Sharon Van Etten isn’t the kind of songwriter who blends into a group. She’s always had an uncanny knack for making you feel utterly alone in the dark with her songs, even when you’re hearing them in broad daylight or singing them with a crowd. Who else would begin an …
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Grammy champ Kendrick Lamar and Oscar hopeful Timothée Chalamet discussed their respective crafts in a new short conversation ahead of Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. The NFL shared the three-and-a-half-minute video, which found Lamar and Chalamet driving around in a Buick GNX (the car that gave …
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Brazilian superstar Anita offers fans a look at the two distinct parts of herself in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta. The clip fittingly jumps between footage of Anitta navigating the crazy world of pop stardom and quieter, more personal moments with the …
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By their own admission, 2024 was a rough year for the Black Keys. After releasing their 12th studio album, Ohio Players, the band was looking forward to a North American arena tour following successful shows in Europe. Instead, they canceled the entire tour, reportedly due to low ticket sales, and …
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An accidental supergroup emerged last week when the band Astropical released its debut single, the lush, Afrobeats-based “Me Pasa (Piscis.)” The voices harmonizing together here are easy to recognize: Li Saumet, vocalist with Colombia’s veteran tropical outfit Bomba Estéreo (and also featured on Bad Bunny’s 2022 classic “Ojitos Lindos”), joins …
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Chappell Roan brought the music industry’s treatment of artists back into the national consciousness this week during her Grammy acceptance speech for Best New Artist, challenging music companies to do better by young, developing acts. “Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and …
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Rema, one of Nigeria’s biggest pop stars, has sampled British-Nigerian soul icon Sade Adu on his latest single, “Baby (Is It a Crime).” The sultry Afrobeats song borrows the titular refrain from the band Sade’s 1985 single “Is It a Crime.” The new track marks Rema’s first single sinceBnxn’s “Fi …
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Last year, Nell Smith was chipping away at her debut studio album set for release in 2025 via Bella Union, the label helmed by the Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde. But in October, the young musician died at the age of 17 before any of the record could be shared with …
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With the passing last year of Dickey Betts, combined with the deaths in the last decade of Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks, tributes to the Allman Brothers Band have taken on a new poignancy. And one of the most highly regarded of those will return to New York’s Madison Square …
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Kelly Clarkson has a new home in Las Vegas. She’ll be taking up her Studio Sessions residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace this summer. “We’re bringing the studio to the stage this time with ‘Studio Sessions,’” the singer and talk show host revealed in a statement. Her residency will …
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