Sean Scolnick still remembers the doctor’s reaction when he asked for a refill of tranquilizers. The Americana singer-songwriter who performs under the name Langhorne Slim was on a solo tour of Europe when his prescription pills to combat anxiety ran out. The doctor was dismayed by how quickly Slim burned …
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Tune-Yards have announced their fifth studio album Sketchy., out March 26th via 4AD. Ahead of the release, the duo shared the video for the new single “Hold Yourself.” Directed by Basa Studio, the clip features trippy animation that suits the synth-heavy track. “Parents they made us/They tried to raise us,” …
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Four years after her breakout 2017 album The Order of Time, singer-songwriter Valerie June will be releasing her latest studio album The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers on March 12th. Recorded in Los Angeles and Miami with producer Jack Splash, June’s forthcoming project finds the singer brightening and building …
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The story of how Joey “Shithead” Keithley — frontman of the Canadian hardcore legends D.O.A. — pivoted from punk to politics is the focus of the upcoming documentary Something Better Change. After four decades at the helm of the influential Vancouver punk band, Keithley entered the politics arena in 2018 …
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Todd Rundgren remembers meeting David Gilmour, producing Grand Funk Railroad, and getting high in the latest installment of The First Time. After recalling the first time he recorded a song and bought a guitar, Rundgren discusses the first synthesizer he ever owned, which he purchased at Manny’s in New York …
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Focus Features has released the official trailer for Boogie, the directorial debut of food personality and author Eddie Huang. The film stars Taylor Takahashi as Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a high school basketball prodigy living in Queens, New York, with dreams of one day playing in the NBA. His parents disapprove, pressuring …
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The War on Drugs returned to late-night to deliver a virtual performance of “Arms Like Boulders” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. After premiering their new song “Ocean of Darkness” via a similar virtual setup on an October episode of The Tonight Show, the band dug deep into catalog …
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Tim Bogert — founding bassist of the psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge and member of the supergroup Beck, Bogert, and Appice — died Wednesday at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer, Deadline reports. Bogert’s death was confirmed by his long-time bandmate and drummer Carmine Appice, who played …
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Corey Taylor has released a new music video for “Samantha’s Gone,” a track off his debut solo album, CMFT. The clip’s meta concept finds actor Dean Cameron arriving on set to direct a music video for some rock band, only to be completely put off by their corny glam antics. …
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Taylor Swift returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first week of 2021, January 1st through 7th. The musician racked up an impressive 122.3 million song streams as her latest album, Evermore, notched its third non-consecutive week atop the Top 200 Albums Chart. The …
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