This coming October marks 10 years since The Hold Steady released their excellent third album, Boys and Girls in America. To honor this anniversary, the band announced today that they will be playing a series of live shows in the Fall to mark the occasion. No exact dates were announced today, but the band—through a […]
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The Hold Steady to play ‘Boys and Girls in America’ anniversary shows
May 5th, 2016 
Gabe Aikins 
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Tags: 10 year anniversary tour, Almost Killed Me, Frenchkiss Records, Girls and Boys in America, Separation Sunday, the hold steady 
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Red Hot Chili Peppers announce new album ‘The Getaway,’ share lead single “Dark Necessities”
May 5th, 2016 Gabe Aikins It’s been an exciting couple of weeks getting new music from heavy hitters that have been dormant for a while. We’ve been gifted with a new Blink-182 song, a new Radiohead song, and now Red Hot Chili Peppers are joining the party with their new track “Dark Necessities.” The song is a funky smooth jam, […]
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Run The Jewels put out amazing 360 VR video for “Crown”
May 5th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Killer Mike and El-P are back again with another spectacular music video. We detailed the stunning video Run the Jewels put out for “Love Again” last month, and now the duo has gifted us with “Crown,” an interactive VR experience. We’ve linked the video below, and while watching you can drag your cursor around to […]
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Radiohead goes stop-motion for new video, song “Burn The Witch”
May 4th, 2016 Gabe Aikins After spending the last few days slowly removing themselves from social media, Radiohead dropped a new song and video yesterday, entitled “Burn The Witch.” The weird promotion, song, and video are all very Radiohead. The song itself is great, with Thom Yorke’s vocals floating over a beautiful and haunting collection of strings. The video is […]
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Tegan and Sara go for a cartoon drive in new video for “U-Turn”
May 4th, 2016 Gabe Aikins We’ve been jamming to “U-Turn”—one of the songs off of Tegan and Sara‘s upcoming release Love You To Death—since it came out in early April. Today, the duo released a music video for the single and it’s just as fun as the song. The video finds Tegan and Sara driving around in a vibrantly-colored cartoon […]
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We’re getting a new ‘Tomb Raider’ movie, and Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft
April 29th, 2016 Gabe Aikins You may remember Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie in the titular role from the early 2000s. Although there have been a number of Tomb Raider video games since then, the movie series has lain dormant. Now MGM and Warner Bros. are taking another crack at […]
Posted in Movies, News Tags: Alicia Vikander, Burnt, Ex Machina, lara croft, Roar Uthaug, The Danish Girl, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., tomb raider Comments Off on We’re getting a new ‘Tomb Raider’ movie, and Alicia Vikander is Lara CroftREVIEW: After months of anticipation, Drake’s ‘Views’ lands with a thud
April 29th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Artist: Drake Album: Views Genre: Hip-Hop Label: OVO Sound, Young Money Entertainment It feels like Views (formerly Views From The 6) has been a shadow hanging over Drake since he announced it to Billboard all the way back in 2014. Last February he dropped If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and we thought it […]
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‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ gets a suitably dark trailer
April 27th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Earlier this month, we got an extended behind-the-scenes look at Batman: The Killing Joke which included interviews with some of the creators of the upcoming animated film. Today, Yahoo premiered a more traditional trailer for the project, and we are beyond thrilled. The most immediately noticeable thing is that the MPAA has given the film […]
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It’s a battle of evil spirits in new trailer for ‘Sadako vs. Kayako’
April 27th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Ringu (The Ring) and Ju-on (better known in America as The Grudge) franchises are two of the biggest horror franchises in Japan. If you’ve ever dreamed of a crossover between the two film series, your dream has come true with the release of the first trailer for Sadako vs. Kayako. In the trailer, protagonist Yūri […]
Posted in Movies, News Tags: Aimi Satsukawa, Ju-on, Kayako Saeki, Kōji Shiraishi, Mizuki Yamamoto, new trailer, ring, ringu, Sadako vs. Kayako, Sadako Yamamura, The Grudge, the ring, Tina Tamashiro Comments Off on It’s a battle of evil spirits in new trailer for ‘Sadako vs. Kayako’
‘Wet Hot American Summer’ is returning to Netflix once again
April 27th, 2016 Gabe Aikins When Netflix released Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp last year, it quickly became one of our favorite shows. First Day of Camp perfectly encapsulated what made 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer a cult classic, and was a hilarious, delightful experience. Today, Netflix announced that we’re going back to Camp Firewood again in […]
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John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson fight for their lives in new ‘Cell’ trailer
April 26th, 2016 Gabe Aikins It’s safe to say that most of us are pretty attached to our cellphones. Some of you are probably reading this on your cell right now. After viewing the trailer for Cell (via Entertainment Tonight), you might be compelled to set your phone down for a while. Based on the 2006 Stephen King novel of […]
Posted in Movies, News Tags: Cell, john cusack, movie trailer, new trailer, samuel l jackson, stephen king, Tod Williams Comments Off on John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson fight for their lives in new ‘Cell’ trailerMOVIE REVIEW: ‘High-Rise’ is a deeply disturbing, affecting look at human survival
April 26th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Film: High-Rise Directed by: Ben Wheatley Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller When you stop and think about it, the human race’s survival to this point is amazing. Think of all that we’ve had to endure over thousands and thousands of years: shifting climates and environments, multitudes of vicious predators and wildlife, disease and […]
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