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The Replacements' 'Don't Tell a Soul' Gets the Second Life It Deserves With a New Box Set, 'Dead Man's Pop'

At first glance, a deluxe, four-disc reissue of the second-worst Replacements album might seem like kind of an odd idea — albeit a uniquely Replacements-y one, utterly in keeping with the Minneapolis punk-rock icons’ gift for subverting even the simplest music-industry rituals to the point of needless self-sabotage. Maligned at …

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The First Time: Kal Penn

Kal Penn has been kicking around in Hollywood for a long time — since many years before the 2004 movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle made him famous. As his new NBC sitcom Sunnyside, which he co-created and stars in, makes its debut (September 26th at 9:30 p.m.), …

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Kanye West Delays New Album 'Jesus Is King'

UPDATE (9/27): Kim Kardashian announced on Friday night that Kanye West’s new album will arrive on Sunday following a NYC listening party. “Just a few final tweaks to the mixes,” the rapper’s wife wrote on Instagram. ** Less than a month ago, Kim Kardashian announced, via Twitter, the impending release …

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