Last month, Strand Of Oaks announced a new album called Miracle Focus and shared the lead single “More You.” Today, Timothy Showalter is releasing “Party At Monster Lake” with a music video filmed in Nijmegen, Netherlands and directed by Ruud Gielen. “When Tim asks to embody having the best time of your life on video. […]
Rare Color Photos Of D-Day: The Beginning Of The End Of World War II
An endless onslaught of machine gun fire rains from above as explosions shake the ground. You have nowhere to go except forward, toward the enemy who is determined to make you another lifeless body on the beach. This was the reality for the first 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers that landed on the beaches […]
CBS Apologizes For Cutting Off Billy Joel Concert Special During “Piano Man”
On Sunday night, CBS aired Billy Joel: The 100th – Live At Madison Square Garden, a concert special documenting the 100th night of Joel’s MSG residency, which took place on March 28. Those watching the television broadcast were met with an unwelcome surprise when the show-ending performance of “Piano Man” was cut off unexpectedly and […]
Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Speaks Out Against Jason Isbell’s “Extremely Painful” Song About Him
Jason Isbell was once good friends with his fellow alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, though they were estranged in the years leading up to Earle’s death in 2020. Isbell memorialized Earle on the song “When We Were Close” from last year’s Weathervanes. The song, which is informed by Isbell and Earle’s shared struggle with addiction, […]
Watch Mac DeMarco Join Lil Yachty For Two Songs At Coachella
Mac DeMarco came out during Lil Yachty’s set at Coachella on Sunday night. They previously linked up on Yachty’s 2023 album Let’s Start Here, on which DeMarco has songwriting credits on two songs, “Drive Me Crazy!” and “Failure.” The former was part of Yachty’s set earlier in the night. DeMarco performed two songs in his […]
Amazing Facts About What’s At The Bottom Of The Great Blue Hole In Belize
The Great Blue Hole is the world’s largest sinkhole located off of the coast of Belize. It was made famous in 1971 by undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau when he first visited it to chart its depths. Cousteau declared it one of the top five scuba diving spots in the world and came to the conclusion […]
Paul McCartney & John Lennon’s Sons Share New Song “Primrose Hill”
Last year, we got the release of “Now And Then,” which was promoted as the final single from the Beatles. The song is the fleshed-out, AI-enhanced demo of a track that John Lennon recorded in 1979, and Lennon is the sole credited songwriter. It didn’t seem like we’d get anything else from the fabled Lennon/McCartney […]
Watch Deftones Cover The Smiths At Coachella
Good times for a change! Deftones’ set Friday at Coachella included a cover of the Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.” Chino Moreno and friends recorded “Please, Please, Please” years ago — it appeared on their 2005 B-Sides & Rarities album — but this marked their first live performance of the […]
Watch Billie Eilish Join Lana Del Rey For “Ocean Eyes” And “Video Games” At Coachella
Lana Del Rey headlined the first night of Coachella last night, her first performance at the festival since 2014. She brought friends. The set included appearances from Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, and Jack Antonoff, but alas no Sublime appearance when she sang “Doin’ Time.” Eilish — Del Rey’s fellow alt-leaning pop star, who cited her […]
Unique Facts About The Ancient Persian Empire
The Persian Empire covers a series of dynasties that were centered around modern-day Iran which stretched from the 6th century BC and into the 20th century. The first Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great and grew to become one of the largest and most powerful empires in all of history. From there, the […]