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Alena Spanger, the Brooklyn singer-songwriter who used to lead the avant-rock band Tiny Hazard, has a new single out called ‘Steady Song’. It’s set to appear on her solo debut Fire Escape, which is out on Friday and includes the previously released tracks ‘All That I Wanted’, ‘Difficult People’, and ‘Agios’. Take a listen below.
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Writer-director Rose Glass is proving herself to be one of the most exciting and vibrant voices in genre filmmaking. After flipping the conventions of horror in Saint Maud, she sets her sights on the erotic crime thrillers of the 1980s with Love Lies Bleeding. With her sophomore effort she brings forth a spirited and guttural
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At a fellowship where Australian-born Malaysian Girl, a scholar on Sylvia Plath, is ferried to Scotland to write a postcolonial novel and a dissertation, she has trouble doing either. Followed by memories of her parents growing up and their tough love, Girl feels like examining Plath’s work isn’t true to her, and starts a novel
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Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese engineer who invented the karaoke machine in 1967, has died aged 100, The Wall Street Journal reports. Negishi’s daughter Atsumi Takano told WSJ journalist Matt Alt that Negishi passed away last month, on January 26, of natural causes after suffering from a fall. Alt, who had previously interviewed the inventor for
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Dua Lipa has officially announced her new album. The follow-up to 2020’s Future Nostalgia is called Radical Optimism, and it’s out May 3. It includes the previously released singles ‘Houdini’ and ‘Training Season’. Check out the cover artwork and tracklist below. “A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the term Radical Optimism,” Lipa said
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In the world of iGaming, social casinos and sweepstake casinos offer unique experiences for players seeking an alternative form of casino entertainment. While social and sweepstake casinos share some similarities, such as giving you access to casino-style games and the use of virtual currency for gameplay, there’s several key differentiators too. That’s what we’re here
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Kim Gordon didn’t invent SoundCloud rap, but she sounds like she just sort of stumbled onto a whole new sound. The Collective, the former Sonic Youth bassist’s second solo record, carries the fearlessly innovative spirit that has marked her nearly 50-year career, and though she knew early on she wanted it to be beat-driven, how much
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The 23-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Mei Semones has released a new single, ‘Tegami’. Check it out along with a live version of the track below. “‘Tegami’ was my first time experimenting with Bossa Nova style music in odd meters,” Semones explained in a statement. “It’s a love song. My partner likes to write me
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