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A dramatized reading of Hunter S. Thompson‘s The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved will be pressed on vinyl for the first time, out July 15 via Shimmy-Disc/Paris Records. The reading of the essay — originally published in Scanlon’s Monthly in June 1970 — features Tim Robbins as Thompson and …

“There’s a saying in the Ivory Coast,” says Pierre Kwenders as he slides from English to French. “Tant qu’il y a de la vie, il y a de l’espoir. ‘Where there is life there is hope.’ Hope keeps us alive. We need to dream, dream for a better world. We …

Gospel music singer Kirk Franklin and collective Maverick City Music stopped by our Twitch channelto talk about their new album Kingdom Book One — and what it was like recording it in a Miami prison. The experience was especially personal for Maverick City Music co-founder Tony Brown, who would visit …

Kendrick Lamar performed songs from his latest album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers during Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring-Summer 2023 Show in Paris Thursday. The self-proclaimed musical messiah (as alluded to many times in the album) is seen sporting a crown of thorns, similar to one he wears on the …

Massimo Morante — the guitarist whose moody, funky playing helped define Italian prog-rock group Goblin’s eerie soundtracks for horror cinema classics such as Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead — has died at the age of 69. The group confirmed the news “with a heavy heart” in a Facebook post. …

The last time Meghan Trainor dropped an album in late January 2020, the world was weeks away from being shut down. And despite having bops like “Nice to Meet Ya” with Nicki Minaj, a collab with the Pussycat Dolls, and earworms like “Funk” and “Evil Twin,” Treat Myself easily became …

Zac Brown Band teamed up with Blake Shelton for a new version of “On in the Middle,” which initially appeared on the country group’s 2021 album, The Comeback. The collaboration arrives ahead of a deluxe version of The Comeback, out later this summer. “The Comeback is the best album we’ve …

Just one week after BTS announced the group will go on hiatus, a South Korean music industry group is attracting the ire of ARMY denizens online after not-so-subtly suggesting the K-Pop superstars’ break might have serious consequences for the continued success of K-Pop worldwide. In a statement from the Korea …

Billy Strings backs his black Jeep Gladiator down to the lip of Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake and hops out to unhook the tricked-out bass boat he’s towing behind him. The heavy sounds of Primus, one of his favorite bands, spill loudly out of the cab, where old Combos wrappers, cigarette …

Djo, the solo project of Stranger Things actor Joe Keery, has dropped a new single, “Change.” The dynamic, psych-infused track will appear on Djo’s forthcoming sophomore album, Decide, out Sept. 16. Decide marks Keery’s follow-up to Djo’s 2019 debut LP, Twenty Twenty. The album was created with musician and engineer …