The popularSong Exploder podcast is coming to Netflix. The new television series from host and executive producer Hrishikesh Hirway and filmmaker Morgan Neville will launch October 2nd on the streaming platform. As with the podcast, each episode ofSong Exploder will dive into the making of a particular song, layer by …
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Monster wasn’t R.E.M.‘s “comeback” album or their Get Back. After two gargantuan hit albums of down-tempo, mostly acoustic ruminations (Out of Time and Automatic for the People), Monster now sounds more like the next logical step for the band — it’s loose, loud, and unsentimental, something more akin to their …
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Filthy Friends – the supergroup featuring Sleater-Kinney singer Corin Tucker, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Scott McCaughey, guitarist Kurt Bloch and drummer Linda Pitmon – released a charmingly lo-fi video for their song “Despierta.” In the clip, the quintet perform the rattling rocker to an audience of zero during a …
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