Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the songwriting team behind some of Janet Jackson and Boyz II Men’s biggest hits, will release a new compilation of new original music, Jam & Lewis: Volume One, this summer. Today, they’re offering up the first track from it, “‘Til I Found You,” an upbeat, …
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Radiohead called for new safety recommendations in order to prevent stage collapses similar to the one that killed their drum tech, Scott Johnson, in Toronto in 2012. The statement, posted on Twitter, arrived after an inquest into Johnson’s death concluded Wednesday, with a five-person jury producing a set of 28 …
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) may have studied robotics at MIT, but he is now responsible for one of the most asinine moments in congressional history. At a House committee hearing Tuesday on “The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” the Kentucky Republican thought he could …
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The line between an official Lil Uzi Vert song, an unofficial Uzi song and a leaked Uzi song are, right now, blurred to the point of no longer mattering much at all. In late March, the Philadelphia rapper released “Free Uzi.” Atlantic Records, his label, called it a “leak.” A …
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In April 1969, Bob Dylan went to Nashville to record his ninth studio album. It would be his third time recording there with local session pros and producer Bob Johnston, but this time it would be different: Unlike the “thin, wild mercury sound” of 1966’s Blonde on Blonde and the …
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One day after playing their first show in eight years at Third Man Records’ 10th anniversary celebration, the Raconteurs announced a full-scale North American tour. The quartet — Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler — will kick off the trek July 12th in Detroit, Michigan and wrap …
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Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” is a sensation. The genre-bending “country trap” song has jumped from TikTok-aided hit to a cultural phenomenon (see: Ellen DeGeneres dancing in a wig and cowboy hat), and its success may put it back on the Country charts after its initial removal. The song …
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Avicii‘s family and collaborators have revealed that the late EDM star’s first posthumous LP, Tim, will arrive this summer. A single titled “S.O.S.” that features Aloe Blacc on vocals will precede the album, the New York Times reports; Blacc also sang on Avicii’s 2013 hit “Wake Me Up.” “S.O.S.” is …
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WASHINGTON — Last year, on the Monday after Thanksgiving, as Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan was on his way back to Washington from his home in northeast Ohio, his teenage daughter called him in tears. General Motors had just announced it was idling its massive factory in Lordstown, a city in …
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In her new video for “Pretty Shiny Things,” singer-songwriter Kassi Ashton literally faces her vanity — confronting expectations to maintain a perfect appearance on the outside while finding one’s own inner beauty as a source of resistance and power. Penned by Ashton with Emily Landis, the tune’s unsettlingly wistful lyrics …
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