Perry Farrell — the frontman for Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros and Satellite Party — has announced Perry Farrell: The Glitz; The Glamour, a nine-vinyl box set that will take a retrospective look at Farrell’s prolific 35-year-long career. The box set’s 68 tracks cover rarities and early recordings of Farrell’s, …
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Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon joked about President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump’s ethically dubious decision to essentially post sponsored content for Goya Foods after the company’s president, Robert Unanue, praised Trump last week. Unanue’s comments prompted some liberals to call for a boycott of the company’s products, …
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Beastie Boys, Queen, and Bob Marley will each be the focus of their own limited-run channels on SiriusXM, which will also bring back a Prince channel dedicated to the “Purple Rain” singer. Michael Jackson and Coldplay will receive weeklong tribute channels starting Wednesday, July 15th, the satellite-radio service announced Wednesday. …
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If you want to truly understand just how monumental, how transformative it is that the NFL’s Washington football team on Monday officially dumped its racist nickname, the Redskins, we need to briefly go back in time to the year 1961. The owner of the organization, George Preston Marshall, had refused …
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When Donald Trump announced that he was running for president in June of 2015, he made it extremely clear what he thought about immigration and, in particular, Mexican immigrants. But if you tuned into Fox News on Friday, you would have witnessed a gaslighting for the ages. Related: 2015: The …
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Fifty-nine years ago, soft-voiced singer and ace songwriter Bill Anderson whispered his way into Grand Ole Opry membership, where he’s been a mainstay ever since. “Whisperin’” Bill’s vocal style remains subdued in the present but his legendary gift for songwriting, which first garnered attention in 1958 with Ray Price’s rendition …
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FKA Twigs has released a new short film, “We Are the Womxn,” which was filmed last year at AfroPunk Atlanta and the city’s historic black club, Blue Flame. Directed by Ivar Wigan, the film boasts a grainy feel — as if it was shot on slightly older camera equipment — …
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Phoebe Bridgers will celebrate her album Punisher on a new Twitch livestream series, Released!, airing on Sunday, July 12th. The series is a collaboration between Beats by Dre and IHEARTCOMIX and is hosted by comedian Zack Fox. Described as “an interactive live performance narrative adventure,” it combines music, animation, internet …
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U2‘s only definitive plans at the moment involve overseeing their SiriusXM channel U2 X-Radio, which launched just last week. But when we spoke to the Edge and Adam Clayton about the channel, they informed us that a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1991 LP Achtung Baby and the …
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The Dalai Lama will mark his 85th birthday Monday, July 6th, with not only the release of his debut album, Inner World, but a special livestream event starting at 1 p.m. ET. Per a press release, the livestream program will feature an appearance from Richard Gere, a long-time student and …
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