PJ Harvey guests on “I’m Sorry for Your Loss,” a new song by her frequent collaborator and producer John Parish. The song pays tribute to Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous, who died by suicide in 2010.Parish produced Sparklehorse’s 2001 album A Wonderful Life. Harvey and Parish sing morose lyrics like “The …
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Last year,Albert Hammond Jr. learned some revelatory news about his childhood. It related to his twin brother, Francis, who died in 1979 after his mother prematurely gave birth to him six month before Albert was born. Hammond had known about that tragedy his entire life, but he didn’t know, as …
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Keith Urban will spend most of his summer months on the road, kicking off a 58-date North American tour in mid-June. Appropriately, his newest single – the processed, pop-inspired “Coming Home” – shines a light on the revitalizing process of heading back to a place you reluctantly left. “I gotta …
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Josh Homme and a severed green hand flipping the bird leads his Queens of the Stone Age through any number of kitschy frights in the animated video for “Head Like a Haunted House,” a track off last year’s Villains. Over the course of the song’s three minutes, skeletons, monsters and …
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The titular duo from Rick and Morty embark on a trademark inter-dimensional adventure – with a Quentin Tarantino-style twist – in Run the Jewels‘ new animated video for “Oh Mama.” The clip promotes the rap duo’s appearance at the first-ever Adult Swim Festival, scheduled for October 6th and 7th at …
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Meek Mill was arrested on January 24th, 2007 – one day after a member of Philadelphia’s Narcotics Field Unit (NFU) claimed to see the rapper selling crack to an informant. According to three of Meek’s cousins, who shared a house with the emcee, the arrest was horrifically violent. “When I …
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Update: Paul Simon announced his final show will take place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York in September.“It seems more like fate than coincidence that I should do the final show on this final tour at Flushing Meadows Corona Park,” Simon said in a statement. “I could …
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Anyone who’s seen Jason Isbell live with his band, the 400 Unit, has likely taken notice of guitarist Sadler Vaden’s effortless command of his instrument, as he peppers the songs with tasteful but thrilling solos and unique voicings that tell their own lyrical tale. But Vaden’s a prolific solo artist, …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic not only kicked off his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour last week, but he also released “Hamilton Polka,” which somehow manages to cram all of Hamilton into a five-minute polka extravaganza. The incredible song was commissioned by “Weird Al” super fan Lin-Manuel Miranda as the newest chapter …
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Lana Del Rey released a faithful cover of Madonna‘s piano ballad “You Must Love Me” on Monday. The song originally appeared on the Evita soundtrack in 1996. “You Must Love Me,” penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, was a top 20 hit in the U.S. in 1996, selling …
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