One of the wilder musical episodes this writer has heard in 2018 gets going a little more than three minutes into “Bovicidal,” the opening track on a new album by guitarist Brandon Seabrook’s eponymous trio. As double-bassist Henry Fraser sets up a steady pulse, the leader solos over top, moving …
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set. Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each …
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Marianne Faithfull and Nick Cave channel William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on their enchanting new song, “The Gypsy Faerie Queen.” The track will appear on Faithfull’s upcoming album, Negative Capability, out November 2nd via BMG. “The Gypsy Fairie Queen” finds Faithfull singing from the perspective of Puck, the famous …
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Brother Ali will celebrate the 15th anniversary of his acclaimed breakthrough LP, 2003’s Shadows on the Sun, with a U.S. fall tour.The 13-date trek launches November 1st in Washington, D.C. and wraps December 22nd in Denver, Colorado. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 21st at 9 a.m. local time. The …
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5 Seconds of Summer bare their souls, metaphorically via their skeletons, in the new video for “Valentine.” The song appears on their recent chart-topping album, Youngblood. Directed by 5SOS’s Ashton Irwin and photographer Ande DeLuca, the video features the group’s disembodied heads singing their darkly romantic lyrics. The song’s sentiments …
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A group consisting of David Bowie band members – including Bowie’s longtime keyboardist Mike Garson and Diamond Dogs guitarist Earl Slick – will hit the road together this winter under the moniker A Bowie Celebration. A Reality Tour guitarist Gerry Leonard and Serious Moonlight Tour bassist Carmine Rojas will also …
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Less than a month after Aretha Franklin succumbed to pancreatic cancer, her friend Stevie Wonder paid tribute to the Queen of Soul at Friday night’s Stand Up to Cancer telethon. Wonder’s performance can be viewed at the 56-minute mark of the above video. “You know, I believe that if we …
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When Eminem‘s surprise Kamikaze album arrived at midnight on Thursday, one name stood out in the credits: Illadaproducer is credited with production on four tracks, more than anyone other than Eminem himself. The beat-maker, real name Illya Fraser, is partially responsible for three of the first four songs, and his …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda pays tribute to late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy with the new video for “Boom Goes the Cannon…,” the rap duo’s contribution to the Hamildrops series. “I paid homage to Mobb Deep in Hamilton by having Alexander Hamilton quote one of Prodigy’s most immortal lyrics: ‘I’m only 19 but …
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Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon in New York City in December 1980, has been denied parole for the 10th time. On Thursday, a three-person parole board panel rejected his latest bid for parole, Reuters reports. “The panel has determined that your release would be incompatible with …
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