June Yards News Today

Tracking down tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus for an interview is difficult, not because she doesn't like to talk about her music or thinks she shouldn't have to bother chatting with journalists.

FuseFX VFX supervisor Jamie Barty shares his studio’s work using old-fashioned in-camera forced perspective to help tell the story of a 13-foot-tall young Black man, Cootie, as he experiences the beauty and contradictions of the real world, in Boots Riley’s new series, now streaming on Prime Video.

Studio co-founders Ri Crawford and David Lauer talk about creating a fictional cartoon, ‘Parking Tickets,’ set within Boots Riley’s dark comedy series about a 13-foot-tall young Black man, hidden away, who grew up on a diet of comic books and TV before escaping to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world; now streaming on Prime Video.

The term “residency” wasn’t always associated with big-bucks Las Vegas bookings...

Director Mimi Cave was driving one day when she got an email from a name she didn’t...

Examining one week of the Delta variant's impact on live music industry.