On Thursday morning, Kanye West made an appearance atFader magazine’s offices. For a rapper with an album coming out in a few days, that’s not that surprising. His outfit — pairing a Make America Great Again hat with a Colin Kaepernick sweater — is, actually, not all that surprising either, …
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Marshmello captures the unbreakable bond between a girl and her dog in the tear-jerking new video for “Happier,” the producer’s new single featuring Bastille. Miranda Cosgrove portrays a young woman who is gifted a golden retriever named Mello for her birthday. As Cosgrove’s character grows older and faces hardships, Mello …
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Jeff Tweedy just announced he will be putting out a solo album, WARM,onNovember 30th, and released a new video for his jangly new song “Some Birds.” The video raises questions about Tweedy’s hair, and whether he’s wearing a wig or if he really did cut his hair. But the album …
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Lil Peep and XXXTentacion’s “Falling Down” — which came out on Wednesday — is a controversial, convoluted and potentially cathartic release, depending on your vantage point. The song is the first collaboration between two rappers both passed away young, and never worked together while they were alive. The John Cunningham-produced …
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Listen to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. Silk City & Dua Lipa, “Electricity” Diplo and Mark Ronson are DJ-producers behind some huge pop hits. Together, they’re the superduo Silk City. For their latest single,”Electricity,” the pair partnered with the pop star Dua Lipa. Her soulful vocals meet with the …
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UPDATE: J. Cole has announced a rescheduled date of April 6th for his previously canceled Dreamville Festival, per Variety. *** J. Cole has been forced to cancel his inaugural Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence in the region. “Due to safety concerns …
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Mac Miller, the 26-year-old rapper known for his canny wordplay and artistic reinvention, died Friday at his Los Angeles home. The apparent cause of death was a drug overdose. “Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26,” his family …
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R.E.M. collected rare and unreleased live and studio material for the massive R.E.M. at the BBC box set, out October 19th via Craft Recordings. The career-spanning set, assembled from the BBC and band archives, will be available in several formats: digital, 2-CD, 2-LP and a Super Deluxe 8-CD/1-DVD box set. …
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Ari Lennox, the lone R&B singer signed to rapper J. Cole’s Dreamville Records, struggles to stop reminiscing about her ex in the new video for “Whipped Cream.” “Whipped Cream” is built around a wonderfully slowed sample of “Two of Us,” a luscious, falsetto-smeared record from the funk group Cameo. On …
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When it comes to improvised music, there’s something about duets with drummers. Ever since the 1974 release of John Coltrane’slandmark Interstellar Space session, on which the saxophonist was joined only by drummer Rashied Ali, countless musicians — from fellow saxists to trumpeters, pianists, guitarists and even double-bassists — have squared …
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