Fans of Katy Perry might now have someone to point fingers to for her recent work with Dr. Luke. In a recent The Manager’s Playbook interview, the singer’s A&R manager Chris Anokute said that it was his “desire” to reconnect Perry with the disgraced producer for her album 143. “I …
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Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. …
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“Physical,” the pandemic-era defining Dua Lipa single, opens with the singer sharing an observation and a question: “Common love isn’t for us/We created something phenomenal/Don’t you agree?” As the fifth anniversary of her breakthrough album Future Nostalgia arrives, Lipa presents the question to Troye Sivan, the surprise guest collaboration on …
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Talking with Rolling Stone last year, Robert Randolph recalled the unusual complaint he received when he was working on a new album in LA. Apparently, the bass amplifier he and producer Shooter Jennings had placed in a hallway was too loud, and a couple of people in the building — …
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Thanks to Donald Trump’s ongoing threats toward Canada, from tariff hikes to hints about making the country the “51st State,” it’s no surprise that Canadians are sticking together more than ever. That trend apparently also now applies to music. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the recently constituted version of one of the country’s …
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St. Vincent rediscovers the magic of miracles on her latest song “DOA,” a featured selection from the soundtrack to A24‘s Death of a Unicorn. The record has the pacing of a high-intensity action sequence, but its lyrics communicate a hazy sense of euphoria. “Right as I had stopped believing in …
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My Bloody Valentine is back. This fall, the shoegaze legends will tour for the first time in seven years. The brief U.K. trek kicks off on Nov. 22 in Dublin, initially a one-off show the band announced late last year. They’ll then head to England, with evenings in Manchester (Nov. …
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Will Smith addressed the fallout of the slap heard around the world on “Int. Barbershop — Day”, the opening track of his Based on a True Story album he dropped today. The song, featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone, starts with random voices conversing through rhyme. The first person …
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Chase Icon is reveling in the excitement of her new album, Icon Baby — and delivering an equally effervescent video. The dance-pop star premieres the “perfectly unhinged” video for her single “Bands on Me,” starring trans porn star Brittney Kade and internet personality Elena Genevinne, with Rolling Stone. Sam Fine, …
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The reunited Sex Pistols — featuring three original members of the punk legends alongside Gallows singer Frank Carter — will bring their anarchy across the Atlantic this fall with a North American tour. The band’s 50th anniversary tour will see the lineup of guitaristSteve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock, drummer Paul …
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