Radiohead‘s summer U.S. tour seems designed to prove a few self-evident truths. For one thing, In Rainbows remains their hands-down best album, though all votes for Kid A will be counted and “There There” is their peak song. For another thing: They’ve remembered how much fun it is to be …
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One Monday in April 2016, Tyka Nelson received a call from her brother, Prince. Tyka worked for Prince in the last four or five years of his life, and he would routinely bounce ideas off her for projects he wanted to get off the ground. That day, he was in …
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DJ-producer Dillon Francis has announced the release date for his forthcoming Spanish language studio album. Wut Wutwill drop on September 28th via his IDGAFOS label. “The whole thing started from the Westside EP in 2011. I had just discovered moombahton and began experimenting with Latin styles,” Francis said in a …
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Lil Uzi Vert and Chicago rapper Juice WRLD wallow with video games and drugs on “Wasted.” The new track has a heavy trap beat, though its hook has a distinctly sing-song lilt. Juice WRLD croons about drowning his heartbreak in games of Grand Theft Auto, as well as other substances: “Wasted, …
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Last weekend, just as Future’s latest mixtape BEASTMODE 2 hit streaming services, the Atlanta iconoclast unleashed a Twitter complaint demanding recognition for his impact on a generation of singing rappers. “Enough of these lil niggas running round like I ain’t make y’all,” he charged. “I gracefully gave u a style …
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UPDATE: Though Chosun Media reported that Pompeo would gift an Elton John CD to Kim on the president’s behalf, Trump on Tuesday revealed that Pompeo was not carrying a signed disc containing “Rocket Man” on his trip to North Korea last week. “They didn’t give it. I have it for …
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Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is once again taking heat for selling politically-charged clothes. This week, supporters of President Donald Trump unleashed their anger on Twitter, creating a #BoycottWalmart hashtag against the company for marketing “Impeach 45” T-shirts and baby onesies on its website. The apparel was made by a …
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Fourth of July means big crowds in concentrated spaces, which unfortunately also means the conditions are ripe for a terrorist attack. This is allegedly what 48-year-old Ohio residentDemetrius N. Pitts was thinking before the FBI arrested him on Sunday for plotting to attack a holiday parade celebrating America’s independence in …
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Lin-Manuel Mirandaperformed a lullaby rendition of hisHamiltonballad “Dear Theodosia” Saturday at a Washington, D.C. protest against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. “We’re here because there’s parents right now who can’t sing lullabies to their kids,” Miranda said of children separated from their families at the border. “And, well, I’m just …
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Netflix has got Jerry Seinfeld, chatting up caffeinated comedians; Hulu has an anthology set in the Stephen Kingiverse; and Amazon has a “performance cooking” show revolving around the Tour de France. (That is not a typo.) The Big Three streaming services are trotting out some big names this July, in …
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