Charles Bradley, Faith Evans, Jidenna, a...

Charles Bradley, Faith Evans, Jidenna, Raphael Saadiq, and more are set to appear on the upcoming Netflix superhero show, “Marvel’s Luke Cage,” Slashfilm reports. The show stars Mike Colter as Luke Cage, a former convict turned superhero for hire, fighting crime in Harlem. Showrunner Cheo Coker announced at a panel at the Television Critics Association that the artists were invited to perform songs at one of the show’s major set pieces, the Paradise nightclub. So far, Coker has announced that Jidenna will perform an original song called “Long Live the Chief,” and Evans...

Baz Luhrmann’s “The Get Down” Soundtrack...

Baz Lurhmann’s (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!) upcoming Netflix drama, “The Get Down,” follows a group of teenagers in the Bronx coming of age in the late ’70s. It tells the story of the birth of hip-hop during amidst financial turmoil in New York. The program stars Shameik Moore, Justice Smith, Jaden Smith, Herizen Guardiola, and others. It was executive produced by Nas, and Grandmaster Flash served as associate producer. The first half of the 12-episode first season will premiere on August 12. This will coincide with the release of the show’s soundtrack, via Baz...

Billy Corgan Finishes Solo Album, Announ...

Yesterday, Billy Corgan posted a new video to the Smashing Pumpkins’ Facebook page to provide some news on “Impact Wrestling,” which he now co-owns, as Stereogum points out. In addition to the wrestling update, Corgan said he “just sort of finished a new solo album.” He continued, “it’s actually recorded and sort of mostly done.” Corgan says he recorded it in two weeks in California and it has all new songs. He doesn’t have a release date yet, but promises more details in “the near future.” Corgan added that he, current Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, and Jack Bates...

John Lennon, Freddie Mercury Stamp Colle...

In their respective youths, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury were both philatelists, according to the BBC. Lennon inherited his older cousin’s stamp collection when he was 10, and Mercury collected between ages 9 and 12. This September, those collections will go on display at a UK stamp exhibition called Stampex. Lennon’s includes stamps he’d take off letters sent from the United States and New Zealand. A young Lennon also drew mustaches on images of Queen Victoria and King George VI, included in the collection. Mercury’s collection, which has been owned by the Postal...

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle to Re...

Two years ago, John Darnielle (of the Mountain Goats)  released his debut novel Wolf in White Van. The novel was on the longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction, and was a New York Times best seller. On Twitter, he has shared the details of his second novel, Universal Harvester, which will be released on February 2, 2o17 via Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. You can preorder the book here. Below you can find Darnielle’s tweets, as well as an Instagram post that shows a galley version of the upcoming novel, via Stereogum.  John Darnielle also wrote a 33 1/3 book...