On the latest episode of The Cosmic Elastical Show, brothers Steven and Jeff MacDonald explain their motivations (love, of course) in multi-part harmony against a starry night sky with old-school video effects that recall 1980s public access TV. The overwhelming kitsch of the scene makes for the perfect setting for …
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K-pop stars NewJeans played a pair of sold-out shows at Japan’s Tokyo Dome this week, and on Thursday, the group welcomed Rina Sawayama onstage for a surprise appearance to perform one of that singer’s biggest hits. During each gig, the members of NewJeans each deliver a short solo set, and …
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It’s a family affair. Tom Morello and his teenage son, Roman, cowrote the elder Morello’s rock-rap-soul-Broadway fusion single, “Solider in the Army of Love.” In just three minutes, Morello connects references to New Testament apostles and the Clash to Black History Month and a coming earthquake — all over a …
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Prince Harry has been ordered to explain himself after the publisher of The Sun said the royal “deliberately destroyed” potential evidence related to his phone hacking suit against the tabloid, The Telegraph reports. At a hearing yesterday, June 27, a lawyer for News Group Newspapers (which is owned by Rupert …
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P icture yourself walking up to a nondescript brick building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on an 80-degree spring night, and through a grimy gray metal door off a narrow hallway. It’s dark inside the room, with candles laid out along the base of the bare white walls and about 75 people …
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Jay-Z and Nas’ earliest collaboration has finally gotten an official release on the reissue of — seriously — Shaquille O’Neal’s 1996 album, You Can’t Stop the Reign. The song is called “No Love Lost,” and it features Shaq alongside Jay, Nas, and fellow New York City MC Lord Tariq. But …
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The Supreme Court just ruled that politicians can essentially criminalize homelessness. The court ruled in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that an Oregon town can ban sleeping outdoors. The 6-3 ruling fell along ideological lines. “Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime,” liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in …
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In case you missed it, the first 2024 presidential debate was a disaster. President Joe Biden stumbled through responses to basic questions, sending Democrats into a panic over what to do about an aging incumbent who didn’t seem up to the task of running the country. Donald Trump wasn’t much …
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Robyn Hitchcock, the prolific British singer-songwriter and frontman of the Soft Boys, is releasing a new memoir that focuses on an instrumental year in his life, 1967. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, out Friday via Akashic Books, finds Hitchcock reminiscing about the Summer of Love-defining …
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Sometimes a change will do you good. After nearly 15 years of recording and performing as Mike and the Moonpies, the Texas country group led by singer-songwriter Mike Harmeier shot for the moon and jettisoned their snack-cake name, choosing to rebrand as Silverada. To some fans, it seemed unnecessary: What …
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