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There are few music scenes in the American underground that are as iconic nor as recognizable as Seattle’s, and while the Emerald City has been falling short of the success that its west coast counterparts have been enjoying lately, it’s presenting audiences with quite the interesting new sound in Pretty Awkward’s “Misfits” this August. Not
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It was revealed earlier this month that Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo co-founder and composer of numerous films and TV shows, had tested positive for COVID-19 in early June. He opened up about being hospitalized, the hallucinatory symptoms he experienced, and nearly dying in a new interview with The Los Angeles Times’ Randall Roberts published today (August
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Adele‘s new look has people divided. On Sunday, Aug. 30, the artist shared an Instagram post lamenting the cancellation of Notting Hill’s Carnival, an annual event celebrating Caribbean and Black communities in the United Kingdom. She captioned the photo, “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London.” In the picture, presumably taken at last year’s
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The Weeknd has won Video of the Year during tonight’s 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. His visual for “Blinding Lights,” directed by Anton Tammi, beat out videos from Billie Eilish (“everything I wanted”), Eminem and Juice WRLD (“Godzilla”), Taylor Swift (“The Man”), Future and Drake (“Life is Good”), and Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande (“Rain
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The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will take place tonight (August 30) in Brooklyn, New York. The broadcast and live stream of the main ceremony are set to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) on MTV and MTV.com, as well as the MTV mobile apps for iOS/Android. (ViacomCBS networks such as BET, Comedy
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The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards are broadcasting live tonight, August 30 from various locations around New York City. Below, check out a list of all of tonight’s award winners. Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga were this year’s most-nominated artists. They’re set to debut the live performance of Chromatica’s “Rain on Me” at the ceremony,
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Billie Eilish is total BFF material, even though it’s hard to imagine yourself casually hanging out with such an iconic musician. With more than 15 billion combined streams worldwide, a chart-topping debut album, five Grammy Awards—all garnered in the same year, making her the first woman and second person ever to win the “big four” categories at
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Megan Thee Stallion performed a virtual concert tonight (August 29), a production facilitated by Live Nation and with creative direction by choreographer Jaquel Knight, who worked on Beyoncé’s Coachella performances. See the full set list below. Calling the livestream her “first day back,” the rapper performed an energetic hour-long set that covered her catalog and
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The estate of Leonard Cohen is “exploring” its legal options after his song “Hallelujah” was featured twice at the Republican National Convention Thursday night. Both the estate and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have confirmed to Pitchfork that the use was not authorized. Following Donald Trump’s acceptance speech for the Republican nomination, a recording of the song
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Chadwick Boseman, the American actor best known for his role as King T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther, has died after a protracted battle with colon cancer, the Associated Press reports. Despite being diagnosed four years ago, Boseman’s illness had not been made public. He was 43 years old. Boseman’s career had been defined by portraying
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Hollywood is in mourning over the death of Chadwick Boseman. The actor died at the age of 43 on Friday following a private battle with colon cancer.  “It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman,” a statement posted to his official social media accounts read.  According to the post, Boseman was diagnosed with stage
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While I had never heard of her music before picking up my copy of her new single “Hurt Me,” I knew there was something special about Taylor Colson’s brand of melodicism upon the first time I listened to this latest release. Affectionate in spirit but entirely jarring in its poetic construction, “Hurt Me” rues over
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