The latest music news [#1-#69]

"Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York" is the second song from When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground, an EP that's getting released in five parts.

The long-gestating American adaptation of “Utopia” has been ordered to series at Amazon, Variety has learned. In addition, series creator Gillian Flynn has inked an overall deal with Amazon Studios, with “Utopia” being the first project under that deal. Based on the British series of the same name created by Dennis Kelly, “Utopia” follows group of […]

Netflix is taking a page from social networks with a new feature that will let users watch TV and movie previews in vertical-video orientation on their mobile phones. The 30-second mobile previews are presented in a slideshow format with circular thumbnails, very much like the presentation of Snapchat and Instagram Stories. As with the popular […]

Last year's Tiny Desk Contest winner makes releases its first major label single, "Smoke.Netflix.Chill," a song about a friendship that's falling apart.

On April 20th, Sony Interactive Entertainment will release “God of War,” the latest in a string of mythological action-adventures starring Kratos, the titular god who strikes down a gauntlet of creatures, titans, and monsters with impunity. There will be blood. And chaos. And, new to this sequel, a young charge in need of chaperoning through […]

The band Lord Huron is known for its cinematic story songs. Ben Schneider, creator of the project, talks about some of the music by other artists that informed the tales on his latest album.

ABC and NBC are marching to new kinds of screens in the eternal battle between “Good Morning America” and “Today” for A.M. viewers. “Good Morning America” is revamping the digital extensions of the flagship ABC morning program, said Michael Corn, the show’s senior executive producer, in an interview. While “GMA’s” digital presence has long been […]

As the thorny matter of eminent domain — the power of the government to seize private property for debatably public use — continues to flare up in American headlines, Courtney Moorehead Balaker’s “Little Pink House” arrives on screens as an earnest, adamant statement of opposition. Revisiting the Supreme Court’s famously contentious decision in the 2005 […]

Season 3’s week-nine challenges is live in “Fortnite” for Battle Pass owners, and that means new ways to earn Battle Stars and experience. By collecting more Battle Stars and upping their tier (up to a season maximum of 100), players can earn limited-time rewards like cosmetic outfits and XP boosts. All weekly challenges — including […]

Netflix has acquired the rights to period hospital drama series “Charité” in multiple territories, including the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Australia. The show is produced by UFA, whose credits include “Generation War,” “Deutschland 83” and “Ku’damm 56 – Rebel with a Cause.” In a deal with sales agent Global Screen, the streaming giant has […]

Director David Cronenberg will be honored by the Venice Film Festival with its Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. The Canadian horror auteur, known for a wide range of edgy films such as “Videodrome,” “Dead Ringers,” “A History of Violence,” “Cosmopolis,” and “Maps to the Stars,” was last on the Lido in 2011 with psychological thriller […]