Songs built around the lyrics or titles of other songs can often tilt toward the lazy. But Eric Church‘s new “Hippie Radio,” off the just released album Desperate Man, finds a smart way to nod to gems of the past. “My daddy had a Pontiac on the beiger side of …
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The ongoing efforts to reverse Steven Avery’s murder conviction are highlighted in the new trailer for Season Two of Making a Murderer. The show returns to Netflix October 19th. The new clip touches on the breakout success of Making a Murderer and how the show has changed Avery’s life, even …
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The Glasgow synth-pop trio were anything but mellow on Saturday during the scorching Texas heat on Day 2 of the Austin City Limits Festival. Chvrches lead singer Lauren Mayberry prowled the stage looking like a vengeful prom queen escaped from an Eighties slasher flick, in a poofy ballroom gown, a …
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) extinguished any lingering hopes that she might cast the deciding vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. As she delivered her lengthy speech on the Senate floor, a crowd-funding site created to fund a Democratic challenge to Collins in 2020 crashed. …
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A country-EDM collaboration from Kelsea Ballerini and the Chainsmokers, an arena-sized jam about getting older from emerging duo Walker McGuire and an irresistible 1990s homage from Kane Brown are all featured in this week’s list of best country and Americana songs. https://youtu.be/BtJg0yYzcVQ William Matheny, “Christian Name” Alt-country guitars meet power-pop …
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Coheed and Cambria enrich the conceptual universe of their upcoming LP, Vaxis: Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, with the theatrical, futuristic video for new single “Old Flames.” The clip appears to explore the narrative of the album’s two main characters, Creature and Sister Spider, who also appear in the video …
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With their post-punk look — black suits, boots and skinny ties — Interpol were the most stylish band of the early-2000s New York rock boom. That’s still true, but these days frontman Paul Banks prefers more casual looks offstage, mixing vintage finds with high-end streetwear from brands like Y-3. “It’s …
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When Jeff Beck came to L.A.’s El Rey Theater in April of 2009 it had been 40 years since the original Jeff Beck Group dissolved and he’d parted ways with Rod Stewart. The guitarist and singer had a couple of brief reunions in the 1980s, but they hadn’t spoken in …
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Bruce Springsteen took a break from his Broadway duties on Sunday night to play a surprise three-song set with Social Distortion at the Sea.Hear.Now festival in his adopted hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey. By this point in the festival many fans had moved over near the main stage to …
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In this week’s batch o’ trailers, we get a sneak previews of: a superheroine going dark (very dark); Michael B. Jordan getting the eye of the tiger; the next Harry Potter side franchise and a new Transformers spin-offs; and the final season of House of Cards before the Netflix show …
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