Kanye West hosted his weekly Sunday Service in Dayton, Ohio as part of Dave Chappelle‘s Gem City Shine benefit Sunday honoring the victims of the August 4th mass shooting in the city’s Oregon district. “We’ve come to love you and we’ve come to share the love of Jesus Christ with …
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Melina Duterte (a.k.a. Jay Som) makes music that often gets lumped in with that intimately delicate, richly interior kind of indie-rock called “bedroom pop.” If that’s accurate, she’s got a pretty big bedroom. Few artists these days are so good at turning their private worlds into wide-open biospheres of pleasure …
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Patty Griffin turns Tom Waits‘ elegiac, cinematic “Ruby’s Arms” into a sparse, somehow even more heartbreaking piano ballad for a new compilation, Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. She adds a minute to the runtime of the original song, which appeared on Waits’ 1980 album Heartattack and …
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Taylor Swift refused to hide her discomfort following the announcement that Scooter Braun‘s Ithaca Holdings had acquired Scott Borchetta‘s Big Machine Label Group, especially since ownership of her masters were a huge part of the deal. During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Swift revealed a plan to circumvent Braun’s …
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The 25th James Bond film has confirmed its title, No Time to Die. The announcement came from the official 007 Twitter account, which also confirmed Daniel Craig’s return to the franchise as its protagonist. The film will premiere April 3rd, 2020, in the U.K. and April 8th in the U.S. …
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One striking phenomenon of the Trump era is the way the president’s daily bombast and Twitter furies can overshadow the ways his administration is screwing people over. Last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it had finally appointed a new student-loan ombudsman. Mandated by law, the ombudsman acts …
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The New York City Chief Medical Examiner has determined the cause of socialite sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s jail-cell death as suicide. A statement by Barbara Sampson released to the media reads: After careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings, the determination on the death of Jeffrey Epstein …
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Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira have teamed up for a synth-heavy club banger of a breakup song, “Cross You Out.” The track is the fourth single from Charli XCX’s Charli, her third studio album, out September 13th. “Cross You Out” sees the two pop idols finding closure and liberation in …
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James Corden is always up for a good argument about music and this time the late night host has tapped Smokey Robinson for a debate over classic soul versus modern soul. Robinson appeared on The Late Late Show to promote new documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown, prompting Corden to …
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Rick Ross‘ 10th album Port of Miami 2 has finally arrived and in celebration of the new music the rapper took the stage at The Tonight Show to perform “Big Tyme.” Joined by Swizz Beatz, The Roots and Just Blaze, as well as an orchestra, Ross gave a fast-talking, highly …
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