The Kinks’ quaint, baroque commercial bomb gets its due in a comprehensive box set that features every single track the band could dig up from the period: the album in stereo and mono (go with the mono), non-LP singles, outtakes, demos, BBC recordings, vintage interviews. The album was Ray Davies’ …
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Red Hot Chili Peppers put on an impromptu concert for students at Viewpoint School in Calabasas, California. Dressed for Halloween, the band gave an energetic morning performance at the school that drummer Chad Smith’s kids attend. “Who rocks out at 9:30am at my kids’ school?,” Smith tweeted after their set. …
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Tim Heidecker mocks the MAGA-loving, “involuntarily celibate” Trump supporter in the comedian’s new song “Ballad of the Incel Man.” “Wear my ‘Hillary for Prison’ shirt/ Like a good boy should,” Heidecker’s rally attendee sings. “Got my picture of Obama/ Which we’ll burn in effigy/ And I hope I find a …
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Michael Moore issued a statement Friday after a photo of his face with a crosshairs superimposed over it was seen on the van allegedly owned by the man arrested in connection to a wave of mail bombs. “The accused bomber plastered a picture of me on the side of his …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mandy Gonzalez passionately duet “Cielito Lindo” in a new preview video for charity album, Singing You Home – Children’s Songs for Family Reunification. The bilingual LP will benefit organizations helping to reunite and support families separated at the border. In the clip, the pair are seen in …
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When Jason Isbell asks if he’s the “last of my kind” in his wistful song of the same name, it’s hard not to wonder if the answer is “yes.” It was particularly resonant when he played The Nashville Sound track mid-set on Wednesday night, during the third show of his …
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T.I. discussed the inspiration behind and the collaborations that comprise his 10th studio album, Dime Trap, in a new behind-the-scenes documentary. T.I. released Dime Trap in October, marking his first full-length effort since 2014’s Paperwork. In the 10-minute doc, the rapper said he took his time with the new record …
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Cardi B shares a few of her favorite things on her new song, “Money.” The track marks the rapper’s first solo offering since the release of her acclaimed debut, Invasion of Privacy. “Money” boasts a stomping yet simple beat built around spitfire trap drums and stark piano strikes. Cardi rides …
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Tom Hanks’ chosen line of work, of course, is acting. Here’s how he started: On a family car trip, young Tom heard a bird, and announced that fact by adopting a Shakespearean delivery and saying, “Hark, a mourning dove!” It got a laugh, as he hoped. So he spent the …
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President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and so-called “fixer” Michael Cohen had some advice for the American electorate on Friday, telling CNN, “Listen, here’s my recommendation. Grab your family, grab your friends, grab your neighbors, and get to the polls, because if not, you are going to have another two or another …
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