Mavis Staples recruited Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy – who wrote and produced the R&B icon’s upcoming LP, If All I Was Was Black – to help perform her new protest song “Build a Bridge” on Tuesday’s Late Show. Staples fronted the performance with subtle elegance, belting politically charged lines over a …
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Happy tenth birthday to Blackout, which is not only the greatest of all Britney Spears albums, but one of the most innovative and influential pop albums of the past decade. It’s where America’s sweetheart changed her name to Mrs. Oh My God That Britney’s Shameless and got real, real dark …
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Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Trombone Shorty and the Nevilles Band paid tribute to the late Fats Domino at the fourth annual Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Inductions & Celebration, which took place Wednesday at the show’s home venue, ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The one-night-only supergroup honored the …
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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood will release his 2014 orchestral piece “Water” on vinyl November 10th via the Australian Chamber Orchestra and ABC Classics. The Australian Chamber Orchestra commissioned the piece, which Greenwood wrote after serving as the company’s composer in residence in 2012. The composition features strings, piano, flutes, keyboards andthe …
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Kelly Clarkson unveiled a celebratory new song, “Meaning of Life,” the title track from her forthcoming album, out October 27th. The song begins with stripped down production and a despondent edge as Clarkson tends to a broken heart over punchy drums and an ominous bass line. But with each colossal …
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A wheelchair-bound Morrissey is pushed around by English soccer player Joey Barton in the new video for “Spent the Day in Bed.” The song serves as the lead single from Morrissey‘s upcoming Low in High School album, out November 17th. In the track’s new clip, directed by Sophie Muller, Morrissey …
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Björk detailed her own account of sexual harassment in the film industry in a post on the singer’s Facebook page. “I am inspired by the women everywhere who are speaking up online to tell about my experience with a Danish director,” Björk wrote. While the singer didn’t outright state the …
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In celebration of Friday the 13th – and therelease of John Carpenter‘s Anthology –Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released their own version of the director/composer’s chilling Halloween theme. “I clearly remember my friends and I at 13 years old conning our parents into letting us see Halloween when it came …
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UPDATE 4: Nelly‘s attorney issued a statement Friday after the rap case against the rapper was dropped. “The formal close of the investigation into the false allegations made against Nelly is of course welcome – however expected. We were confident, that what our investigation revealed from the outset of this …
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Sam Smithdetailed his second studio album The Thrill of It All, the follow-up to the Best New Artist Grammy-winning singer’s 2014 debut LP In the Lonely Hour. The Thrill of It All arrives November 3rd. The 10-track album features first single “Too Good at Goodbyes” as well as collaborations with …
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