Lana Del Rey broke out earlier this decade by updating the sound of 20th century indie acts like Cocteau Twins and Mazzy Star, but with much of the mystery leeched out. Lately she’s been shapeshifting a bit, and that’s a good thing. There was her cameo on Cat Power’s “Woman,” …
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Weezer recruit “Weird Al” Yankovic and a band of doppelgängers for the video for their surprise hit cover of Toto‘s “Africa.” Yankovic plays a Rivers Cuomo replica in the video, which sees the faux-Weezer performing their version of the 1982 single against the blue backdrop of a television studio, recreating …
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Last year, American Vandal arrived on tiptoe, a barely promoted gift from the Netflix godsthat had fans wondering, “Who drew the dicks?” One easily could have mistaken its mockumentary format for a real investigation into a high school prank that resulted in the wrongful expulsion of class clown Dylan Maxwell …
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It didn’t take long for Kavanaugh apologists to put on their tin foil hats as part of their feverish effort to exonerate Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee. On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post published an opinion piece wondering if Kavanaugh’s accuser,Christine Blasey Ford, is so “mixed up” that she confused …
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On a late summer morning, Heloise Letissier — the 30-year-old pansexual pop phenomenon who’s garnered worldwide renown upending gender norms as Christine and the Queens — sits at an outdoor cafe in Manhattan’s East Village, drinking a glass of water. Though she is French, she neither smokes nor drinks, and …
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UPDATE:A rep for Betts said that the musician’s surgery “was a success.” “The outpouring of support from all over the world has been overwhelming and amazing. We are so appreciative,” the rep said in a statement. “Thank you all so much for your wonderful thoughts and prayers. We will keep …
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Steve Carell attempts to inspire and rescue his drug-addicted teenage son, Timothée Chalamet (Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name), in the latest trailer for Amazon biographical drama Beautiful Boy, out October 12th. The clip opens with Carell’s David Sheff pondering how his son, Chalamet’s Nic Sheff, wound up on …
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Beloved Nashville power-punk band Diarrhea Planet had already booked their farewell shows when Jason Isbell’s camp called offering an item on every Music City musician’s bucket list: a gig at the Ryman. “Being [from] Nashville, if somebody calls you and asks you to play at the Ryman, you can’t really …
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“One fine morning I woke up early to find the fascist at my door,” sings Tom Waits in rough and mournful voice on “Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful),” a song from guitarist Marc Ribot‘s new album Goodbye Beautiful/Songs of Resistance 1942–2018. It’s not hard to see the modern parallel to this …
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Paul Oakenfold likes to boldly DJ where no man has DJ’ed before. In 2003, he became the first person to tote turntables onto the Great Wall of China. Last year, he played a set for the sherpas and mountaineers at Everest Base Camp. And on Thursday night, as the sun …
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