Over 100 artists including Rage Against the Machine co-founders Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha, along with Boots Riley and Speedy Ortiz, have announced that they are boycotting any concert venue that uses facial recognition technology, citing concerns that the tech infringes on privacy and increases discrimination. The boycott, …
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There is a meme format currently doing the rounds that, if you’re still subjecting yourself to Twitter, you must have seen. “WITHOUT GOOGLING. Name a historic battle,” the original prompt-tweet reads. Underneath, there are a few earnest replies mentioning actual battles from history, but most of the 100,000 quote-tweets are …
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R ENEÉ RAPP HASN’T BEEN sleeping well. The past six months have been a bit of a sleep-deprived haze for the singer and actress, full of weird or straight-up horrific dreams. Most of the time, she’s being booed off a stage. Once, she dreamed about murdering a person she had …
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Seven people were hospitalized and up to 90 injured when “golf ball sized hail” rained down on Red Rocks Amphitheater Thursday night prior to Louis Tomlinson’s concert at the scenic Morrison, Colorado venue. Tomlinson’s concert was ultimately canceled due to freak hail storm, which forced concertgoers to seek cover at …
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Thirty years ago, Liz Phair released her indie-rock masterpiece Exile in Guyville, on June 22, 1993. It’s a massive moment in the history of the Weird Girl canon. Liz was just an ordinary twenty-something geek in the Chicago indie scene of Wicker Park, going out every night to see hipster …
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Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill” has continued its ascent, now reaching one billion streams. The song, originally released in 1985, saw a resurgence of interest after being prominently featured in the latest season of Stranger Things last summer. “A billion streams!” Bush wrote on her website. “I have an …
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Rauw Alejandro joined Argentine producer Bizarrap for an episode of his “Bzrp Music Sessions” YouTube series, which sees the pair collaborating on a new song. The episode, “Rauw Alejandro: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 56,” was filmed in Biza’s recording studio and features a hook-laden electronic track. It sees Alejandro crooning …
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What happens when the world’s biggest keyboard warriors vow to take it to the streets? Well, we might be closer to finding out than ever thanks to a recent online exchange between tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. The saga began on Tuesday when a tweet about Facebook potentially …
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Orville Peck has postponed the remaining dates for his summer 2023 tour due to mental and physical health struggles. One Wednesday, Peck made the announcement on Instagram, writing that he was “heartbroken” over the news. “This was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make, but I’ve come …
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On Wednesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) over his role in the Russia investigation, and the first impeachment of former president Donald Trump. The vote passed on a party-line vote of 213-209. As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took up the gavel to …
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