It was probably inevitable. After nearly two months of negotiations that were never not doomed, President Trump is set to declare a national emergency so that he can build a southern border wall without congressional approval. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) relayed the news Thursday afternoon, telling colleagues on …
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“History will repeat itself” declared Glenn Gregory — correctly — on the original version of “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang,” in a voice partway between demented crooner and cyborg newscaster. The song was a minor and fitting hit for his U.K. synth-pop act Heaven 17, who took their …
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Rapper Rich the Kid and his entourage were involved in a shooting and robbery at a Los Angeles studio where Usher was recording Tuesday afternoon, Variety reports. According to reports, Rich the Kid and his entourage were the targets of the robbery, which took place outsideWestlake Recording Studio in West …
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Weezer have teamed with Calpurnia – the indie rock band led byStranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard – for a nostalgic new video for their cover of a-ha‘s “Take On Me.” The track appears on Weezer’s new self-titled covers record, also known as The Teal Album. In the video, Wolfhard plays a …
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Beck and Cage the Elephant have teamed up for the co-headlining The Night Running Tour, with Spoon on board as the trek’s special guest. The trek takes it name from the Cage the Elephant track “Night Running,” a Beck-featuring song from the band’s upcoming LP Social Cues, out April 19th. …
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Brandi Carlile won in three consecutive categories when the bulk of the 61st annual Grammy Awards — those not shown during the TV broadcast —were handed out during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony. Carlile’s album By the Way, I Forgive You was named Best Americana Album, while her song “The Joke” …
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Ariana Grande‘s Thank U, Next album is all but guaranteed to debut at Number One. When it does, it will be another in a long string of commercial slam-dunks for Grande. More surprising, the album’s success also represents a return to the charts for ‘NSync and Wendy Rene.That’s because “Break …
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Ahead of the 61st Grammy Awards this Sunday, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow and host Alicia Keys are doubling down on expressions of excitement for the slate of awards and performances. At Thursday morning’s press preview and red carpet rollout, Keys said the production of the show has been a …
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Every night, around the same time, they expected her to show up. It was hard to blame them, since much of what the Cranberries were doing last April and into May evoked old times. Once again, the members of the Irish alt-pop band were gathered in a studio with their …
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George Klein, a longtime friend of Elvis Presley and a member of the King of Rock & Roll’s “Memphis Mafia” entourage, died Tuesday in a Memphis hospice after a two-week illness, which included pneumonia. Priscilla Presley, Elvis’s former wife told the Associated Press she had been in close contact with …
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