Shaky Knees Music Festival: Day Two
The Lumineers greeted fans who had been waiting out in the elements for them with a fitting cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" read more
Watch Footage of The National Playing "Sorrow" for Six Hours Straight
Footage has surfaced of the band playing the less-than-chipper High Violet cut over. And over. And over. read more
The 20 Best Film Threequels
In celebration of Iron Man 3, The Hangover Part III and Before Midnight, this list will shine a light on some of the greatest examples of the movie threequel. read more
Shaky Knees Music Festival: Day One
Music fans embraced the downpour. read more
New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Saturday - Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean has not only created a new kind of R&B album for the hip-hop era, but he’s also creating a new kind of R&B show. read more
12 Funny Star Wars References From Television
Today, in honor of Star Wars Day (“May the 4th be with you.”), we’ve gathered together 12 funny references to Star Wars from your favorite television shows. Read on to relive your favorite moments from the sci-fi franchise in parody form. read more
New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Friday - Holly Williams
“I want to sing a family song but it’s hard because there are so many to choose from,” Holly Williams told the mud-splattered crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Friday. read more
Tame Impala Covers OutKast's "Prototype"
Watch the Perth-based psychedelic rock band perform the 2003 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below jam. read more
New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Thursday - Widespread Panic, Theresa Andersson
The trouble with a band like Widespread Panic is that if you’re at all familiar with jazz, the band’s improvisations are not that impressive. And if the band’s not getting over on the strength of its solos, it has to rely on the more conventional qualities of pop music—singing, songwriting and rhythm—and those aren’t so impressive either. It’s not that Widespread’s musicians are incompetent in any of these areas; it’s that they’re not exceptional at any of them. The sextet played a two-and-a-half-hour set, nearly twice as long as any other set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival... read more
Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recounts Meeting Joe Biden on Conan
Veep star Julia Louis Dreyfuss revealed on Conan last night that she had actually had met Joe Biden. Dreyfuss. As proof that it happened, the real-life Veep took a selfie of them with Dreyfuss’ phone. read more
Five Cool Photo-Lettering Apps
Placing type over photos is nothing new—you've seen it on magazine covers and in advertisements. It's now available with the tap of a finger on a phone or tablet screen. read more
Brooklyn Park to be Renamed in Honor of Beastie Boy Founder Adam Yauch
[Insert appropriate “You got to fight for your right to…” line here] read more
New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: The Threadheads
Most crowd-funding efforts are reactive. Artists propose a project—either through their own webpage or through a company such as Kickstarter or PledgeMusic—and audiences either respond or don’t. But the Threadheads have taken an unusual, proactive approach: The fans are the ones who take the initiative and the artists either respond or don’t. These fans of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival have created their own record company to enable their favorite Louisiana artists to make new albums. The Threadheads have also created their own live-music party between the festival’s two weekends and have booked all the bands themselves every... read more
Download Fred Armisen's Free EP as Ian Rubbish
The fictional punk artist hates everything and everyone—except for the late Margaret Thatcher. read more
25 Great Extended Shots in Film History
From Hitchcock and Welles to Tarantino and Cuarón, here are some of the greatest examples of the long take in film history. read more
The 50 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time
Date night doesn't need to mean a formulaic chick-flick that's going to have one-half of the couple squirming and checking baseball updates on his phone. read more
OppiKoppi Music Festival Drones to Deliver Beer To Attendees
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a remote-controlled plane that brings you booze. read more
Austin Psych Fest 2013: Day Three Recap
It’s late Sunday afternoon, a ranch outside Austin, Texas. Last night’s rain has left behind a clear blue sky dolloped with white clouds. The temperature’s pushing 90 degrees, hot enough to half-bake the muddy parking lot into a goopy clay. Squint-inducing sun rays slant down over the awning of an erected stage. There is a man up there, and he is asking for more reverb in the monitors. (Always, more reverb in the monitors.) The man may or may not be wearing green underwear, no shirt, a cape emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis, and what looks like Roman Legion headgear. The... read more
Photos: Cowboy Junkies - Seattle, Wash.
On April 27, Cowboy Junkies played to a sold-out crowd at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, Wash. Check out photos from the concert by Kirk Stauffer in the gallery below.... read more
New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Day Three Recap
There is no better example of the continuity of New Orleans’ musical traditions than the back-to-back sets by the Midnite Disturbers and the Treme Brass Band on Sunday afternoon at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. read more
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