Friday would have been actress Natalie Wood’s 80th birthday, if not for her tragic drowning death in 1981 at the age of 43. To mark the occasion, American Media Inc. has released the first two episodes in a 12-part podcast series, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, which …
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The 1975 call out President Trump’sbromance with Kanye West while trying to find a bright spot in these troubling times on their new song, “Love It If We Made It.” The song finds singer Matt Healey howling over a strong drum beat and pulsing synths. His lyrics are stark and …
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Rayland Baxter was ready to get away from the world in the autumn of 2016. In this, the Nashville singer-songwriter was hardly unique, but in the three months that he spent living in an old rubber factory in rural Kentucky, with little more than a mattress, a guitar, and a …
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Seattle indie rock outfit Minus the Bear will split after 17 years following a farewell tour this fall and a new EP, Fair Enough, out October 19th via Suicide Squeeze. In a note on Facebook, the band said, “What started as a silly inside joke inside the dingy confines of …
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Summer touring season is in full swing, but Kip Moore is already thinking ahead to the cooler months by announcing his headlining After the Sunburn Tour for fall. The 21-date trek will take the Nashville singer-songwriter to theaters and ballrooms on both ends of the country, with dates focusing along …
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Last year’s self-titled LP recastDirtyProjectorsas Dave Longstreth’s one-man-avant-pop-band. This suggested two possible blueprints going forward — the other branded on 2009’sBitte Orcaby the gorgeously ping-ponging vocals of his former bandmates Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian. ForLamp Lit Prose, Longstreth melds both strategies in a flood of ideas and magnificent vocal …
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Duran Duran‘s Simon Le Bon has responded to an accusation of alleged sexual assault. The singer has been accused of grabbing a woman’s genitalia during an autograph signing in Los Angeles in 1995, Detroit Free Press reports. Le Bon has denied the allegations. The alleged victim Shereen Hariri claims that …
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As far as rock & roll goes, Alejandro Escovedo‘s new song “Sonica USA” is a true melting pot – which is apt, given that the performer’s career has been about as varied they get. The first song to be released from the Escovedo’s next LP, The Crossing, “Sonica USA” also …
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Miranda Lambert has been named the 2018 artist-in-residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. With the honor, the “Keeper of the Flame” singer-songwriter becomes the youngest artist announced to the position and only the third woman. She’ll perform a pair of intimate concerts in September at the …
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Florida Georgia Line take another stylistic detour with their new song “Talk You Out of It,” the third release from an upcoming full-length album. Where current single “Simple” shows Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley trying their hand at indie folk in the key of Mumford and Sons, and Edward Sharpe, …
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