A fake university was helping immigrants stay in the U.S. on student visas — until it was revealed to be an elaborate sting operation run by undercover ICE agents. The website for the University of Farmington has been taken down and replaced with an official notice stating “The University of …
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Toronto punk band Pup envision their future selves in their new video for “Kids.” The song will appear on their forthcoming album, Morbid Stuff, which is available for pre-order and will be released on April 5th via Little Dipper/Rise Records. The Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux-directed visual is set in the year 2059, …
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Thirty-nine years ago next month, Linda Ronstadt released Mad Love, her tenth LP as a solo artist. Ronstadt had previously topped both the pop and country singles charts respectively with high-spirited takes on “You’re No Good” and “When Will I Be Loved,” but Mad Love put the singer in new-wave …
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SoundCloud, the Berlin-based streaming service whose launch of so many young rap careers spawned its ownmusic genre,upped its global revenue from 2016 to 2017 by more than 80 percent, according to its latest financial reports. The company, however, has been troubled recently byfinancial upheaval. The company’s 2017 accounts, recently filed …
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The C2C: Country to Country festival is gearing up for a year of major expansion in 2019, and performers headlining the multi-city event this time around will be Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, and Chris Stapleton. Now in its seventh year, the three-day festival is spread across three different locations, rotating …
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Since his release from prison in April, Meek Mill has been reintroducing himself to the public eye. On this week’s James McAvoy-hosted episode, he made his Saturday Night Live debut with a medley of songs from his 2018 albumChampionships. The Philadelphia rapper kicked off his appearance with a mesmerizing performance …
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President Trump announced on Friday that he will endorse a short-term funding bill to re-open the government, which has been operating under a partial shutdown since December 21st. The bill will not include funding for a border wall. “I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a …
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Diplo and French rapper Niska have teamed up for the Francophone trap-pop single “Boom Bye Bye.” The melodic song is the first taste of Diplo’s forthcoming Europa EP. “Boom Bye Bye” is gritty and midtempo, accented by big synth chords during the pounding chorus. The video matches the song’s tone, showing …
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Samantha Bee delved into the latest developments – or lack thereof – in the ongoing government shutdown and cleverly compared the catastrophic situation to Fyre Festival on Full Frontal Wednesday. In the segment, Bee touched on the back-and-forth between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the State …
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Twenty One Pilots spend time with a playful-yet-ominous animated creature in their new “Chlorine” video. Throughout the cryptic clip, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun repeatedly fill up a swimming pool with water and chlorine, seemingly trying to draw out the diminutive, alien-like creature –which the duo dubbed “Ned” –hiding behind …
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