A review of “What Is Jeopardy?,” this week’s Better Things, coming up just as soon as I sing our old camp anthem… Some major circle of life stuff goes down throughout “What Is Jeopardy?” Duke takes a major step on the path to womanhood when she has her first period. …
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Singer Jessy Wilson has released the funky new tune “Clap Your Hands” from her upcoming solo album Phase. The member of Americana duo Muddy Magnolias collaborated on the project, out May 3rd, with Patrick Carney of the Black Keys. Built on a deep, hip-hop-inspired drum groove, “Clap Your Hands” piles …
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Indie rockers Big Thief have released “Cattails,” the second single off their upcoming album U.F.O.F. “Cattails,” a twinkling folk-inspired track, follows the churning lead single “UFOF” and showcases the band’s finger-picking inspirations and yearning songwriting. Lead singer and guitarist Adrianne Lenker said of the song’s recording in a statement, “‘Cattails’ …
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The Raconteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler – have announced their third album. Help Us Stranger will be released via Third Man Records on June 21st. The group’s first new album in more than a decade, the LP follows 2008’s Consolers of the Lonely. Written …
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Jordan Peele is very much the man of the moment in pop culture. His latest movie, Us, is turning out to be as big a phenomenon as his Oscar-winning debut film, Get Out. Both have attracted audiences in droves to original, non-franchise concepts, which the movie industry keeps claiming isn’t …
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Blur reunited for the first time in nearly four years for a surprise gig in East London Friday during Damon Albarn’s annual Africa Express concert. Blur last performed together in November 2015 following the release of The Magic Whip. For the performance, Albarn rejoined his band mates Dave Rowntree, Alex …
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There he is, the ruddy-faced man in repose, the alt-right hero and shaggy boogeyman of the left known as Steve Bannon, drinking some sort of goopy green smoothie. His nephew has prepared it for him, and the former Trumpian campaign advisor/ally/exiled frenemy is making a face. It tastes horrible, but …
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UPDATE: On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he wanted Jussie Smollett to cover the cost – amounting to $130,000 – for the Chicago police department’s investigation into the actor’s claim that he was attacked in a hate crime. “The city feels this is a reasonable and legally justifiable amount …
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Chicago police offered a detailed glimpse into their work on the Jussie Smollett case, releasing 61 pages of records to WGN on Wednesday following a Freedom of Information Act request. The document dump arrives one day after a surprising twist in the case against the Empire actor, with Cook County …
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Stephen Colbert tried to parse the strange new development in the Jussie Smollett case on The Late Show Tuesday. Yesterday, prosecutors in Chicago announced that they were dropping all 16 charges against Smollett, who was accused of orchestrating a hate crime against himself (the Empire actor has repeatedly denied the …
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