UPDATE: James Gunn issued a statement following his firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Friday where the director accepted responsibility for his actions. “My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” Gunn said. “I have regretted them …
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2018 has been the year of the sophomore slump. The Handmaid’s Tale, Luke Cage, Westworld, Legion, 13 Reasons Why, Jessica Jones and Sneaky Pete were among the second-year shows to disappoint, frustrate and/or inspire reevaluations of their acclaimed debut seasons. But ironically, it’s also been the year of the sophomore …
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On their debut LP, this fantastic L.A. band envelops singer Natalie Carol’s bracingly afflicted, mountain-vaulting dream-country yodel in scrappy, sprawling guitar poetry. Carol can evoke anyone from Grace Slick to to Neko Case to Florence Welch to Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries, giving the band’s California roots sound a kind …
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Since 2011, Texas-Berlin producer Lotic has been sculpting experimental club music from noise swarms, microscopic samples and mutated bass rumbles, making fans of Björk, Ben Frost and more. 2015’s EPHeteroceteraand short mixtapeAgitationscreated mutating nightmares from, respectively, Penderecki-esque howls of microtonal noise and revvingTransformersgrind. However, with the release of their first …
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If impossibly fabulous stunts are all that you want out a summer movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout would be a dream come true for action junkies. Hell, it still is, despite a convoluted plot that makes this mission virtually impossible to follow. At 56, and so not looking it, Tom …
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Kenny Chesney offers up a big-picture ballad about learning to overcome what gets you down in the new song “Better Boat,” the third track revealed from his upcoming Songs for the Saints album. Written by Travis Meadows and Liz Rose and featuring background vocals from “Come to Jesus” singer Mindy …
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On September 7th, CMA Award-winning vocalist Kathy Mattea will release Pretty Bird, her first new album in six years. A sublime acoustic collection including a number of smartly chosen and heartfelt covers, the record marks something of a new era in Mattea’s 30-plus-year career. Over the past several years her …
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Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and drummer Matt Cameron played together for the first time since the death of Chris Cornell last month at a gig in Denmark. They played together as part of a supergroup called MC50, which pays tribute to the Detroit-based rock group MC5, best known for their …
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Meek Mill’s legal battles and subsequent advocacy for sentencing reform has made him a folk hero. Yet even before the “Free Meek Mill” T-shirts, the Philadelphia rapper born Robert Williams earned a reputation for perseverance, whether it was weathering the mockery that ensued after his 2015 rap battle with Drake …
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Panic! At the Disco‘s Brendon Urie has come out as pansexual in a new interview with Paper Magazine. The singer also opened up about longstanding fan rumors about his sexuality and the #MeToo movement. Urie addressed his own sexuality during a discussion about letters from fans who have thanked him …
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