Ahead of the Replacements’ massive Pleased to Meet Me reissue, the album standout “Can’t Hardly Wait” has received an official music video highlighting the song’s remastered sound. The footage from the “Can’t Hardly Wait” video itself was culled from similarly sparse black-and-white promos for Pleased to Meet Me’s “The Ledge” …
Read More »Flo Milli Came to Flex
Flo Milli is darting around the room, chasing her Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix, Sosa. “My dog just pooped on the floor,” she apologizes. “She’s a handful.” Sosa — as in, “these bitches love Sosa,” like the Chief Keef song — evades her long, manicured grasp until the very last second, and Flo …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Covers Tears For Fears' 'Mad World'
Brandi Carlile has posted an emotive cover of Tears For Fears’ “Mad World” that was captured at her Washington State home. The song was included as part of Carlile’s full-album livestream re-imagining of 2009’s Give Up the Ghoston September 13th. Seated at a keyboard and flanked by a series of …
Read More »Katy Perry's Animated 'Resilient' Video Follows Tree's Lifecycle
Katy Perry has dropped an animated music video for “Resilient,” the latest visual from her album Smile, released last Friday. The cute clip, directed by Aya Tanimura, follows the life cycle of a tree growing on a city block — from its start as a single seed in a bird’s …
Read More »'Host': Why Rob Savage's Quarantine Horror Film Is About More Than a Virus
When lockdown began, British director Rob Savage intended to make the best of his isolation — digging out classics by the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and all the rest. Ten minutes into the latter’s 1972 epic Solaris, though, Savage gave up and turned on Halloween 4. “I wanted …
Read More »George Carlin to Get Two-Part Documentary From HBO and Judd Apatow
HBO Documentary Films, Rise Films and Apatow Productions have announced that a two-part documentary on legendary comedian George Carlin is in the works. Dubbed “the dean of counterculture comedians,” Carlin (1937-2008) headlined 14 HBO comedy specials and appeared on The Tonight Show more than 130 times during his career. The …
Read More »'The First Time' With Joey King
Actress Joey King sat down in this episode of The First Time to discuss her latest filmThe Kissing Booth 2, a sequel to the hit Netflix teen rom-comThe Kissing Booth. King has been a fan of the project since the very beginning, recalling her first time reading the script for …
Read More »'The First Time' With Kiki Layne
Kiki Layne had a screen debut that may sound familiar to any working Chicago performer. “Must have been my episode ofChicago Med,” the actress and star of Netflix‘sThe Old Guard says, punctuating it with a laugh. “All Chicago actors know: It was either on Chicago Med,Chicago Fire,Chicago P.D. Somewhere in …
Read More »Jessie Ware Creates a Private Disco Paradise on 'What's Your Pleasure?'
The soft glamor of Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure? radiates with the persistence of a sparkling disco ball in a foggy club. It’s melancholic luxury, like heavy drops of mascara-stained tears. It is also, undeniably, the British pop star’s best album yet: a sumptuous tribute to both peak- and post-disco …
Read More »Haim Walk, Then Jog, Then Run in Music Video for 'Don't Wanna'
Haim have a signature look when it comes to their music videos, and it is, uh, walking. Lots of walking. For a band so heavily associated with Los Angeles, the trio ironically love ditching their cars and strolling down the boulevard in many of their visuals. Usually, that walking comes …
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