted that Dan Boeckner is an unstoppable madman, word of a new group created by the…

January 27, 2015

2015. Lightning Bolt photo by Natalja Kent

Noise Rockers Lightning Bolt Announce Sixth Album, “Fantasy Empire”

If you thought Lightning Bolt playing their last ever set at Death By Audio in New York might have seemed…

January 27, 2015

2015. Death Cab For Cutie, photo by We Are The Rhoads

LISTEN: Death Cab for Cutie Shares First Single From “Kintsugi”

Death Cab for Cutie has released “Black Sun,” the lead single off of the band’s upcoming album Kintsugi (out March…

January 27, 2015

2015. Mikal Cronin press photo by Myles Pettengill.

LISTEN: Mikal Cronin Announces Appropriately-Named Third LP “MCIII,” Shares “Made My Mind Up”

In a recent interview with Marc Maron, Ty Segall talked about the multiple talents of his frequent collaborator and bandmate…

January 26, 2015

2015. Tom Petty (photo by Sam Jones) and Sam Smith (photo by Stephanie Sian Smith)

Sam Smith and Tom Petty Settle Dispute Over “Stay With Me”

It looks like soulful British star Sam Smith owes a bit of his massive musical success to American legend Tom…

January 26, 2015

2015. Ariel Pink, “Dayzed Inn Daydreams”

WATCH: Reality Is a Beautiful Bummer in Video for Ariel Pink’s “Dayzed Inn Daydreams”

With a tumultuous and spectacular 2014 behind him, Ariel Pink has continued his vision of a pom pom universe today with…

January 26, 2015

2013. Beyonce at the Super Bowl

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Are You Ready For Some—: Ranking the Last 22 Years of Super Bowl Halftime Shows From Worst to Best

Lip-synching, unplugged instruments, and blatant product placements, oh my!

January 26, 2015

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Primavera Sound 2015 Lineup Released

The refreshing taste of variety: The Strokes, Patti Smith, Sleater-Kinney, and more will head to Barcelona this May

January 23, 2015

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Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Even with the holiday on Monday, this week was stacked with unheard tracks left off of previous albums (St. Vincent,…

January 23, 2015

Ava Luna / 2015 / photo by Emily Theobald

LISTEN: Art-Rockers Ava Luna Share New Single “Billz,” Announce “Infinite House” LP

It’s a bit difficult to describe the type of music that Ava Luna make, but to be honest, almost every…

January 22, 2015

King Tuff “Headbanger” video screenshot

WATCH: King Tuff Shifts Dimensions to Play “Bottom of the Pops” in “Headbanger” Video

King Tuff is currently doing a victory lap around America in celebration of his latest album Black Moon Spell, and…

January 21, 2015

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LISTEN: Legends Collide on Giorgio Moroder’s Kylie Minogue–Featured Track “Right Here, Right Now”

Along with the mission-defining (and very appropriately-named) instrumental track “74 Is the New 24,” electronica guru Giorgio Moroder’s return came…

January 21, 2015

Tobias Jesso Jr. “How Could You, Babe?” video screenshot

WATCH: Enter the New Piano Man: Tobias Jesso Jr. Shares Video for Heartfelt “How Could You, Babe”

After turning quite a few heads with the jarring ballad, “Hollywood,” Tobias Jesso Jr. has now shared the video for “How…

January 20, 2015

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Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

This was a big week for excellent tracks from innovative solo artists (Matthew E. White, Waxahatchee, Nedelle Torrisi, Ryley Walker)…

January 16, 2015

2015. Amazon Prime Instant video logo

Film + TV
Woody Allen’s First Ever TV Series Has Been Ordered In Full…By Amazon

Since 1966, Woody Allen has been churning out movies at an unbelievable rate, directing forty-four feature length films (ranging from…

January 15, 2015

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Art & Culture
Bonnaroo Reveals 2015 Lineup, Billy Joel Headlines Instead of Drake

With the lineups of both Coachella and Governors Ball announced last week, it was only a matter of time before…

January 15, 2015

Gal Pals / credit: Beth Borwell

LISTEN: Gal Pals Eclipse the Winter with Sunny New Track “Punisher”

Between the bonkers Burgerama lineup and King Khan & BBQ Show putting aside their differences to make a new LP,…

January 15, 2015

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Film + TV
And Now For The Main Event: 2015 Academy Award Nominations

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced in Hollywood this morning and, while there were plenty of familiar and…

January 14, 2015

2015. The Razzies logo

Film + TV
Your 2015 Razzie Award Nominations Are Here

In 1981, the publicist, copywriter, and true American hero John J. B. Wilson hosted the first ever Golden Raspberry Awards…

January 14, 2015
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