Following her performance at Bernie Sanders’ campaign rally in Houston Sunday, Soccer Mommy has released the third and final single from her album Color Theory, out this Friday via Loma Vista. The track, “Bloodstream,” is the album opener, and a meditation on childhood loneliness and chasing down happiness. “Hydrangeas blooming of …
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Newly crowned heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury led a singalong of Don McLean’s “American Pie” during an in-ring post-fight interview soon after his much-anticipated rematch with Deontay Wilder. “I said I’d sing a song tonight, didn’t I?” Fury, surrounded by his team of trainers, told the sold-out crowd at Las …
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America has announced a 50th anniversary world tour. The soft rock group will celebrate the anniversary of their 1971 self-titled debut, when Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and the late Dan Peek went to Number One with “A Horse With No Name.” The band’s trek starts this week, kicking off in …
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A very small number of babies each year are born en-caul — that is, born completely inside an intact membrane, surrounded by amniotic fluid. For Ella O’Connor Williams, who performs under the name Squirrel Flower, her rare birth has become a metaphor for her life. It’s also the subject of …
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Former AV Club head writer Nathan Rabin released his new book The Weird Accordion to Al a few weeks back. It’s a monumental work that breaks down every single song Yankovic has released across his 40-year career, encompassing everything from big hits like “Eat It” and “Smells Like Nirvana” down …
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Less than three weeks after Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon covered Bob Dylan and Leon Russell at a Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa, the singer announced a trio of Wisconsin shows Monday that requires a “pledge to vote in order to gain access to presale tickets for all three shows.” The …
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Huey Lewis & The News premiered their new music video for “Her Love Is Killin’ Me” during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The star-studded video features an appearance by Kimmel, who says he is living out a long-held dream, as well as numerous other celebrities. The video includes cameos …
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Life After Pop is a tricky proposition, especially for those who are thrown into Top 40’s tornado at a young age. But in some cases, an early, disenchanting brush with the commercial mainstream can be galvanizing, providing a source of direction — even if it’s just away from what came …
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Grimes linked up with Apple Beats 1 on Wednesday to discuss “Delete Forever,” her latest single from her forthcoming album Miss Anthropocene, out February 21st. “It’s a pretty bummer song,” she told Zane Lowe. “I’m so bad at talking about this song. I guess it’s kind of about the opioid …
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Keith Urban‘s All for the Hall concert, benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, is one of Nashville’s most beloved homegrown traditions. After a brief hiatus, the fundraiser returned to Bridgestone Arena on Monday night with Urban as host (his frequent co-host Vince Gill was on tour with …
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