System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian summons some operatic flare for a cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s campy hard-rock classic “Godzilla” that will appear on the upcoming soundtrack album for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Throughout the bombastic cut, he commands a melodramatic vibrato in his voice to complement …
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Jakob Dylan unveiled a bustling cover of the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 classic, “Go Where You Wanna Go,” that will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming documentary about the Laurel Canyon music scene, Echo In the Canyon. The soundtrack arrives May 24th via BMG, the same day the …
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Since her brilliant 2010 LP Lifted Off the Ground, Chely Wright’s musical output has been both startlingly confessional and increasingly eclectic. That LP, which coincided with Wright’s coming-out and her Like Me memoir, forever altered the ACM Award-winning country singer’s career trajectory but it allowed her the freedom to heal …
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UPDATE: Tame Impala have added four more shows to their 2019 North American tour itinerary. The slate includes a second show at Madison Square Garden in New York City August 22nd (the first sold-out), and shows in Irving, Texas, Houston, Texas and Denver, Colorado in October. New dates are in …
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Like a bad, politically-themed episode of VH1’s Where Are They Now?former special prosecutor Ken Starr is back on Fox News talking about impeachment. But this time, he’s against it? “For the sake of the country, fulminate, but don’t go forward with impeachment. It’s so bad for the country,” he told …
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The Backstreet Boys did it. One Direction did it. Fifth Harmony did it. Spice Girls have done it a couple times, and will do it again this year. Pop’s bestselling groups have toured — and even released music — without a key member. Judging by the response to ’N Sync’s …
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For Phish aficionados interested in the neuroscience of the jam or Talmudic interpretations of the band’s improvisational technique, Oregon State University will host the first Phish Studies academic conference at its Corvallis, Oregon campus May 17th through 19th. The conference will feature over 50 presentations, as well as special events …
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Lizzo previously dropped a video for her single “Juice” in January, but the singer has now shared a second clip for the track. In this new video Lizzo is joined by several stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race, who spend their time onscreen eating fruit. The drag queens include Soju, A’keria …
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On Monday night, Fox News hosted a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. It may not have gone the way the network was expecting. Sanders was generally well received by the studio audience, which even cheered when host Bret Baier asked them if they supported Medicare-for-All, the all-inclusive …
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Paul Simon delivered an ecstatic performance of his Cajun-inspiredGraceland classic “That Was Your Mother” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The performance found Simon teaming up with Late Show house band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, with Batiste — a Louisiana native — stepping out from behind his …
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