The band R.E.M. broke up last fall, but are still spinning off singles from their final record–though they may not be interested in getting back together to shoot videos. What’s a broken-up band to do? Well, there’s always the people who’ll show up for anything that seems arty and grants a paycheck. Read More
It’s astonishing people are still discussing Lady Gaga when Lana Del Rey exists; the controversial chanteuse today debuted a ten-minute video for her new song, “Ride,” wherein she joins a biker gang, holds a gun to her head, and narrates a lengthy tale of a small-town singer finding newfound freedom: “It pushed me to a Read More
Hype Williams, the director of Belly, and of many, many hip-hop videos, is having a comeback. Instead of engaging with any discussion of how Belly was “critically received” we’ll just say that Nas’s character presaged The Wire‘s D’Angelo Barksdale (his name was “Sincere”!), DMX and Method Man are really good actors and no director Read More
It used to be that pop singers reinvented themselves with each album — Madonna’s Erotica phase, centered on black leather and campy sexuality, was centered around her promotion of the album of the same name, as well as a coffee-table book. It lasted for a while! No longer: Rihanna’s new video, “S&M,” is a Read More
