The National took to the late night stage Friday to perform “Tropic Morning News” on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Frontman Matt Berningerled the vocals while backed with bandmates Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf. In January, the group announced their upcoming albumFirst Two Pages of …
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In footage from the opening phase of Young Thug‘s trial in Atlanta, the superstar — forehead firmly on a courtroom table while his lawyers slog through the early weeks of an interminable trial — has often seemed broken by the court. But seen another way, the Young Thug trial is …
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New Zealand indie-pop band the Beths visited CBS Mornings to showcase tracks off their 2022 album Expert in a Dying Field for the “Saturday Sessions.” Currently in the midst of a U.S. tour, singer Elizabeth Stokes and company’s three-song mini-set featured the album-opening title track, “Your Side” and “When You …
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David Lindley, the dexterous and elfin multi-instrumentalist who died yesterday at the age of 78, could delight in sharing a few tales about his days on the road with Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and the other leading troubadours and songwriters he backed during the Seventies and Eighties. There was the …
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Following criticism that the 2023 Glastonbury Festival features all-male headliners, the co-organizer of the famed British music fest has pledged that next year’s lineup will have two women with top billing. On Friday, Glastonbury announced half of its 2023 lineup, and while the initial 52 artists billed are almost evenly …
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No need to feel guilty, Loren Gray! On Friday, Gray released her dance-pop single “Told You So” — and revealed to Rolling Stone that she’ll be dropping her debut album Guilty on April 21. “This is my first album, and there isn’t a single song on it that I’m not …
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Pop-rock stalwarts Sparks landed one of the greatest acting talents the world has ever seen, Cate Blanchett, for their new music video and got her to do what she does best — dance! In the new clip for “The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte” (the title track from Sparks’ …
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The cast of the musical adaptation of Almost Famous has shared the show’s big opening number, “1973,” alongside news that the original cast recording is set to arrive on April 21. “1973,” like any good opening number, sets the whole show up: William Miller grapples with his outsider status, while …
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Conflict is crowded. They say every story has two sides, but that hinges on the assumption that any two people’s dissension will remain insulated between them. We welcome outside voices into our disagreements all the time, seeking validation from whoever will side with our stance. But when those two sides …
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On April 14, years after first hinting they were coming, Neil Young is finally releasing two Seventies concert bootlegs. The first one, High Flyin’, is a series of recordings from his 1977 under-the-radar Santa Monica, California summer club tour with the Ducks, a supergroup of sorts featuring bassist Bob Mosley …
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