When a group of young, idealistic hippies came together in mid-Sixties San Francisco to form Jefferson Airplane, they couldn’t have possibly imagined they were kickstarting a saga that would continue for more than a half-century and mutate into more bizarre permutations than basically any other rock band in history. The …
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Evanescence will embark on a short tour, which includes appearances at many festivals, with most of the dates in the spring and a couple this summer. The shows will mark a return to the band’s standard rock-group format, following its Synthesis Live Tour, which paired them with orchestras. The tour …
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Brandi Carlile hosted her inaugural Girls Just Wanna Weekend this past week in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Featuring three separate sets by Carlile, the all-women lineup included Indigo Girls, Mavis Staples and Maren Morris, who debuted a new duet with Carlile on Night 1. Titled “Common,” the song found the two …
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YG, Rich the Kid and Bia take turns boasting on “Facts,” the new single from the DJ Chantel Jeffries. Jeffries produced the “Facts” beat with Prince Fox: It’s a stolid, unvarying take on the trap template. Bia brags (“I’m a big deal like my name all caps”), YG makes food-related …
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Lil Baby gazes out at the beach, poses for fan selfies, cruises the beach on an ATV and performs onstage in his intimate “Global” video. The rapper filmed the clip during his recent travels to Paris, France; Manchester, England; Lagos, Nigeria and Freeport, Bahamas. “Global” appears on Lil Baby’s recent …
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Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and composer Jozef Van Wissem build a tapestry of drones, noise, feedback and clanging stringed instruments on “The Two Paths,” a track off their upcoming collaborative album, An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil. A new video for the track, by director Jules Guerin, pairs the duo’s …
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WASHINGTON —Inside the Washington, D.C., federal courthouse Tuesday morning, the scene was somber and official. Roger Stone, the onetime adviser to President Donald Trump and master of the dark arts of politics dating back to Watergate, sat at the defense’s table inside Courtroom 3. Stone had come to D.C. for …
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The musical adaptation of Alanis Morissette‘s classic albumJagged Little Pill will officially debut on Broadway this fall. A theater and date will be announced at a later date. With a book by Oscar-winner Diablo Cody,Jagged Little Pill weaves together the songs from Morissette’s album of the same name. Cody’s story …
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A Banksy mural outside Paris’ Bataclan that paid tribute to the victims of the November 2015 terror attack was stolen late Friday night. “We are today filled with a deep sense of indignation,” the Bataclan tweeted. “The work of Banksy, a symbol of contemplation belonging to all – residents, Parisians …
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The Dominican rapper El Alfa released another full-tilt dembow single on Friday. “TecnoBow” also features contributions from the producer Diplo, making him the third global star to collaborate with El Alfa in as many months. Diplo follows Cardi B, who teamed up with El Alfa for “Mi Mami” in November, …
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