In the summer of 2019, many Taylor Swift fans weren’t sure what to expect from her new music.Her first single of the year, “Me!,” had been so bubbly and over-the-top —so totally the opposite of Reputation — that fans were divided between excitement for a shimmery pop return, and confusion …
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Kesha has released a pair of new songs, “Eat the Acid” and “Fine Line,” from her upcoming album, Gag Order, out May 19. “Fine Line” is a deceptively atmospheric track that eschews percussion but pulls plenty of energy from its bruising synths and Kesha’s vocals, which build from a whisper …
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Country singer Jamey Johnson and saxophone player Dave McMurray have combined their talents for a new cover of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter’s “To Lay Me Down” that’s out now. The song appears on McMurray’s upcoming album Grateful Deadication 2, a tribute album that reimagines the work of the Grateful …
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Perhaps inspired by the intimacy of playing solely for a judge and a jury of his peers in the ongoing copyright trial he’s entangled in, Ed Sheeran will hit the road next month to play smaller venues for what he’s dubbed the “ – “ tour. (If you want to …
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Xylø is not afraid of embracing her body in order to share her art. On Friday, the singer released the pop-perfect single “Super Sex Mona Lisa,” in which she unapologetically reflects on starting OnlyFans to help fund her music career. Doing so, she says, has given her a “newfound confidence.” …
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If we had a nickel for every time a musician has had to address concerns about their physical appearance in the last three weeks, we would have two nickels — which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right? Similarly to Ariana Grande earlier this month, Post …
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Bebe Rexha, 33, and Dolly Parton, 77, make sense of aging while staying young at heart on Rexha’s new single “Seasons.” “My mirror is a liar/Inside, I’m still a child,” Parton sings over a lilting acoustic guitar line, “who’s tryin’ to find her way back home.” In the same verse, …
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A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to the killing of Koko Da Doll (also known as Rasheeda Williams), a trans woman who was the subject of the hit Sundance documentary Kokomo City. According to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department, the suspect turned himself in at a precinct …
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Heart-on-their-sleeve rockers the Gaslight Anthem reunited last year and launched their first tour in four years. Now they’re dropping new music: “Positive Charge” is the New Jersey group’s first new song in nine years. And as its title suggests, it’s electrifying. Opening with a stomping drumbeat and a skronky guitar …
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In 2010, I was at a friend’s party when a song came up on the house speakers — one that sounded both entirely new to me and as familiar as my own skin. A woman was singing in a plaintive tone about “a place they call Lonesome.” I couldn’t place …
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