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GZA Gives Lecture Promoting Hip-Hop Music and Science

GZA at the University of Colorado at Boulder; Photo: Phil McKenzie/CU Independent Wu-Tang alum, the GZA recently gave a lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, examining the relationship between hip-hop music and science. The 51-year-old […]

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Sarah Silverman’s ‘I Love You, America’ Takes On Political Climate

Sarah Silverman in the official video for her new song and show, ‘I Love You, America’; Photo: Hulu/YouTube In her new song “I Love You, America,” comedian Sarah Silverman laughs at and gets angry about […]

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Eminem Puts Trump on Blast in New Cypher, America Reacts

Eminem in the official video for his BET cypher dubbed ‘The Storm’; Photo: YouTube/BET Last night, during BET’s Hip-Hop Awards ceremony, Eminem debuted a scathing anti-Trump freestyle in BET’s traditional cypher series, putting the POTUS […]

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St. Vincent Breaks Down the Sensual Theme of LP5, ‘Masseduction’

A still from the official video of St. Vincent’s ‘Los Ageless’; Photo: YouTube Singer-songwriter St. Vincent (a.k.a. Anne Erin Clark) is releasing her fifth album Masseduction on October 13. In a recent conversation with Pitchfork, she broke […]

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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XL

A Malaysian cosmetic diva has a message for ‘you’ (about herself), Linkin Park put together a heartfelt fan-made video of one of Chester Bennington‘s most tender and subdued tracks, some Spanish metal heads pay homage […]

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Bruce Springsteen Opts Out of Writing Anti-Trump Songs

The BOSS in the official video for ‘Born in the U.S.A.’; Photo: YouTube/Vevo Bruce Springsteen, everybody’s favorite “cool rockin’ daddy in the U.S.A.” and outspoken critic of President Trump, said he doesn’t want to write […]

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RIFF’d: Miley Cyrus’ ‘Younger Now’

For her sixth studio album Younger Now, the pop juggernaut that is Miley Cyrus is out to prove to the world that she’s a new woman. Older and wiser, she’s attempting to erase her previous […]

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RIP Tom Petty, One of Heartland Rock’s Finest

Tom Petty in the 70s; lost to a heart-attack on October 2, 2017: Photo: N/A UPDATE (9:15 p.m.): Tom Petty has passed. Tony Dimitriades, Petty’s longtime manager, confirmed the death via The New York Times. UPDATE […]

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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XXXIX

Queen Bey drops in all sorts of hot and charity-ready on a ‘Mi Gente‘ remix in solidarity for the Latinidad community in service to natural disaster aid, Shooter Jennings and friends do the same for […]

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Notes from Mr. Sandman: The Koreatown Oddity

Introducing ‘Notes from Mr. Sandman‘ – a column slapping a spotlight on lyricists overlooked, under appreciated, or just plain criminally slept on. Or like a man named Nas once said, “I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.” […]

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