Florence and the Machineannounced a North American tour, which kicks off this summer and continues through the fall. St. Vincent, Lizzo, Kamasi Washington, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius, Beth Ditto, Billie Eilish and Wet will open for the band on various dates. The 23-date tour begins at Osheaga in Montreal, QC, …
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On Wednesday, Michael Jackson‘s estate issued a statement condemning ABC’s special The Last Days of Michael Jackson. “We believe the special to be another crass and unauthorized attempt to exploit the life, music and image of Michael Jackson without respect for Michael’s legacy, intellectual property rights or his children,” the …
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It makes sense that we’d be forced to think about Donald Trump at a place that sells high-end dildos. It’s late afternoon, May 23rd, hereafter Stormy Daniels Day in West Hollywood, California. We’re in front of Chi Chi LaRue’s, a store that sells porn DVDs – quaint but still necessary …
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Earth, 1977: England’s dreaming, London’s burning, and punk is raging as the U.K.’s youth culture du jour. Enn (Alex Sharp) spends his days writing and drawing his zine – titled Virys, because punk! – and giving polite society the two-fingered salute. At night, he and his knuckleheaded buddies hit up …
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Howard Stern reflected on his now-infamous radio interviews with President Trump. He said the future president’s unfiltered responses made him the ideal guest in a preview of an upcoming episode of David Letterman‘s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. “To me, a guest who comes on and says anything that …
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Perhaps frustrated by the media’s tepid response to his ho-hum Wednesday night appearance on The Ingraham Angle, former New York City mayor and current Trump law person Rudy Giuliani dialed it up for his Friday morning sit-down with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. The wild interview – which last nearly 45 minutes …
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YouTube’s long-rumored subscription music service is here. On Thursday, the video-streaming site announced the May 22nd debut of YouTube Music, a new standalone music-streaming service available to consumers via an ad-supported free tier or a premium tier at $9.99 a month. The new service features much the same that we’ve …
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“I accept that I’m an intelligent, competent, submissive feminist,”says the woman on the screen. “Who sometimes finds her power by choosing to let it go.” She’s one of several women who speak directly into the camera against a stark black background. They’re discussing feminism, as well as their desire to …
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Mitski will release her fifth studio album, Be the Cowboy, on August 17th via Dead Oceans. The indie rocker previewed the LP with romantic lead single “Geyser” and its striking, minimalist video. “You’re the one I want, and I’ve turned down every hand that has beckoned me to come,” she …
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Guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder has spent the majority of his 50-year career as one of the country’s most vital communal historians and champions of roots music, illuminating and reanimating everything from bolero to bluegrass. Over the past decade or so, Cooder has also emerged out of his group of Sixties …
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