Amanda Palmer is back with an ambitious new song, “Drowning In the Sound,” which addresses everything from the internet to climate change to the #MeToo movement and how it all contributes to this bizarre sociopolitical moment. The song a dynamic piece of orchestral pop filled with unexpected instrumental turns, yet …
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Kanye West has apologized for using his cell phone during a performance of The Cher Show. He attended the Broadway musical’s opening night at Neil Simon Theatre on Monday with wife Kim Kardashian West and was apparently caught in the distracting act by actor Jarrod Spector. Spector, who portrays Sonny …
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One month after the release ofBohemian Rhapsody, one of the highest-grossing music biopicsof all-time, Queen capitalized on that momentum by plotting a North American tour with frontman Adam Lambert. The 23-date “Rhapsody” trek launches July 10th, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia and concludes August 23rd in Charlotte, North Carolina. General …
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Bay area grunge-pop band Swmrs will follow-up their 2016 debut albumDrive Northwith the forthcomingBerkeley’s On Fire. They announced the new LP with the single “April in Houston.” “April in Houston” is a more mature, world-wearied song from the band. Singer Cole Becker claims “everybody’s wants to get me high” on …
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In 2001, it seemed like Mariah Carey’s career was over. Though originally intended to be a victory lap for one of the best-selling musicians of all time, the musical rom-com Glitter turned into a public mess. Bizarre promotional appearances and a brief hospitalization (both of which she has since linked …
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Action Bronson has mapped out the 2019 tour in support of his recently released new album White Bronco, the rapper’s first independent LP since 2012. The month-long White Bronco Tour kicks off February 11th in Boston and blazes a westward path before it ends Match 13th in San Diego. Bronson’s …
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Teyana Taylor takes fans behind the scenes in her intimate, family-filled “Gonna Love Me” video. The clip shows the R&B singer marrying her husband, Sacramento Kings guard Iman Shumpert, spending time with her infant daughter, crying on a couch, hanging out backstage with Janet Jackson, recording vocals and performing live. …
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Neko Case meditates on the colossal damage human beings have wreaked on Earth –from environmental devastation to animal extinction –with her profound “Last Lion of Albion” video. Using handcrafted puppets and props, director Laura Plansker frames the clip around the tearjerking journey of the titular lion, who glides through a …
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Robyn delivered a powerful rendition of her Honey single “Missing U” during an appearance on Later… With Jools Holland Tuesday.Robyn releasedHoney this month, marking her first album in eight years. Robyn’s rendition of “Missing U” was packed with plenty of tension as she belted the song’s anguished lyrics in her …
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Pharrell Williams sent a legal warning to Donald Trump after the singer’s “Happy” was played at the president’s political event in Indiana Saturday, a rally held just hours after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. “On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged …
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