After dropping various hints on social media in recent weeks, Madonna has unveiled the teaser for her latest project Madame X. In a 90-second video that features snippets of new music, the singer dons numerous costumes and identities while she explains the concept behind her next album. “I decided to …
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The memorial began nearly an hour late, which may have been an inadvertent blessing. It was scheduled to begin at 10am, but a half-hour later, hundreds of people holding their free tickets for the service were still patiently pooling towards the security gates outside the Staples Center, where the city’s …
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Earlier this month, Sara Bareilles released her sixth album, Amidst the Chaos. The singer-songwriter’s career has changed drastically in the last few years, as a hit Broadway show and an Emmy-nominated turn as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert have helped her move beyond pop. Songs like …
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Yeasayer will release their fifth album, Erotic Reruns, on June 7th via their own Yeasayer Records. The experimental Brooklyn trio previewed the LP with two new songs: the funky “Fluttering in the Floodlights” and dreamy “Let Me Listen in on You.” On the former, the band cooks up a heady …
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Nick Lowe traverses fleeting love and ensuing loneliness with a dose of wry observation on new song “Trombone.” Backed by Los Straitjackets, the Sixties brass pop-infused cut will appear on Lowe’s forthcoming Starvation/Trombone EP, which will be released on May 17th via Yep Roc. While Lowe cleverly plays into the …
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Attorney General William Barr is testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Though the testimony will focus on the Department of Justice budget, Democrats on the committee are expected to hammer Barr over his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia. The …
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“I live on quite a murdery street, so I don’t want you to hear me getting murdered,” says Emerald Fennell over the phone as she fumbles with her keys outside the gate of her L.A. home. Then she reconsiders: Her untimely, violent death might make for a good story. “The …
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Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny has dropped the new video for “La Romana,” co-starring Dominican dembow artist El Alfa. The bachata-trap party number is the latest single off Bad Bunny’s 2018 album, X 100PRE. “¡Pasame la hookah!” sings Bunny, aptly sporting a “Free the hookah” shirt in his brand …
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Jimmy Fallon enlisted Kit Harington to help out in a lively game of “Game of Thrones or Ikea?” on The Tonight Show on Thursday. Audience members were given photos of GoT characters and presented with four possible names – one was their actual name, and the other were names of the Swedish …
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James Blake and Rosalía find themselves on a collision course in the new video for their recent collaboration, “Barefoot in the Park.” Directed by Diana Kunst and Mau Morgó, the clip opens with a jarring shot of a boy and a girl standing in front of a fiery car crash. …
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