A lost song from Tina Turner‘s 1984 album Private Dancer has been found. The track, “Hot for You, Baby,” premiered this morning on the BBC‘s Radio 2 Breakfast Show, marking its first public play. The song was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood and produced by John Grant. It was …
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A24 is building its own Brat pack: Charli XCX will produce and star in The Moment, the feature directorial debut from photographer Aidan Zamiri with a score from A.G. Cook. Charli developed the original idea the film is based on, which was adapted into a screenplay by Zamiri and Bertie …
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The list of artists who will be saluting Patti Smith at an upcoming tribute show in New York just grew longer. The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, director Jim Jarmusch, former Bangles frontperson Susanna Hoffs, Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, and New York rocker Jesse Malin have been added to an already eclectic …
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W hen Hannah Bahng arrives at Chicago’s Millennium Park, she makes a beeline for Cloud Gate — the massive, 33-foot-high, 110-ton public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor that is known colloquially as the Bean. Bundled up in baggy everything, the singer-songwriter examines the Bean from multiple angles before picking a …
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Live from New York, it’s Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. The first trailer for the upcoming Questlove-directed documentary is a two-minute celebration of one of television’s most iconic stages. In the clip, featured hosts from throughout Saturday Night Live‘s 50 seasons introduce musical guests Charli XCX, Prince, …
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What exactly is the feeling of losing yourself on the dance floor? So often, it’s tied up in jubilation, in sweat, in communion with people. And if you present the question to FKA Twigs, the British polymath who has made a career as a left-of-center experimentalist, there’s also the sensation …
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Nine Inch Nails have finally unveiled the dates for their 2025 tour. Peel It Back will run from June through September. NIN’s tour announcement previously got off to a rocky start when venues prematurely posted Facebook events for some of the dates. Fans began to share screenshots and noted on-sale …
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Less than 24 hours after being sworn into office, Donald Trump picked up where he left off in his rampage against trans people. One of the first executive orders he signed this week prohibits federal regulation of transgender identities. Now, more than ever, actionable communities are essential for the protection …
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Imogen Heap‘s 2005 album Speak for Yourself has lived many lives over the last two decades. Singles like “Hide and Seek” and “Goodnight and Go” were beloved and well-received on their own, then later used on popular series like The O.C. and Saturday Night Live or reimagined by artists like …
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SXSW has announced a third round of artists who will be performing at the festival in Austin, Texas this year. The 2025 event will include Jack’s Mannequin, Sunflower Bean, and Holy Fuck, who have performed at SXSW in the past, along with newcomers like Mexico’s alt-maverick NSQK, J-Pop boy band …
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