Beirut, the nom de plume of indie-folk singer-songwriter Zach Condon, travels to remote Norway and returns with Hadsel, his first new album in four years. The LP, due out Nov. 10 via Beirut’s own Pompeii Records, was inspired by Condon’s sojourn to the titular Norwegian island where he escaped to …
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The late founder of one of Japan’s most powerful talent agencies assaulted and abused hundreds boys as far back as the 1950s and up through the 2010s, according to the findings of a new internal investigation. Johnny Kitagawa, who died in 2019, was the founder and president of Johnny & …
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The Kills — the indie rock duo featuring singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince — have announced the impending arrival of their first new album in seven years, God Games. Ahead of the LP’s October 27 release, the band has shared the latest single, “103,” a love song set …
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For no particular reason whatsoever — not that one’s even necessary — The X Factor UK has dumped about 30 minutes of mostly previously unseen One Direction footage from the group’s earliest moments together. The extended clip comes from the “Judges’ Houses” stage of the talent competition. The highlights include …
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Jack Harlow retreats from the spotlight in the video for “Denver,” a deep cut from his third studio album Jackman, released earlier this year. Directed by Eliel Ford, the video centers the rapper in spaces of solitude that are comforting at times and wholly isolating at others. “Ignorance is bliss …
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Not everyone is welcome to the jam anymore. Attorneys representing Watson Music Group, a company that claims ownership of the rights to Quad City DJ’s celebrated “Space Jam” theme from the 1996 movie, have been mailing notices of infringement to several companies, according to Billboard. The company, which Billboard reports …
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The current state of live performances is starting to make more and more of a case for artists to just perform in those giant blow-up hamster balls. Concert audiences have recently been getting out of hand in regards to their affinity for pelting artists with items from their place in …
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Drake reunited with Travis Scott onstage for the first time since the Astroworld tragedy as the rappers performed their Utopia collaboration “Meltdown” live Tuesday in Vancouver. “Oh yeah, for the first time ever in Vancouver, Astro and The Boy, we in this bitch,” Drake told fans at the Rogers Arena: …
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Róisín Murphy has decided to remove herself from the conversation surrounding trans rights after a screenshot from Facebook recently circulated on social media that appeared to show the singer criticizing puberty blockers in the context of what she called “little mixed up kids.” In a recent statement, Murphy talked around …
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Mitski stans will get to listen to her new album early and watch some classic films at listening parties the singer is hosting across the U.S. and Australia prior to the release of her new album. On Tuesday, Mitski announced that she’ll throw “music and film double features” in support …
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