On Wednesday, Complex‘s Open Late With Peter Rosenberg paid tribute to the late Mac Miller. In a clip from the program. Kendrick Lamar spoke fondly of his friend’s great sense of humor, saying that he “told jokes all night.” He also reminisced about running jokes they shared. “He was just …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Rina Sawayama, 'Cherry'
Autumn is closing in rapidly, but thankfully we have Rina Sawayama’s midtempo pop jam “Cherry” to remind us what Summer feels like. Japanese-British singer/model Sawayama made a splash last year with the release of her self-titled debut EPRina, but it’s nothing in comparison to tidal wave she could be set …
Read More »'Forever' Review: Quasi-comedy Is Strange, Surprising and Sometimes Funny
Amazon‘s new series Forever, which debuts Friday, has been as shrouded in mystery as anything in recent Peak TV memory. For a long time, it was simply referred to as “Untitled Fred Armisen/Maya Rudolph comedy series,” and the identities of those stars and co-creators Alan Yang (Master of None) and …
Read More »Hear Kurt Vile's Sprawling 'Bassackwards' from New LP 'Bottle It In'
Kurt Vile will release a new solo album, Bottle It In, on October 12th via Matador Records. He previewed the 13-track LP with “Bassackwards,” a nearly 10-minute exploration of meditative acoustic fingerpicking, reversed psychedelic guitars and existential lyrics. “I was on the beach, but I was thinking about the bay,” …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Trolls Cher With Cheesy Impersonation of 'If I Could Turn Back Time'
Cher appeared onThe Ellen Show on Friday to promote her latest Abba tribute album,Dancing Queen, due later this month. During herEllenappearance, Cher endured a DeGeneres’ karaoke rendition of her 1989 classic “If I Could Turn Back Time,” which she eventually sang in an awkward duet alongside Ellen. Throughout her appearance, …
Read More »Guitarist Davey Johnstone Looks Back on His Five-Decade Odyssey With Elton John
Davey Johnstone was watching Top of the Pops with his father one night in 1970 when a young singer-songwriter named Elton John came onto the screen. Johnstone was a folkie guitarist into artists like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, but he was still extremely intrigued by this eccentric young piano …
Read More »Review: The Blaze's Disappointingly Chilly 'Dancehall'
Important things to know before pressing play on The Blaze’s new album: This French electronic music duo, composed of cousins Guillaume and Jonathan Alric, are not to be mistaken for Blaze, the veteran house producers from New Jersey known for dancefloor favorites like “Funky People.” And The Blaze’s new album, …
Read More »See Ashley McBryde Sing 'Wrong Side of Memphis' at ACM Honors
Lauren Alaina, Deana Carter and Ashley McBryde shared the stage during last month’s ACM Honors ceremony, honoring one of the evening’s awardees — songwriter Matraca Berg — with a medley of her own hits. A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties …
Read More »See the Blaze's Mournful Video for New Song 'Queens'
French electronic duo the Blaze released a solemn clip for “Queens” on Tuesday. The song will appear on their forthcoming debut album, Dancehall. The Blaze are known for bracing visuals. Their “Territory” video, which follows an Algerian man as he returns home to his family, earned them a Cannes Lions …
Read More »Wizard Rock Forerunners Harry and the Potters Reflect on J.K. Rowling's 20-Year Legacy
“I thought it would be cool if Harry started his own scrappy punk rock band,” explains Paul DeGeorge, co-founder of the series-inspired fan band Harry and the Potters. Since its inception 20 years ago, J.K. Rowling’s billion-dollarHarry Potterserieshas spawnedfeature films, snacks, board games, housewares, jewelry and its own Universal Studios …
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