Royal Trux announced their first album in 19 years, White Stuff, out March 1st via Fat Possum. The alt-rock duo previewed the LP with its ragged title-track, a barrage of garage-rock distortion, stomping drums, woozy slide-guitar and echoing tandem vocals. Throughout the swaggering cut, Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty celebrate …
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On Sunday night,January 6th, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Andy Samberg and Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh will host76th Golden Globes Awards. The telecast will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton on NBC at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, airing live on both coasts. For television-less viewers that have a cable login, the …
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When Spotify went public last year, its biggest hurdle was convincing investors that its free tier — supported by advertisements, delivering music to millions at no cost and draining heaps of money from the Swedish music-streaming service — was crucial to its business. Free users, Spotify said to both Wall …
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Bad news for anyone who had hopes of enjoying a few rancor-free months of 2019 before the presidential-election insanity begins. Not only is the race fully on, we’re already in our third or fourth toxic electoral narrative — the most recent involving that most infamous campaign cliché, “electability.” The target …
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Comedy legend Carol Burnett will receive a unique honor, an award named after her, at next year’s Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which throws the gala, has announced that it has created a new special achievement trophy, the Carol Burnett Award, which is meant to honor the “highest …
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Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus announced a headlining 2019 U.S. tour launching February 1st in Durham, North Carolina and wrapping March 22nd in Washington D.C. Tickets for the U.S. dates go on sale Friday, December 14th. Following the jaunt, the indie-rock singer-songwriter will perform May festival slots at Atlanta, Georgia’s Shaky Knees …
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A month to the day after firing Jeff Sessions, President Trump has announced his pick for U.S. attorney general. “I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating The Honorable William P. Barr for the position of Attorney General of the United States,” he tweeted Friday morning. “As the …
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List to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus Sounds like: An emotionally fragile pop banger Perfect for: Crying on the dance floor She’s a little bit country, he’s a little bit disco. Mark Ronson recruited Miley Cyrus for the first …
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Suburban mother Holly Burns (Julia Roberts) cautiously welcomes her 19-year-son Ben (Lucas Hedges) home for the holidays. Why the hesitation? The young man has gone AWOL from rehab. Mom may be mollified by her son’s vow to return to treatment the day after Christmas. But will he keep his promise? …
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Voters in Oregon could decriminalize “magic mushrooms” in 2020, joining California and Denver, Colorado in their efforts to make the psychedelic fungus more easily available for medicinal research and treatment. Currently, psychedelic mushrooms, which contain the active compound psilocybin, are classified as a Schedule I drug by the FDA, the …
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