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Amen Dunes (a.k.a. Damon McMahon) has released a remix to his song “L.A.” featuring British singer-songwriter Westerman. McMahon remixed the closing track from his 2018 Sacred Bones LP Freedom with the Grammy-winning engineer Craig Silvey, trading verses and harmonizing with the “Easy Money” singer. Listen to the track below. Amen Dunes recently played the 2019
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Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and Geologist have released the sprawling new composition ”Summer Blaze.” The nearly 25-minute long track serves as side A of the New Psycho Actives Vol. 2 single. Listen to the track below. The record serves as a sequel of sorts to the 2015 split New Psycho Actives Vol. 1 , which
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In June, a New York Times investigation made the previously unknown revelation that a 2008 Universal Studios Hollywood fire destroyed a massive quantity of master tapes by a number of iconic artists across popular music history. Courtney Love and Hole joined Soundgarden, Steve Earle, and the estates of Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty to sue
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King Kong, Pretty Woman: The Musical and The Cher Show took their final bows on Broadway last week, all three bucking a late summer downward box office trend with some last-chance ticket-buyers. In general, though, Broadway box office was down about 5% from the previous week, with one fewer show on the roster and a
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A new documentary about indie rock collective the Elephant 6 Recording Co. has been released…but it is only available on VHS, as the Outline reports. A Future History Of: The Elephant 6 Recording Co chronicles two decades of the community that incubated bands such as Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples in Stereo, and
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Hiram Garcia Dwayne Johnson is a married man.  “The Rock” tied the knot with his longtime love Lauren Hashian on Sunday. The 47-year-old actor announced the news via Instagram on Monday. “We do,” he captioned the sweet snapshots. “August 18th, 2019. Hawaii. PōmaikaÊ»i (blessed) @laurenhashianofficial.” The bride wore an open-back, Chantilly lace sheath gown by Mira
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The National will release a new concert film and EP this Friday, August 23. The National: I Am Easy To Find, Live From New York’s Beacon Theatre will be available to watch via Amazon Prime Video, and the companion EP arrives via Amazon Music. “We all got really emotionally attached to the whole thing, the
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A healing experience. On Sunday’s all-new Revenge Body With Khloe Kardashian, 22-year-old Alexandria was all geared up to change her life after cheating boyfriend Fernando left her feeling insecure. Apparently, as the new participant told Khloe Kardashian, her beau slept with someone that resembled Kendall Jenner. “When I found out that my boyfriend had cheated
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On today’s episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis,” Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig welcomed special guest Mark Foster—frontman of Foster the People. Foster made headlines recently after he shared conspiracy theories on the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Foster has written a series of tweets on the subject in the past week, often accompanied by
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Mum’s the word! On Saturday, a week after Miley Cyrusand fellow newly single star Kaitlynn Carter raised eyebrows when they were photographed kissing in Italy, the two were spotted out to lunch with the singer’s mother, Tish Cyrus, back in L.A. The three were photographed outside the Soho House restaurant in West Hollywood. All three dressed casually. Miley, 26, wore a white crop
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Juicy J and DJ Paul have announced a series of Three 6 Mafia reunion shows. After performances at One Musicfest in Atlanta and the Loud Records 25th Anniversary show, they’ll headline a concert just outside of their hometown of Memphis on October 12 at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi. DMX and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will
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Brazilian samba icon Elza Soares has shared a brand new song. It’s called “Libertação,” and it features fellow Brazilian vocalist Virgínia Rodrigues. Check it out below. [embedded content] Now 82, Soares has released nearly three dozen albums across her career, which has spanned for nearly 70 years. Her most recent addition is Deus É Mulher—“God
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Instagram Today’s social media update from Chrissy Teigen: “It’s so big it’s shiny and hard like glass.” No, the supermodel isn’t talking about her newest eyewear collab with Quay Australia. Instead, she’s sharing the details of her enlarged lips, which ballooned and became swollen after she got a crazy reaction due to altitude sickness. “very upset and saddened
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BACKGRID It looks like things are heating up even further between Brody Jenner and Josie Canseco following his split from Kaitlynn Carter. The 35-year-old star of The Hills: New Beginnings and the 22-year-old Victoria’s Secret model and former Playboy Playmate, daughter of retired baseball star Jose Canseco, were seen showing some PDA while out in Los Angeles on Friday night. She supported him at his
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August warmth is a harbinger for the fall theatrical season, which is already revving into gear. Magnolia Pictures’ Cold Case Hammarskjöld continues recent non-fiction theatrical debuts that are eyeing awards season. Cold Case won the Best Director prize in the World Documentary section at Sundance in January. Sony Pictures Classics is opening doc Aquarela in
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The New York State Department of Labor has begun an investigation into labor practices at Sofar Sounds—a music events company that offers “intimate” concerts in spaces like houses, stores, and other non-traditional venues for music performance. The news was first reported in a recent feature on the Talkhouse written by John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions).
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