Don’t worry, you don’t have to hear Rami Malek sing. Instead, the soundtrack to the film, which stars the Mr. Robot actor as Freddie Mercury, is mostly a compilation of original versions of the band’s greatest hits, from “Somebody to Love” to “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “Another One Bites the Dust.” …
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Stars are born every minute, and if you’re theA Star Is Bornfranchise, you’re born roughly every 20-40 years with a different icon at the center. This time around, it’s Lady Gaga, who is already a pop chameleon having lived seemingly a thousand different lives in the 10 years since she …
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On his first solo project since 2013, Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnaldsadds a new element – robots! – to his mix of post-minimalist repetition, indie swoon, film score frisson and ambient drifts.Re: Memberis a conversation between Arnaldsand algorithms, the programmed and the human, his own intentions and new inspirations, composed with …
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More than three decades have passed since Matthew Sweet broke out of Athens, Georgia with pining alt-rock songs about bad romances. Judging from his 13th LP, he still appears to be most comfortable writing about shitty, unworkable relationships (even though he’s settled down and married). There’s the lovers he’s unable …
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