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Florence And The Machine’s Florence Welch Sings “Margaritaville” With Jimmy Buffett (And, Sadly, Jimmy Fallon): Watch

Florence Welch, the Florence of Florence + The Machine, seems like an extremely nice person. Sometimes, people take advantage of that. Sometimes, a stone-cold fucker like Jimmy Fallon might rope a nice lady like Florence Welch into taking part in comedy bits. This is a cautionary tale, kids. Be careful out there, and don’t be […]

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Beach House ‘Bloom’ 10th Anniversary Review

In March 2012, nearly two full months before its scheduled release date and mere days after being announced, Beach House’s Bloom leaked onto the internet. “Every one of our albums has [been leaked],” singer Victoria Legrand told Guardian in an interview later that year. “It’s a bit of a rampage. There’s that mentality of wanting […]

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The Shins ‘Oh, Inverted World’ 21st Anniversary Tour Dates

The Shins’ 2001 indie classic Oh Inverted World is turning 21 on June 19, and the band is celebrating their debut studio album’s drinking age by taking it on the road for an anniversary tour.

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Kendrick Lamar’s new video ‘The Heart Part 5’ challenges us

At one point in the video for “The Heart Part 5,” the latest installment in Kendrick Lamar’s iconic “The Heart” series, Lamar raps over a Marvin Gaye sample while his face literally, surreally, morphs into that of Jussie Smollett’s. In “The Heart Part 5” video, the hoax is more layered, more nuanced, more worthy of […]

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Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, Ashley reveals

Country music star Naomi Judd died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, her daughter Ashley Judd shared in a new interview. “She used a weapon. My mother used a firearm,” Ashley told Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” Thursday. “So that’s the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing.” The “Double Jeopardy” star also revealed […]

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‘DON’T WANT MY BABY TO SEE THAT’

During a recent interview with iHeartRadio’s Angie Martinez, that premiered exclusively with People Magazine, DaniLeigh said that an Instagram live fight with DaBaby was “very triggering,” but she is ready to move on. “It was very triggering, very sad,” DaniLeigh told Martinez in the interview. “I wish it didn’t happen because I don’t want my […]

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Superbooth 2022: “Let’s Play” – Polyend releases super-flexible sample and MIDI groovebox

If Polyend’s tracker was a little esoteric for you, then perhaps Play – the company’s new sample- and MIDI-based groovebox – will be more to your tastes. Promising an ‘open sandbox’ approach to playing, performing and sequencing, this includes more than 30 sample kits to start jamming with right away, and offers eight audio tracks […]

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‘My Hero of All Heroes’

Rock n’ roll meets teen pop. Gen X meets Gen Z. Black, white and red meets purple. Worlds definitely collided when Olivia Rodrigo at last met her de ella hero Jack White, a joining of two of music’s biggest names that ended with both musicians taking to Instagram to praise one another Tuesday (May 10). […]

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Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 Field is a big refresh with a big price tag

Teenage Engineering (TE) has unveiled the successor to its popular OP-1 portable synth sampler, the $2,000 OP-1 Field, which it calls “louder, thinner and 100 times better.” That relates to the fact that it has around 100 new features including a new low profile aluminum body, internal FM antenna for both receiving and transmitting and […]

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Naomi Judd Cause of Death: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Naomi Judd, the country music icon who died on April 30 at the age of 75, died of a self-inflicted firearm wound, her daughter, Ashley Judd, disclosed on Thursday morning. Ashley Judd made an appearance on “Good Morning America” to speak with Diane Sawyer about her mother’s death and how the Judd family has been […]