Puerto Rican MC Residente was joined by Bad Bunny on the Tonight Show Wednesday, where they debuted the first live rendition of their song “Bellacoso,” which came out in July. A globetrotting fusion of polka and reggaeton, “Bellacoso” samples the Hatsune Miku version of “Ievan Polkka” — a traditional Finnish …
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On September 27th, 2018, most of America was frozen in front of a TV screen, watching Christine Blasey Ford testify at the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh. Voice shaking, she apologized preemptively (and, later, repeatedly, over hours of questioning) for gaps in her recollection of the assault she …
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I t’s June, the start of burning season in the Amazon. Fires are beginning to rage all over the forest, the final stage of clearing land for pasture. The smoke gets so thick it’s visible from space, and hard to breathe down here on the ground. But from where I …
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Post Malone‘s Hollywood’s Bleeding took over Number One on the RS 200 this week, earning just north of 500,000 album-equivalent units. The star enjoyed a healthy mix of sales (more than 200,000) and streams (more than 350 million). Tool, whose Fear Inoculum held Number One last week by a solid …
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Neil Young headlined the Harvest Moon: A Gathering charity concert at Lake Hughes, California on Saturday along with Norah Jones and Father John Misty, a gig that benefitted the Bridge School and the Painted Turtle, a summer camp for severely-ill children. His 14-song acoustic set featured classics like “Old Man” …
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With Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s new album Colorado arriving on October 25th, the reunited rockers have shared “Rainbow of Colors,” the second preview from the upcoming LP. It’s a bright, optimistic tune calling for unity in the age of Trump. Much like the previous Colorado single “Milky Way,” it …
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The first rule of the third Democratic Party presidential debate probably should be, “Don’t watch.” The Democratic National Committee has been so imperious and annoying with its rules, excluding a host of candidates who are clearly (or at least arguably) outperforming some of the participants in tonight’s debate, that it …
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Thurston Moore adds a folky tranquility to New Order‘s “Leave Me Alone” with his new cover of the 1983 post-punk track. The song opens with a murky electric guitar riff and a swirl of descending 12-string acoustic licks. The arrangement gradually swells with shakers, snare, buzzing guitar drones, Moore’s airy …
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Voters in North Carolina’s 9th district are marching to the polls Tuesday to send Dan to Washington. The only question is which Dan will it be: Democrat Dan McCready or Republican Dan Bishop? Polling indicates the Dans were in a virtual dead heat heading into election day. To review: Tuesday’s …
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Kamala Harris released an ambitious criminal-justice and public safety reform plan on Monday morning, presenting a platform that represents how far her politics on her area of greatest expertise have progressed leftward and away from the “tough on crime” approach she took during her long tenure as a prosecutor in …
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