In 1968, Dan Rowan, one of the hosts of the variety series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, introduced a guest by describing him as “an act you’re just not gonna believe.” “This guy plays the bugle, plays the guitar, and sings — all at the same time. … This is a …
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Gorillaz have added to their list of all-star collaborators by enlisting Elton John for the new single “The Pink Phantom,” the latest track off the cartoon outfit’s upcoming album Song Machine: Season One. The song also boasts Atlanta rapper 6lack. The video for the track features Damon Albarn’s cartoon band …
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Neil Young‘s 2003/04 Greendale tour with Crazy Horse will be chronicled on Return to Greendale, a live album and film coming out on November 6th. It will be available as a two-disc set or limited edition box set with two LPs, two CDs and a documentary, Inside Greendale, about the …
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The lawyers representing Bill Murray’s golf apparel company sent a humorous response to the Doobie Brothers after the band issued a similarly comedic letter that accused Murray of using their “Listen to the Music” in ads without compensation. On Wednesday, the Doobie Brothers’ lawyers publicly sent a quirky legal warning …
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Lana Del Rey has joined singer-songwriter Matt Maeson on a new version of his 2019 single, “Hallucinogenics.” Del Rey slips easily into the song, which begins as a soft acoustic folk number before leveling up several notches with the arrival of some big drum hits and atmospheric synth touches. Del …
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Dave Hause interprets the songs of two wildly different artists on a new double EP. Patty/Paddy features the punk troubadour interpreting five songs by Americana songwriter Patty Griffin and five by Paddy Costello, of the Minneapolis punk band Dillinger Four. Hause, the leader of Philadelphia group the Loved Ones, previews …
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Fleet Foxes’ rustic neo-folk music and skybound harmonies loomed large over indie-ish rock in the early 2010s, not unlike the way Arcade Fire touched the mid-2000s or Pavement shaped the Nineties. Their last album, 2017’s correctly titled Crack-Up, was a stranger listen than usual for them, proggily ambitious and often …
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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” spent a fifth week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, earning 29.6 million streams. The top of the latest chart remain unchanged relative to last week, with “WAP” followed by Drake and Lil Durk‘s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” …
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The six-part HBO documentary series I’ll Be Gone in the Dark may have concluded last month, but Aimee Mann has just released a full version of the opening theme: her cover of Leonard Cohen‘s “Avalanche.” Sharingthe same cover art as Cohen’s 1971 album Songs of Love and Hate, Mann’s rendition …
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Yungblud has just announced the release date and tracklist for his sophomore album Weird!, along with the new track, “God Save Me, But Don’t Drown Me Out.” Weird!will be released on November 13th and will feature previously released songs like the title track and “Strawberry Lipstick.” On “God Save Me,” …
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