The next step in Trump’s never-ending quest to undo Obama era reforms comes in the form of changing housing discrimination regulations to make it more difficult for civil rights groups to prove discrimination while also giving defendants new ways to refute those claims. Politico first reported the proposed changes, obtaining …
Read More »Hear Thom Yorke's 'Not the News Rmx' Remix EP
Thom Yorke has dropped a new EP featuring remixes of hisANIMA track “Not the News.” The four-song collection, titled Not the News Rmx, includes versions of the track by Mark Pritchard, Equiknoxx and Clark, as well as an “Extendo Mix.” The Equiknoxx, an ambient rendition of the track, also features …
Read More »Winners and Losers on Night 2 of the Second Democratic Debates
The second night of the Democratic primary debates in Michigan paid off with a genuine fight night, featuring Joe Biden against all comers. For more than three hours Wednesday night at the Fox Theater in Detroit, Democratic rivals took jabs at the former vice president, seeking to portray the the …
Read More »See the Highwomen Sing 'Redesigning Women,' 'Crowded Table' on 'Fallon'
The Highwomen‘s debut album isn’t out until September 6th, but the country supergroup has been seemingly everywhere since first releasing the LP’s lead single “Redesigning Women” earlier this month. On Tuesday night, the four women — Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby, and Maren Morris — performed the song on …
Read More »Trigger Hippy Return With Uplifting New Song 'Don't Wanna Bring You Down'
When Trigger Hippy released their debut album in 2014, the group was more like a loose collective than a cemented band. Chalk that up to the numerous other projects of its members at the time, including co-founders Steve Gorman and Nick Govrik, and Joan Osborne and guitarist Jackie Greene. While …
Read More »Newport Folk Festival 2019: 10 Best Things We Saw
In the 60 years since its inception, the Newport Folk Festival has undergone many a shape shift. But this year the fest’s star-spangled lineup, one of its most diverse in recent memory and the most gender-balanced ever, did full justice to the plurality and collective spirit of the folk tradition. …
Read More »See H.E.R. Celebrate Her Whirlwind Year in '21' Video
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter H.E.R. released a new song and music video titled “21” on Friday. The video features footage from H.E.R.‘s 21st birthday party and from her life on the road as a touring artist, celebrating all that she’s accomplished in the past year as a rising star in R&B. “I …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Charged With Assault in Sweden
A$AP Rocky was charged with assault for allegedly throwing a man across a street during an altercation in Stockholm, Sweden late last month, the Swedish Prosecution Authority announced Thursday. The rapper has been charged along with two other individuals. “I have today commenced criminal proceedings against the three individuals suspected …
Read More »Jawbreaker Documentary 'Don't Break Down' to Get Wide Release
Jawbreaker, the influential post-hardcore band who notched the Number Four album on Rolling Stone’s 40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time with 1995’s Dear You, are now the subject of a documentary that is finally getting a wide release. Filmmakers first teased the picture, Don’t Break Down, two years ago …
Read More »Dr. John: The Joy and Mystery of a New Orleans Saint
Listen an audio version of this story below: Robbie Robertson has seen a lot in six decades of rock & roll, but nothing quite like what happened at the Toronto Pop Festival in 1969. He and the Band were on a bill that included the New Orleans studio musician and …
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