When Run the Jewels announced they would be touring with Rage Against the Machine, more than a few music industry eyebrows were raised. It seemed like an odd pairing to have the hottest hip-hop act teaming up with a hard rock band that hadn’t released an album of original material …
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Neil Young announced that he will make his Archives site free for the holidays. Young will waive the monthly $2 fee ($20 annually) and make available his entire catalog — including the new Archives Volume II (1972-1976),his complete Fireside Sessions series, and his upcoming film Timeless Orpheum, which documents his …
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Julien Temple had never considered making a documentary about Shane MacGowan, the sensational, shambolic former Pogues frontman, until MacGowan himself asked him to do it. The pair had met in the mid-Seventies when MacGowan was just another punk pogoing at the Sex Pistols’ early shows, and they have remained friendly …
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In the midst of the shit maelstrom that has been 2020, one would be forgiven for having forgotten about Operation Varsity Blues, the 2019 FBI investigation into well-heeled parents paying an estimated $25 million total in bribes to elite college coaches and admissions employees to get their progeny into college. …
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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has continuously violated the Hatch Act, and on Monday the Office of Special Counsel called on President Trump to take “appropriate disciplinary action.” In the filing, the government watchdog said Navarro broke the law that forbids government employees from engaging in political activities. The …
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So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Luis Fonsi has managed to stayed productive during 2020, releasing collaborations with the Dominican rapper …
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Merge Records has released a new covers compilation, Going to Georgia, to benefit various organizations fighting for voting rights and encouraging turnout ahead of the two crucial Georgia Senate runoff elections. The compilation will cost $10 and will be available from midnight, December 4th, through January 5th, exclusively via Bandcamp. …
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To mark what would have been Juice WRLD’s 22nd birthday Wednesday, producer Benny Blanco shared “Real Shit,” a previously unreleased collaboration with the late rapper. In a lengthy Instagram post that accompanied the release of the track, Blanco reminisced about first meeting Juice WRLD and recording with the rapper; “Real …
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Last month, the Flaming Lips announced “the world’s first actual Space Bubble live concerts” in their hometown of Oklahoma City in December. Due to the pandemic, those shows have been postponed to January 22nd and 23rd. Frontman Wayne Coyne tells Rolling Stone the decision came after watching rising Covid-19 case …
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There is no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa fan — it’s an all-or-nothing proposition. (Really, there’s no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa listener, period: You either immediately recoil from his grandiose, often goofy odes to dancin’ fools and yellow snow, self-promoting pimps and and S&M aficionados …
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