In the 1988 documentary Rattle and Hum, B.B. King chats with Bono, then 27. The bluesman reflects on his station in life: “[People] say, ‘There he is, a 62-year-old — and what is he trying to do?’” It’s a question that U2‘s members may have asked themselves as they worked on Carnaval de Luz, their
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If the term “post-rock” wasn’t already taken, it would be a perfect descriptor for the fractured, future-warped music of Polyphia, a largely instrumental foursome who take virtuosic guitar music into places that would melt older shredders’ minds. Even as fleet-fingered guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage keep pushing guitar technique forward, they’ve evinced minimal interest
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We get it, November just started … but holiday season is just around the corner, and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is quickly defrosting. This season, it feels like every artist is trying to throw their hat into the holiday music canon. From Olivia Rodrigo to Alanis Morissette and Thalia, there’s
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Justin Timberlake has finally revealed that his 2006 hit “What Goes Around… Comes Around,” long assumed to be about his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears, is not about that pop singer. Nearly 20 years after the FutureSex/LoveSounds single was released, Timberlake addressed the rumors about the song’s inspiration in a new video interview with Complex, At the
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update rubbed in the GOP’s midterm losses and knocked Donald Trump‘s promotion of Stephen Miller as his next chief of staff. Tuesday’s midterms will leave Trump without Republican majorities in either chamber of Congress for the next two years. The president, reacting to his party’s disastrous showing, told reporters this week
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James Talarico, fresh off his victory in Texas’ Senate race, popped up on Saturday Night Live, interrupting a Trump-themed cold open in which the president was licking his wounds after midterm voters delivered a historic repudiation of his administration and its Republican enablers. Trump (James Austin Johnson) grumbled about Democrats retaking the House and Senate
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One of the most anticipated categories at the Latin Grammys is Best New Artist. In the past, the once-in-a-lifetime award has gone to people who have gone on to become major stars: Puerto Rican disruptors Calle 13, Colombian superstar Karol G, and Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada. Recent winners include Venezuelan prodigy Joaquina, Bogotá-based pop girl
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