The solution to one of the Zodiac Killer’s cipher, unsolved for 51 years, was cracked by a team of citizen codebreakers earlier this month, with the FBI confirming the decoded message’s authenticity. The “Z-340” message — coined that as it contained 340 characters, a mix of letters and symbols — …
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Pharrell Williams is launching a new podcast company, OTHERtoneMedia, and will spearhead the network’s first show, OTHERtonewith Pharrell, Scott, and Fam-Lay, which is set to premiere December 7th, with new episodes available every Monday. OTHERtone is spun-off from Pharrell’s Beats 1 Radio show, which he co-hosted with Scott Vener — …
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Primus will hit the vineyards for Alive From Pachyderm Station, a virtual concert airing on December 11th. The set was filmed at Claypool Cellars — Les Claypool‘s Sebastopol, California, winery — marking the band’s first performance there. The trailer above features an aerial view of the vineyards as words flash …
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It was supposed to be a big year for Dave Grohl and the rest of Foo Fighters. The band had charted out an international celebration tour for their 25th anniversary, printing T-shirts, stuffing the trucks with equipment, and even sponsoring a limited-edition Coors Lite tallboy. But then, as Grohl told …
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As video game companies continue to court the music industry, presenting themselves as immersive marketing tools during a largely concertless 2020, Lil Nas X is the latest high-profile act to join the trend: The “Old Town Road” rapper has announced that he will perform a virtual concert on Roblox,one of …
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Jack Johnson can thank an anonymous shoplifter for a sudden boost in streams for his 2009 hit “Upside Down.” Two weeks ago, TikToker H1T1 bought a flat-screen television for a bargain on a secondhand marketplace, only to discover that it was seemingly stolen from an Arby’s and could only display …
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Karen O and Willie Nelson have partnered for an unlikely cover of Queen and David Bowie’s classic hit, “Under Pressure.” The pair completely transform the 1981 pop gem into a slow-and-steady country-tinged ballad, with O and Nelson’s vastly different voices combining in a particularly poignant way — the former’s sweet …
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Nick Cave has released his performance of “Euthanasia,” from his upcoming live album, Idiot Prayer, out November 20th. The Idiot Prayer release captures the livestream concert Cave performed with no audience at London’s Alexandra Palace back in June. The 22-song set featured solo piano renditions of both Bad Seeds and …
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In May of 2014, comic artist Allie Brosh posted on Facebook: “I’m in the process of writing a second book (and also a new post for the blog).” Then Brosh, who had sometimes posted multiple updates per day, went silent. Her webcomic blog that had drawn as many as seven …
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will release the various covers he recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown as a new album, No Fun Mondays, out November 27th via Reprise/Warner Records. Armstrong launched his No Fun Mondays quarantine series back in March at the start of the lockdown with a rendition of …
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