James Rettig

Nicki Minaj is the recipient of this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. On Sunday night, as has become customary for honorees of the award, she did a career-spanning medley of some of her hits during the broadcast. Included in the performance were bits of “All Things Go,”  » Read More

Harry Styles joked with a fan who threw chicken nuggets at him onstage during his show at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. “Very interesting approach,” Styles said. “Who threw the chicken nugget?” And as another one was thrown on stage: “It’s another chicken nugget.” Styles said that he doesn’t eat meat and ended up throwing one of the nuggets back into the audience.  » Read More

Last week, the Killers kicked off their North American tour and had opener Johnny Marr come out to cover a few Smiths song. The band was in Los Angeles on Saturday night at the Banc Of California stadium, and they had another special guest in the form of Lindsey Buckingham.  » Read More

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Le Tigre — the dance-punk trio made up of Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman, and JD Samson — reunited for the first time in 11 years on Saturday. They were on the lineup for This Ain’t No Picnic, a Goldenvoice-backed fest that is taking place this weekend at Brookside At The Rose Bowl in Pasadena,  » Read More

Elton John and Britney Spears have released a new song, “Hold Me Closer.” The duet is Spears’ first single in six years and her first music since being released from a conservatorship this past November.  » Read More

Brandy will star in a new horror film from A24 called The Front Room, which will be directed and written by Max and Sam Eggers — the brothers of Robert Eggers of The Northman, The Lighthouse, and The Witch fame. As Variety reports,  » Read More

Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan, Fred Durst, and a handful of other musicians are set to appear in I Saw The TV Glow, a new horror film directed by Jane Schoenbrun, whose debut feature We’re All Going To The World’s Fair officially came out earlier this year with a score by Alex G.  » Read More

The Los Angeles duo Momma released their third full-length album, Household Name, in the beginning of July, and they’ve spent their summer on the road opening for Snail Mail. They recently did a live session for SiriusXMU, and they recorded a cover of the Breeders, which are certainly one of Momma’s alt-rock touchstones.  » Read More