Rain Phoenix, the sister of the late River Phoenix, has teamed up with Michael Stipe for a new song called “Time is the Killer.”The song will appear on Time Gone, a Double A-side single with her brother’s band Aleka’s Attic. It drops on February 14th via Kro Records/LaunchLeft but is …
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WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old Democratic wunderkind mayor of South Bend, Indiana, joined the 2020 presidential fray on Wednesday morning. Buttigieg (pronounced BOOT-edge-edge) announced an exploratory committee for president, Pete for America, in the form of a minute-and-a-half long video. Buttigieg’s place at the forefront of a new crop …
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From the start, few mistook Michael Caine for typical movie-star material. “I had a thick Cockney accent and I was a tall, skinny guy,” Caine recalls. The situation was compounded during the filming of one of his first hits, 1965’s spy thriller The Ipcress File: “I wore glasses, and during …
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Gotti, The Happytime Murders, Holmes & Watson and President Donald Trump each earned multiple nominations at the 39th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, the annual celebration of Hollywood’s worst films and performances known as the Razzies. Trump, as the featured subject in both Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 and Dinesh D’Souza’s Death …
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Greta Van Fleet frontman Josh Kiszka was sleeping in during a rare day off in December when his phone suddenly started blowing up. “I didn’t put together what was happening,” he says. “I thought the pope had died or something.” Pope Francis was fine, but Greta Van Fleet had just …
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During the United Nations climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland, in December, the cavernous modern convention center at the heart of this grim industrial city was like a spaceship in coal country. Outside, the air was so sulfurous and polluted it gave at least one negotiator a nosebleed as they walked …
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Nashville based singer-songwriter Cale Tyson gets back to basics for the new Narcissist EP, out February 1st. And with the song “Red Blooded Fools,” the spartan set (for which all titles are stylized in lowercase) focuses on contemplation. Written and recorded over a productive three-day period in Tyson’s bedroom, each …
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Bluegrass stalwart Tim O’Brien will release a new album in 2019. Nodding to the prevalence of bluegrass bands named for their leader, Tim O’Brien Band(out March 15th) will be its namesake’s first full-length album since 2017’s Where the River Meets the Road. Featuring O’Brien’s touring mates Mike Bub, Shad Cobb, …
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The Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O’Riordan died one year ago this week. In memory of their departed band member, The Cranberries’ announced a new album, which will be their final release as a band, along with a new single called “All Over Now.” Late on Tuesday afternoon, Vic Mensa also …
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Imagine being invited to the White House for dinner. You pack your best suit or dress and fly up to Washington, D.C. The day of the dinner, the president announces to reporters that he will be serving you fast food. He seems really excited about it.“I think we’re going to …
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