More than qualifications, more than intelligence, more than a Rolodex filled with Russian oligarchs, President Trump values loyalty. It’s why he’s installed family members into high-profile administration positions, made his buddies ambassadors and put the welfare of military veterans in the hands of Mar-a-Lago members. It’s also why the current …
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A month ago, Terry Allen and Kurt Vile met for the first time at Allen’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, home. Vile had come across Allen’s albums, Juarez and Lubbock (on Everything), and became enamored with the 75-year-old singer-songwriter and conceptual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Since then, the songwriters have become …
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Country and Americana music is well-represented in the glut of Record Store Day releases arriving April 13th. These are the 10 we’re most excited about, from rare live sets to essential best-ofs. Lone Justice, Live at the Palomino 1983 The vaunted Los Angeles cowpunk band rips through 12 originals and …
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Mark Ronson has shared the title track of his upcoming solo album Late Night Feelings, a collection of songs he has referred to as “sad bangers.” The latest song, “Late Night Feelings,” features Lykke Li on vocals and has an airy disco vibe. In the beat-driven pop number, the singer …
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Alternately smarmy and achingly familiar, Little squeezes Big for one more run through the Hollywood grinder. (For starters, Shazam! does it better.) This time it’s the Tom Hanks movie in reverse: Instead of a kid turning into a grown-up, it’s an adult (Regina Hall) who gets zapped into her bullied, …
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New York disco outfit Escort unveiled an expertly detailed and hilariously precise shot-for-shot remake of Journey’s notorious “Separate Ways” video for their new song “Outta My Head.” The track will appear on the band’s upcoming LP, City Life, out April 12th. Released in 1983, the “Separate Ways” video found Journey …
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The spirits company that oversees Bob Dylan‘s Heaven’s Door whiskeys has announced a new home for the songwriter’s signature line — the Heaven’s Door Distillery and Center for the Arts will open in Nashville in the fall of 2020. A multi-use space, the facility will include a distilling operation, a …
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Courtney Barnett explores feelings of alienation and inadequacy on new song “Everybody Here Hates You.” “I feel stupid. I feel useless. I feel insane,” she sings over crunching electric guitars, alternating between speak-singing and swooping bent notes. “I feel toothless. Man, you’re ruthless. Ah, yeah/I go to Loving Hut. I …
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It’s been eight years since the Raconteurs came together for a live performance, and on Saturday night, as part of Third Man Records‘ 10-year anniversary party, Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keelerreunited to kick off their forthcoming LP, Help Us Stranger, with a tight set of songs …
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Few people have been through more wild ups and downs in life than David Crosby. The legendary Byrds/CSNY singer/songwriter has survived five months in a Texas prison, drug and alcohol addiction, the sudden death of his girlfriend, a liver transplant, bitter breakups of his iconic bands, severe financial hardship and …
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