Performing Arts
  • In Tune: Kendrick Lamar and Drake Talk Love in "Poetic Justice"

    | : "Poetic Justice," an airy and, dare we say, genuine, ode to that special lady in your life, which goes down smoothly over a perfectly chilled and stripped-down Compton-bounce beat. : Kendrick ...

  • Tig Notaro's Comedy Album Sells 75,000 Copies, Enough to Get Her on the Billboard Charts

    ...unfortunately, the numbers from Louis CK's website, where it is being sold, are not reported to Soundscan.

  • CMJ Day Two: Death Grips, Flying Lotus, and More

    | Since their first album "Ex Military," a cult of personality has built around Death Grips, the Sacramento, California-based noise rap group, one primarily based on how raw and unhinged they are. ...

  • In Tune: Meek Mill, Rick Ross, and Nas Look Back at the Good Ol' Days in "Maybach Curtains"

    | : "Maybach Curtains," a slow-moving, nostalgia-tinged throwback to the good ol' days, when everything was all so simple. : Meek Mill, here joined by Nas, Rick Ross, and John Legend crooning on ...

  • David Fincher Takes a Dive "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" with Brad Pitt

    | David Fincher, a director who never seems to stop working, always has a few projects waiting on the backburner. One of the projects that keep moving toward the top of his to-do list has been ...

  • Arty Halloween How-To: Rock a "Levitated Mass" Costume

    Because the entire art world can't go as either "Beast Jesus" or a "Binder Full of Women" this Halloween - to say nothing of the terrifying but inevitable hybrid costume "Binder Full of Beast ...

  • Celebrating David S. Ware (1949-2012)

    "The manner in which you're playing equals a spiritual reality," said saxophonist David S. Ware, sitting in chair, holding his horn, in "A World of Sound," a short film directed by Amine Kouider ...

  • Chevy Chase Making Sure "Community" Never Returns to TV

    ....by using racial slur on set, pissing off the cast and crew, and just being the same ol' Chevy.

  • NPRatings: Should You Stream New Music By Cody ChesnuTT, Charles Mingus, and Cafe Tacvba?

    | There are music fans, and then there are NPR music fans. The public radio institution has become a central source of exclusive new album streams, with an emphasis on artists that don't ...

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