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News How Did Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis End Up on the Cover of The New Yorker? Nicole Rifkin’s illustration “Sun-Dappled” is the cover of the magazine’s August 22 issue. Rifkin and Dupuis explain how the cover came to be. By Evan Minsker August 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sadie Dupuis in “Sun-Dappled” by Nicole Rifkin (courtesy

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the series finale of Better Call Saul, “Saul Gone.”] Sometimes you hit play on an episode of television and see the runtime and groan to yourself, “This did not need to be longer than an hour.” But with the Better Call Saul series finale, coming in at a

Following up his highly successful debut album 1000 Faces, melodic bass heavyweight Jason Ross is back with his second artist album, Atlas. Expanding on his previous achievements as a producer, Atlas is a new chapter that sees Jason Ross showing off his prolific skills as he drops melodic bass, dubstep and trance. On top of

Wack 100 is accusing Nipsey Hussle’s brother Blacc Sam of removing a posthumous verse from The Game’s new album at crunch time … a claim we’re told is farfetched considering the song’s verses were never discussed prior to the album’s release. Sources close to Nipsey’s family tell TMZ …  Nipsey’s label, Atlantic Records, was confused

News Fleet Foxes and Blood Orange Cover the Strokes’ “Under Control”: Watch Both performed the track live at their respective headlining shows in New York City this weekend By Nina Corcoran August 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Fleet Foxes (Jim Bennett/Getty Images) and Blood Orange (Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Over the weekend, both Fleet Foxes and

Turnstile revealed on Friday afternoon that guitarist and co-founder Brady Ebert is no longer a member of the group. The announcement was made via the band’s Instagram Story and follows months of speculation after Ebert’s extended absence from their live set. To break the news, the band posted a message that read: “Turnstile and guitarist

KEETZ follows up his Terminal EP strong with the project’s grittiest cut to date, “Blight.” This particular production has remained one of KEETZ’s best kept secrets until now. A hidden gem lurking in the shadows just waiting to be unleashed — and that day has finally come. “Blight” thrives in a grungy, electro house realm. The

Play video content TMZSports.com There may be just as many eyes on the crowd as on the ring when Teofimo Lopez steps into the squared circle this weekend, ’cause the former unified champ tells us some of the biggest stars in the world are attending his fight. “I’ve been contacting everybody to let everyone know

News JJulius Announces New Album Vol. 2, First DFA Records Release Since 2020 The Gothenburg-based musician and producer’s new LP is out via James Murphy’s label in August By Matthew Strauss August 12, 2022 Facebook Twitter JJulius, photo by Johan Andrén Facebook Twitter JJulius is the moniker of the Gothenburg-based musician and producer Julius Pierstorff,

Anne Heche is “not expected to survive” the injuries she sustained after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home last Friday. A representative for Heche told People that the actress suffered “a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition” as of Thursday night. “It has long been her choice

Impromptu back-to-backs at festival afterparties aren’t unusual. When you have so many artists all in one city — typically without a flight to the next gig or home until the following morning — they’re left to find something to do after their sets. And a popular choice is often to find another DJ’s show and

A$AP Rocky is now being sued over the alleged shooting that led to his arrest … and the guy who says he’s the victim is a former member of the rapper’s group. Rocky is being sued for assault and battery by Terell Ephron, a former A$AP Mob member who used to carry the moniker “A$AP

News Blackpink Reveal Release Date for New Album Born Pink The K-pop band’s second studio album is out September 16 via YG Entertainment By Matthew Strauss August 10, 2022 Facebook Twitter Blackpink, photo via YG Entertainment Facebook Twitter Blackpink’s second studio album is on the way. The K-pop band’s new album, Born Pink, is out

Not long after a church in Texas turned Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton into an evangelist nightmare, the playwright himself has announced the launch of Ham4Choice, a philanthropic effort to raise funds for organizations that province abortion access and other reproductive health services across the country. Better yet, from now until September 22nd, a $10 donation to Ham4Choice not

Arguably his biggest single to date, TVBOO proudly presents ‘Bass Music,’ the lead track from his forthcoming debut LP, Blue Collar Bass: By the People, For the People. A high energy, danceable collaboration with funk headliner GRiZ, the two find common ground within their distinctive sounds, creating a one-of-a-kind hybrid of catchy, upbeat freeform bass.

