Daft Punk have offered the first taste of the 35 minutes of unreleased music on their 10th anniversary edition of Random Access Memories with a behind-the-scenes take on the album standout “Fragments of Time” featuring Todd Edwards. “The Writing of Fragments of Time” is what it says it is: an …
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will release the new album Weathervanes on June 9, but it’s the creation of Isbell’s 2020 album Reunions that’s depicted in a new documentary coming to HBO. Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed debuts April 7 at 8 p.m. on the premium cable …
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Taylor Swift has no fewer than four new albums —Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights —to cover in the Eras Tour, which was both an opportunity and a major challenge. It wasn’t hard to imagine that she’d end up sidelining the quieter material of Folklore and Evermore in favor of her …
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The National have dropped another new song, “Eucalyptus,” from their upcoming album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, out April 28 via 4AD. The track came about somewhat unexpectedly while the band was preparing for a show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. Bryce Dessner had sent the …
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Nicholas Hoult, playing the titular toady Renfield in a new movie about Dracula’s assistant, bemoans his lot in life and dreams of breaking free of his dark master in a new trailer for Renfield. As the two-and-a-half–minute trailer shows, Dracula (Nicolas Cage), is pretty annoying and egotistical. Just imagine having …
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Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was going to be arrested on Tuesday. It didn’t happen, and it’s not going to happen Wednesday, either. Rolling Stone has confirmed a report from Insider that the Manhattan grand jury will not meet on Wednesday, which means they won’t be able to …
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The early Seventies, particularly the first four-year span of Kiss, will serve as the backdrop for a forthcoming biopic about the rock band, their manager Doc McGhee confirmed in a recent interview with The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn. “It’s a biopic about the first four years of Kiss,” McGhee …
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) confirmed Tuesday that they are now treating the 2015 death of South Carolina teen Stephen Smith as a homicide following new information that arose during their investigation of the murders of Margaret and Paul Murdaugh. Smith was found dead on a Hampton County …
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Love in Exile is not jazz, despite featuring pianist Vijay Iyer, a heavy in that world. Nor is it “global music” — whatever that means — even though it showcases Urdu vocalist Arooj Aftab, who won a Grammy in that category last year. Instead, listening to Love in Exile, which …
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Omar Montes is leaving his mark in music — and he’s doing it with his particular take on flamenco. On his latest album, Quejíos De Un Maleante, the Spanish singer blends tradition with elements of urbano music to give the folkloric style a modern-day twist. The mix was so compelling …
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