At least for me, one of the most endearing things about Seth Meyers is his enduring devotion to the Hold Steady. Anytime there’s any excuse to put the Hold Steady, the great American rock band, on television, Meyers makes sure they get booked for Late Night. Six months ago, frontman Craig Finn was on the show to play his solo song &...

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Donald Glover has opened up about the origins of his visceral Childish Gambino song “This Is America,” which apparently started off as a joke — and a Drake diss track. “I had the idea three years before,” he says in a video interview with GQ. “I told [director] Hiro [Murai] the idea, and he&...

We’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death, and the man’s life and career are increasingly fading into the mythic mists. So it can be a little shocking to be reminded of a day when Elliott Smith was a musician who was trying to make a living during a ridiculous time in American life. Case in po...

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