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Oakland rapper G-Eazy has really been in the mood for covers lately. Last month, he sang the Beatles’ “I’m So Tired” and recruited Ashley Benson for a duet version of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Now, he’s got two more. Below, hear G-Eazy cover “VCR” (from the xx’s iconic 2009 debut xx) and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All
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Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new concert film, Playing the Piano for the Isolated. It features Hidejiro Honjoh, a renowned musician known for his mastery of the three-stringed shamisen, a traditional Japanese instrument. The concert, originally recorded in Tokyo in April, features the composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder performing songs from throughout his career,
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It’s been five years since we said goodbye to the ’60s. The ’60s of Mad Men, that is. On May 17, 2015, the landmark AMC drama from creator Matthew Weiner, which provided an incisive look at life in America in the turbulent 1960s through the lens of the Sterling Cooper ad agency and its many
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Timothée Chalamet is paying tribute teachers! On Saturday night, the actor took part in Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020. The event was curated by LeBron James in collaboration with high school students and educators across the United States.  Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, stars are taking the time to honor graduates. On Saturday evening, Chalamet joined
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Independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton has died, as Variety reports. The influential film and television director, who helmed films like Humpday and Sword of Trust in addition to episodes of Little Fires Everywhere, GLOW, Mad Men, and more, passed away from a blood disorder. She was 54 years old. After getting her start in the industry
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Damon Albarn has announced he will perform music from his new project The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows on a livestream as part of Boiler Room’s ongoing “Streaming From Isolation” series. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman was set to take this new project on tour with “orchestral instrumentation,
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Live Nation has furloughed 20% of its workforce, according to Billboard. Approximately 2,100 of its 10,500 employees have reportedly been furloughed as the result of the decision, which comes at a moment when the live concert industry faces a serious economic downturn due to thousands of canceled tours and festivals worldwide. When reached for comment,
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Mike and Zara Tindall have not been taking the COVID-19 lockdown sitting down. Oh, they’re following all the advisories and practicing social distancing, but the athletic couple are spending tons of time outdoors (living on a 730-acre estate helps) and after being nominated by Princess Eugenie, they completed the Run for Heroes challenge—run 5 kilometers
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Adult Swim has announced a new livestream show, the Class of 2020 Commencement Speaker Series. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, “through graduation season,” the comedy outlet will host a new personality or artist to deliver a communal commencement address. “Our featured speakers will avoid the insulting simplicity of year-end platitudes and instead provide refreshing insight
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Prince and the Revolution’s 1985 concert film Live was uploaded to YouTube today. The stream raised money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. And then, the film’s oft-bootlegged soundtrack got its first-ever official release. It’s available on all streaming services now. Listen and watch the film below. Live captured Prince and the
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Disney’s Frozen has become Broadway’s first long-running casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and industrywide shutdown. The production, which opened March 22, 2018 at the St. James Theatre, announced today that it will not return when Broadway reopens – whenever that might be. In the closure announcement, producers said the musical will not re-open “as a
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El-P has reissued his debut solo album, 2002’s Fantastic Damage, which is also on streaming services for the first time. It’s the latest installment in Fat Possum’s El-P reissue campaign, which previously featured the rerelease of 2007’s I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead. El-P said of Fantastic Damage: This album is raw and noisy and fucked up and exactly
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MJ, the Michael Jackson stage musical headed for Broadway, will begin previews next March, an eight-month postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. The new dates were announced today by producers Lia Vollack Productions and The Michael Jackson Estate. The world premiere of MJ, featuring Jackson’s music, will begin previews on Monday, March 8, 2021,
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Ohmme, the Chicago duo of Sima Cunningham (who works for the company that helps produce Pitchfork Music Festival) and Macie Stewart, have shared a new song from their upcoming album Fantasize Your Ghost. Listen to “Selling Candy” below, and scroll down for Cunningham’s statement about the song. Fantasize Your Ghost is due out June 5.
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