The Good Place is back for its fourth and final season. A review of the season premiere, “A Girl From Arizona, Part One,” coming up just as soon as I get my daily dose of Timothy Olyphant… The previous two years of The Good Place opened with an hour-long premiere. …
Read More »Watch De Niro Mingle With Mobsters, Politicians in 'The Irishman' Trailer
Robert De Niro gets swept up in a maelstrom of politics, corruption and organized crime in the new trailer for Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming mob drama, The Irishman. The film premieres at the New York Film Festival tomorrow, September 27th, before hitting theaters November 1st and Netflix November 27th. De Niro …
Read More »'Transparent: Musicale Finale': Messy and Emotional, Just Like the Pfeffermans
When histories are written about the rise of the Streaming Wars and the dawn of Peak TV, Transparent will be a prominent part of the tale. It was Amazon’s first significant original series, the first streaming show to win major awards (for Jeffrey Tambor’s performance in the title role, as …
Read More »Hear Laurie Anderson Read From Tibetan Book of Dead
Laurie Anderson and Jesse Paris Smith support Tibetan artist Tenzin Choegyal on “Jigten,” the final track from the trio’s upcoming collaboration Songs From the Bardo. On the track, Choegyal sings text from the Bardo — the Tibetan Book of the Dead — over a contemplative backdrop of dranyen (a long-necked …
Read More »Hear TNGHT's Feverish First Song in Six Years 'Serpent'
TNGHT, the electronic duo of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice, has returned from a six-year hiatus with “Serpent,” a frenetic and feverish new song and video. The track is built on wild vocal samples, including a series of groans and a pitch-shifted yelp that functions as the primary hook. Around those …
Read More »Blink 182 Sound Self-Aware and Mature on 'Nine'
The not-so-secret wish of every man-child is to grow up: Do the sex, get a girlfriend, make a mark. Two of Blink-182‘s contemporaries embraced quite different versions of adulting some time ago: Weezer traded irony for radical sincerity with future-classic Pinkerton in 1996, while Green Day went political — and …
Read More »Watch Green Day Flip Off Chaotic World in New 'Father of All…' Video
Green Day adopt an IDGAF attitude towards those you can’t trust in their raucous new video for “Father of All…” The song is the title track from their forthcoming 13th studio album, due February 7th via Reprise/Warner. In the new clip, the band performs in a red-lit space flanked by …
Read More »Hear Hailee Steinfeld Reflect on Mortality in 'Afterlife (Dickinson)'
Hailee Steinfeld has released a new song, “Afterlife (Dickinson),” from her upcoming Apple TV+ series Dickinson. The actress co-wrote the track with Stargate, Kennedi Lyken and KOZ, taking inspiration from Emily Dickinson’s life and poems. The song was co-produced by StarGate and KOZ.On the haunting, buoyant pop song, Steinfeld passionately …
Read More »Hear Celine Dion's New Songs 'Courage,' 'Lying Down,' 'Imperfections'
Celine Dion has unveiled three new songs: “Courage,” “Lying Down” and “Imperfections. ” All three songs are slated to appear on her forthcoming album, Courage, which will be released on November 15th via Sony Music Entertainment Canada/Columbia. It’s her first English album in six years. The trio of singles follow …
Read More »Amazon Music Jumps Into the Hi-Res Audio Game
Hi-fi music streaming is officially mainstream. Tech giant Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is launching Amazon Music HD, a new tier of its existing music-streaming service that delivers lossless audio streaming — at both higher quality and a higher cost. The new service, available immediately in the U.S., UK, …
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