Ben Folds attempts to capture this nonstop moment in history on his new piano ballad “2020.” “We seem to be currently reliving and cramming a number of historically tumultuous years into one,” Folds said of the new single in a statement. “For a moment it was all about the 1918 …
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Crickets — a new band featuring members of Le Tigre and Faith No More — have released a thumping new reprisal of toxic masculinity, “Elastic,” set to appear on their upcoming self-titled debut album, out July 17th via Muddguts. The track is centered around a steady dance groove cut with …
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FXX’s Dave, a semi-autobiographical comedy co-created by and starring Dave Burd, a.k.a. rapper Lil Dicky, has been one of this year’s best shows. Much of the series leans into Burd’s rap persona as the guy with the malfunctioning genitals — the result of a condition called hypospadias, which the fictionalized …
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Apple TV+ offered a dramatic first glimpse at Foundation, the company’s original sci-fi drama series based on the influential Isaac Asimov novels of the same name. In a new teaser trailer, which premiered Monday at Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference, show runner and executive producer David S. Goyer traces the …
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Filmmaker and rapper Boots Riley and activist Angela Davis delivered speeches at a Juneteenth march in Oakland, California. Related: Photos of the Juneteenth March in Oakland “We’re at a momentous point in history right now. We’ve been taught to look up to the Civil Rights Movement, for instance… The March …
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In a way, there are two Deerhoofs: the killer rock band and the anything-goes experimental collective. For around 25 years, they’ve been churning out albums full of skewed yet tuneful songs (see the great new Future Teenage Cave Artists). Alongside that, together and separately, the members have joined forces with …
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Phoebe Bridgers has released her new albumPunisher ahead of schedule, and is encouraging fans to donate to organizations geared toward racial justice in order to listen to the LP. “I’m not pushing the record until things go back to ‘normal’ because I don’t think they should,” Bridgers wrote on Twitter. …
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Haim are the latest band to perform for NPR‘s Tiny Desk concert series from home. The sisters tuned in remotely from their separate Los Angeles abodes to play three tracks from Women in Music Pt. III, their upcoming third album. Leading off with “The Steps,” Haim jammed out on guitar, bass …
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In Todd Snider’s mind, the most unusual aspect of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires’ wedding in 2013 wasn’t that Snider was asked to marry them or that he wasn’t legally ordained to do so until that day. It was what Snider was asked to recite: “Prayer,” an obscure song by …
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Neil Peart’s voice can be heard narrating a new eight-minute inspirational short film, released five months after his death in January 2020. The late Rush drummer and lyricist collaborated with DW Drums for the clip, titled Growth Rings, which ismeant to celebrate “the way in which music marks moments in …
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