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Reuben and the Dark is the spirited folk-rock outfit led by songwriter/vocalist Reuben Bullock. Contemplative, passionate, and expansive, Bullock's songwriting has earned comparisons to contemporaries like Vance Joy, Mumford and Sons, Matt Corby, and fellow Canadians, The Strumbellas. Today, the band shares new single 'Hurricane,' A HAUNTING song about the duality of strength and vulnerability. Wrestling clarity from the depths of soulful reckoning, 'Hurricane' is Reuben at his most empowered - both heartened and broken-hearted - chasing an immense, emotional sound in his most vivid and enveloping song yet.

Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will release his highly anticipated new album, The Tree of Forgiveness, April 13 on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records (pre-order now). Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album is Prine's first featuring new material in over 13 years. In advance of the release, the song “Summer's End” is premiering today. Listen/share HERE.

Since 1999, the New York International Children's Film Festival has been highlighting stories of empowering girls breaking the mold in our Girls' POV programs. This year is no exception. Check out all of this year's lineup of films featuring young female protagonists.

Produced by The Ink Factory in partnership with BBC One and AMC, 'The Little Drummer Girl' starts shooting across Europe on a global scale today. The international thriller marks the television debut of visionary film maker Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, The Handmaiden, Stoker). The award-winning director will helm all six hours bringing his epic cinematic sensibility to the small screen.

After hearing how Meghan Trainor tackled slow motion in recent music video shoots, James asks Meghan to create a new music video for 'Me Too' with her singing at 2.5x the speed, only to slow it down so it plays back with her singing at normal speed with he and Reggie dancing in slow motion.

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale is a new, weekly half-hour topical series that takes a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture and news from across the globe. It's a fast and funny distillation of everything people are talking about that week. Featuring celebrity guests, comedy sketches, and insane video clips from the worldwide realms of TV, sports, politics, celebrity culture, and every corner of the internet, The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale is destination viewing for comedy lovers, or people who just really, really like green screens.

The word magic comes up time and again when speaking of The Unknowable.  Both Dave Liebman and Adam Rudolph use the term when describing their 'beautiful alchemy' that also included Tatsuya Nakatani, all three acclaimed artists working as one for this project. Nakatani may not have been using the word 'magic' when he refers to this trio's unique chemistry; but when he speaks of 'living life with sound spirit world,' I infer that he's pointing to the same 'voodoo of spontaneous high level musical communication' Liebman so aptly describes

Highly respected drummer and prolific composer Bobby Previte continues his Terminals trilogy with Rhapsody, an acoustic song cycle on the subject of transit and migration. Subtitled Terminals Part II: In Transit, Previte's newest work is scored for acoustic sextet and features fellow composer-improvisers guitarist Nels Cline, harpist Zeena Parkins, pianist John Medeski, alto saxophonist Fabian Rucker, and vocalist/er hu player Jen Shyu. This latest major work, released on RareNoiseRecords in February 2018, comes on the heels of Previte's powerful November 2016 RareNoise release, Mass, a nine-part work scored for choir, pipe organ and heavy metal trio.    

Today, the multi-platinum selling band   THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS announce their headline North American “The Monolith Tour”, promoted by Live Nation, kicking off June 6 in Toronto, ON. Jared Leto made the announcement today on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, giving each lucky member of the audience a ticket to an upcoming show. Walk The Moon, K.Flay, MisterWives, Joywave, and Welshly Arms will join as support on select dates.

After releasing perhaps his best solo album since his 40s – Time and Emotion – last year, Robin Trower will play an exclusive UK concert at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on Tuesday 27th February.

Legendary singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy award winner, James Taylor & His All-Star Band, has teamed up with Bonnie Raitt (and her band) to announce three special UK shows in July 2018 in Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds.

Sony Pictures has just released a new teaser for the highly-anticipated VENOM movie. One of Marvel's most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector VENOM. VENOM is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is intended to be the first film in Sony's Marvel Universe, adjunct to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is being directed by Ruben Fleischer, from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner and Kelly Marcel, and stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle Williams.

The existential assault on the senses that are Black Futures have announced four new live dates for February and May 2018. The industrial noise-punk duo will play two immersive live shows at Hangar in London and Manchester's Soup Kitchen in February, followed by two festival appearances at Live at Leeds and Handmade Festival in May.

US rock/rap outfit From Ashes To New have released their new single 'Crazy', along with an accompanying lyric video. 'Crazy' is the first single taken from their upcoming album, The Future, which will be released April 20th via Better Noise Records / Eleven Seven Music.

Returning to Indonesia's colourful capital of Jakarta for its fifth annual edition on 20, 21, 22 July,  We The Fest (WTF) – the ultimate South East Asian festival – today announces its first phase of artists.

New York based multi-instrumentalist Matthew Schultz returns with 'Promise For Keeps', which bears all the hallmarks of an instant classic. The addictive, ethereal track is yet another example of why Matthew Schultz is on the lips of industry titans, and sets a remarkable precedent for the coming twelve months.

As Singer/Songwriter and Producer Jesse Eplan gets ready to return to Long Island from his recent move to sunny Florida, he'll kick off his home visit performing at Revolution Music Hall on Sunday, February 11th at 7PM!

M&J's (Meeshelle Neal & Jax Smith) film MENTAL and William Minksy's film  RESONANCE, starring Briana Rayner, have both been chosen as Official Selections by the 2018 Philip K. Dick Film Festival and will screen at the event in New York City later this month at the Village East Cinema, 189 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. The Festival showcases “off-the-beaten-path independent visionary sci-fi that provokes and engages a sense of awe and curiosity.' Oat Studio's Neil Blomkamp  (Director of District 9, Elysium, Chappie) will be unveiling five new sci-fi shorts at the Festival.  MENTAL has not only dramatically brought the subject of mental health to the screen, but has been a catalyst for candid discussion among audiences. It is is scheduled to screen on February 23rd from 11:00pm-12:00am. RESONANCE is a dark story that lives in a fantastic alternate world while focusing on one person's experience within it, and will screen on February 24th from 11:00am-1:00pm.

Revry, the premiere queer global digital entertainment network featuring originals, narrative and documentary films, digital series, shorts, podcasts, music and more…was thrilled to partner with The Trevor Project and broadcast last years TrevorLive 2017 honoring Tom Ford and Kristin Chenoweth. Now, Revry is doubling down on that relationship and its commitment to making a difference for queer youth through a joint “#ShareTheLove” initiative. Revry will donate half of all annual subscription fees in the months of February and March to The Trevor Project's global initiative TrevorSpace.org.

The Sublunar Society has announced the forthcoming single release of 'Showing My Face' by Sweden's ShapeShiftingAliens, previewed with a snazzy new video. This release follows on the trail of the band's self-titled album in late 2017.