Anyone that goes to see the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won’t emerge from the theater knowing much about drummer Roger Taylor. He is seen hitting the impossibly high “Galileo” notes when they record “Bohemian Rhapsody” and freaking out when Freddie leaves the band for a solo career. (The latterdidn’t actually …
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Brainfeeder, the tastemaking electronic/jazz/hip-hop label run by beatmaker Steven “Flying Lotus” Ellison, is celebrating it’s 10th year with a massive four-LP retrospective. Titled Brainfeeder X, the 36-track collection of hits and rarities (due November 16th) is a look at the gamechanging catalog of this lateral-minded beat collective. “I think it’s …
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Imogen Heap previewed The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, her upcoming soundtrack adaptation of the stage production, with the cinematic new song “Godric’s Hollow.”The track unfurls with pizzicato strings and electronic beats, interspersed with atmospheric vocal harmonies. “Godric’s Hollow” –named after the small English village where Harry …
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For understandable reasons, there wasn’t a lot of anticipation in the air for Lou Reed’s 1976 albumConey Island Baby. His latest release at the time, 1975’sMetal Machine Music, was seen as a deliberate act of career suicide. Consisting of 64 minutes of abrasive feedback, the album contained no vocals or …
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Alessia Cara‘sThe Pains of Growingwill be released on November 30th. The Canadian singer-songwriter also announced the official track list for her sophomore album. Cara’s new LP is entirely self-penned, with a few self-produced songs as well. She began previewing her more introspective lyrics with the single “Growing Pains” over the …
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke teased plans for a new, “political” solo album in an interview published one day before he issues his soundtrack to horror film Suspiria. “I didn’t have any desire to make very political music, but everything I do tends to go that way anyway,” he told El Mundo, …
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Bob Mould has announced that his new albumSunshine Rockwill arrive in February 2019. The album marks the former Hüsker Dü rocker’s first since 2015’s Patch the Sky as well as his first since moving to Berlin two years ago. “Almost four years ago, I made plans for an extended break,” …
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Earlier this summer,Nicki Minaj(real name: Onika Maraj) made a plea to Tracy Chapman. In a series of since-deleted tweets, Minaj admitted she recorded a song with “one of the greatest rappers of all time,” but didn’t know the song sampled Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You.” “I’m torn, y’all help. …
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Kamasi Washington‘s explosive jazz-fusion elicits a rhythmic trance in his new “Hub-Tones” video. The track, which appears on the saxophonist’s recently issued double LP, Heaven and Earth, is an updated version of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s 1963 piece of the same name.Director Jenn Nkiru zooms in on three women locked in …
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The Smashing Pumpkins recruited Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath – a bizarre fixture on the band’s recent tour with his pre-filmed introductions – for their playfully macabre “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)” video. The singer plays radio DJ Jackie Cherry, who hosts the band for a Halloweenhaunted housepromotion. “It’s all for charity …
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