UPDATE 1:10 PM PT — John Travolta just posted about Olivia’s passing, saying, “My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw

News MTV VMAs 2022: Nicki Minaj to Receive Video Vanguard Award Following honorees such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, and more By Eric Torres August 8, 2022 Facebook Twitter Nicki Minaj (Photo courtesy of Universal Music Group) Facebook Twitter Nicki Minaj is the recipient of this year’s Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs. She

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Westworld, Season 4 Episode 7, “Metanoia.” To read about the music of Episode 6, click here.] The most notable music featured in the penultimate episode of Westworld Season 4 wasn’t created by composer Ramin Djawadi — instead, he was a little in awe of David Bowie’s “The Man

Hot off the massively popular house record ‘HYPNOSIS,’ ero808, the ever eclectic singer-songwriter, producer and performer has released a 3-person remix package and Shöckface Inversion for his single ‘BLACKHOLE.’ The remix pack features the likes of Buzz Junior, smalltalk, and Frost. Alongside the release of the remix pack, frequent collaborator Shöckface has also released an Inversion to BLACKHOLE with an entirely

Kevin Federline is spilling the alleged tea about his kids’ relationship with their mom, Britney Spears — saying their boys don’t want to see her right now … for myriad reasons. The singer’s ex-husband — with whom she shares two boys, Jayden and Sean — did a wide-ranging interview with DailyMail … portions of which

News Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire’s “The Last Huzzah!” Remix With Danny Brown, El-P, Das Racist, Despot Is Finally Streaming The updated take on his Lost in Translation song originally came out in 2011 By Nina Corcoran August 6, 2022 Facebook Twitter Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter More than a decade after

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist and Infowars owner Alex Jones to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $45.2 million in punitive damages Jones has spent almost a decade arguing that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School — which left 28 people, including

Checo is a New Hampshire native, Miami based artist who started his journey in music by teaching himself to play guitar and write songs as a young teen. Music was mostly a hidden passion as basketball dominated his early life. After going on to play Division 1 basketball in NYC for 1 year he decided

Play video content Move over, Backstreet Boys, there’s a new boy band in town — introducing the Backstreet Bills!!! Rookies on Buffalo’s offensive line ripped their shirts off and gave a heartfelt rendition of “I Want It That Way” as part of their introduction to the team on Thursday … and honestly, we’re impressed!! Tanner

News Lady Gaga Confirmed to Star in New Movie Joker: Folie à Deux She’s expected to play Harley Quinn in the sequel to the Oscar-nominated Joker By Matthew Strauss August 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter Lady Gaga, July 2022 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) Facebook Twitter Back in June, it was reported that Lady Gaga

Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” made famous in the 1980s by a bunch of singing dried grapes, is given new life by Isaac Brock for the upcoming documentary Claydream. The film follows the life of Oscar-winner and brilliant claymation pioneer Will Vinton, who created the California Raisins, Domino Pizza’s

Everything is better with friends! Right? The Funk Hunters certainly seem to live by that adage with their newest album, Music w/ Friends, featuring collaborations on every track. And you can truly feel the fun oozing from every note. Big Gigantic, Dr. Fresch, Opiuo, Haywyre, Champagne Drip and more feature on remixes and originals throughout the

Play video content TMZ.com Willow Smith stopped her performance after someone in the crowd fainted … and it’s all on video. The incident just happened during Willow’s set at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, where she’s opening for Machine Gun Kelly on a tour together, and video shows Willow putting the brakes on her set