Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, released a passionate, timely new video for “What We Want,” the title track to his 2019 EP. Directed by Ayana Stafford-Morris and produced by Udi Aloni, the clip features Baraka onstage at Newark Symphony Hall, accompanied by a bongo drummer. He sends his …
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Six Atlanta police officers have been charged with using excessive force after dragging two college students out of a car, bashing in the vehicle’s windows and using a stun gun during an arrest Saturday night. The incident happened during widespread protests against police brutality following the death of George Floyd. …
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In these pandemic days, everyone is pining for a long-awaited reunion with their friends. But the Foxies’ jagged new single “Anti Socialite” makes a convincing case that we’re all better off alone. The first track off the Nashville electro-punk trio’s new EP Growing Up Is Dead, the song finds fuchsia-haired …
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Perry Mason is coming to the streaming age. The popular detective novel character created by Erle Stanley Gardner and made famous by the Fifties and Sixties television series of the same name is getting a new miniseries adaptation by HBO, premiering June 21st. (The series will also be available on HBO …
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After U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald held a press conference on the killing of George Floyd by police, CNN’s Don Lemon blasted President Trump and MacDonald for speaking about the president’s involvement in the case. During the Thursday press conference, MacDonald said the investigation into George Floyd’s death is ongoing and …
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A few years before Roy Thomas Baker gained fame as the producer for some of the greatest albums by Queen and the Cars, he was one of several engineers to work with the ever-prolific Frank Zappa. A new four-disc box set, The Mothers 1970, spotlights some of the work Baker …
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UPDATE 6/9/2020:Primavera Sound have finalized the lineup for their 2021 festival, with new additions including Kim Gordon, Khruangbin, Kurt Vile, Slowthai, Beach Bunny, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Lingua Ignota and more. Tickets purchased for the 2020 festival can still be used for 2021; full festival tickets on sale now, with …
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Bucky Baxter — an ace pedal steel guitarist who played in Bob Dylan‘s band for much of the Nineties on Dylan’s Never Ending Tour — died Monday in Sanibel Island, Florida. He was 65. Baxter’s son, singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter, confirmed his father’s death via Instagram on Tuesday. Born William Baxter …
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Metallica dusted off some deep cuts on their 2014 “By Request Tour,” which allowed fans to curate each setlist through online voting. For the band’s latest installment of their #MetallicaMondays concert series, they’re streaming the full performance from March 20th in Lima, Peru. The free stream begins at 8 p.m. …
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Coriky, the Washington, D.C., band of Ian MacKaye, his Evens bandmate Amy Farina and his Fugazi bandmate Joe Lally, have dropped a new song, “Too Many Husbands.” The track arrives alongside a new release date for the group’s self-titled debut album, now out June 12th via Dischord. “Too Many Husbands” …
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