Taylor Swift is partnering with Spotify to unveil exclusive content tied to the release of her new album,Lover, out this Friday, August 23rd. The content, as well as the album, will be housed in the Love, Taylor: Lover Enhanced Album playlist on the streaming service. Each day leading up to …
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When surfing launches as an Olympic sport in Tokyo next summer, don’t be surprised if Conner Coffin is among those going for the gold. Mastering his style in the point breaks of his home area of Santa Barbara, California, Coffin has picked up where local surf legends like Bobby Martinez …
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It helps, sometimes, to think of the average rap verse as a commercial: Built to sell a rapper’s technical skills or life story or artistic vision in between hooks. Every now and then, though, a rapper’s verse contains a bar, phrase, or ad-lib that either renders the hook useless — …
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After moving to Nashville from Ohio in 2011, Caroline Spence nannied, waited tables and wrote songs. It took her two years to come up with one she felt was good enough to play around town: “Whiskey Watered Down,” a gently savage kiss-off to a flaky musician. “You think you’re a …
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Jenny Hval tells the psychedelic tale of Alice in Wonderland on her new song “High Alice.” The track is the second single off the Norwegian avant-pop artist’s upcoming LP The Practice of Love, out September 13th via Sacred Bones Records. The song opens with an intro of clashing, reverberating synths …
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Miranda Lambert continues to shake off the emotional heaviness of 2017’s The Weight of These Wings, releasing the uptempo rocker “Mess With My Head” on Friday as the latest preview of her upcoming album. Channeling the plainspoken toughness of Pink along with the sleek, new-wave power pop of the Cars, …
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If you know one thing about Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” it’s that the single borrows from both rap and country. But in recent months, artists have been drawing less obvious connections between the runaway hit and styles of music from around the world. Take afrobeats producer DJ Tunez, …
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Jack White’s Third Man Records will release a 20th anniversary edition of the White Stripes‘ self-titled debut LP. The White Stripes XX will be available as part of the label’s Vault subscription service, and the deadline to sign up for the package is October 31st at 1 a.m. ET. The …
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UPDATE:Stream Drake‘s newCare Packagecompilation below. The 17-song album features J. Cole, Rick Ross and James Fauntleroy. *** Drake announced on Instagram that he’ll be releasing a new compilation, Care Package, to all digital platforms on Friday, August 2nd. The 17-song album will include previous non-LP tracks going back to 2011, …
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& ldquo;Hey, Billie?” says Billie Eilish’s mom, standing in the kitchen of their Los Angeles home. “Are you going to clean your room?” “Yeah,” says Eilish, 17, stretching her reply into two no-duh syllables. Even from the couch, her eye roll is audible. Her mom turns to me. “Can she …
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