The Get Down

Netflix's 'The Get Down' returns with Part II in April

After the flop that was HBO’s Vinyl, Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix series The Get Down turned out to be a nice surprise — a coming of age story set against the burgeoning hip hop and disco revolutions, that was both visually and musically adventurous…

Netflix's 'The Get Down' is out now (listen to the soundtrack & music from the show)

The Get Down, the ambitious, pricey new musical drama set from filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliette) debuted on Netflix today…

Janelle Monae releases "Hum Along & Dance (Gotta Get Down)" off 'The Get Down' soundtrack

The song samples The Jackson 5, and premiered on Ebro Darden’s Beats 1 show (along with an interview).

watch new trailer for Baz Luhrmann's birth-of-hip-hop drama 'The Get Down' (which debuts in August on Netflix)

The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming musical drama about the birth of hip hop in late-’70s Bronx, will premiere its first six episodes on Netflix on August 12.

watch the trailer for Baz Luhrmann's hip hop series 'The Get Down,' premiering later this year on Netflix

For folks wanting TV shows about the music scene in New York in the 1970s, it’s going to be a full year. HBO’s Vinyl, from Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger, appears to focus on the rock side of things, and debuts on February 14…

Netflix orders hip hop drama 'The Get Down' from 'Moulin Rouge' director Baz Luhrmann (watch a teaser)

FOX’s pulpy hip hop music biz drama Empire has been a surprise smash, making rap a suddenly hot commodity on mainstream network TV. That’s good news for Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann, who had been trying to bring a hip hop series to the screen for the better part of a decade…

What's going on Saturday? (Atlas Sound, Bob Mould, Action Bronson, Pinback, Gaslight Anthem, The Members & more)

Pinback at ACL 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Feist, Stephen Malkmus, The Hold Steady and lots more playing Calgary's Sled Island Festival (full line-up)

The 2012 edition of Calgary, Alberta festival Sled Island is set to take place from June 20-23 at venues throughout the city. This year includes over 200 bands performing at 30 venues plus a large comedy schedule, film screenings, and art shows…