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Fall is in full swing, and even though we may be enjoying fall differently this year, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate the changing of the seasons, whether that means a socially-distanced hike, an autumnal feast or my personal favorite: a festive arrangement of fall flowers.  Go-to flowers for autumn are the ones

My Ugly Clementine, a four-piece rockband out of Vienna, released their latest single ‘I’m Boring — just today. The ear-pleasing single follows up on the band’s well-respected ten track album Vitamin C which received positive reviews and a large influx of streams. ‘I’m Boring’ carries on the band’s voicing of long-hidden truths, this time relationships,

2020 brought us no shortage of quarantine Radiohead covers. So when Irish singer-songwriter Rosie Carney wanted to cover ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and realized how many artists had already done so this year alone, she decided to take on the entire album instead. Following her stunning debut full-length Bare in 2019, as well as April’s i dreamed

In my last conversation with him, I told him, “Do what you got to do, get your stuff together, you and your brother. Now y’all can finally have a bond type of relationship with one another.” My plan was for him and his brother to stop here in Florida and get me. I was going

Taylor Swift is releasing a new album called evermore tonight (December 10). It’s out at midnight Eastern, and it features contributions from Haim, Bon Iver, and the National. In a tweet, Swift described the album as a companion to July’s folklore, and indicated that, as with that album, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff are both

Be warned, this review contains spoilers.   Perhaps it’s not surprising that 1967’s It! is seldom discussed, given the abundance of films that share its title. Factor in its considerable obscurity, and it’s no wonder that so few seem to have watched it. That said, if you can track down a copy, It! is an entertaining and effective horror picture

Jon Hopkins has shared a piano rendition of Thom Yorke‘s ‘Dawn Chorus’. The song originally appeared on the Radiohead frontman’s most recent solo album Anima, which came out last year. Listen to Hopkins’ cover below. “I felt such bliss the first time I heard this piece — it seemed so mysterious and hypnotic, oblique but

Every situation, every episode is different. For the second unit people, I made a style bible where I made a huge document full of GIFs of stuff that I shot and told them: “This is how I like to compose things. This is the kind of humor I like. This is what I think is

Hayley Williams is the latest musician to perform on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Accompanied by a full band, featuring Julien Baker on guitar, singer-songwriter Becca Mancari on keyboards and backing vocals, collaborator Joey Howard on bass, and Aaron Steele on drums, the Paramore singer performed three songs from her debut solo record Petals

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Indie singer-songwriter Katy Kirby has unveiled a new single called ‘Cool Dry Place’. It serves as the title track to her upcoming debut LP, out February 19 via Keeled Scales. Check it out below. “I had a very fun habit of getting involved with someone and then getting cagey once they needed or just wanted me

Julia Jacklin has released a new holiday song called ‘baby jesus is nobody’s baby now’.  It arrives with a visual co-directed by Jacklin and Nick Mckk. Watch it below. “2019 was a pretty rough one for my family,” Jacklin wrote in a statement. “I was touring the whole year carrying a lot of guilt for

During a time of unprecedented isolation, we’ve all found ourselves turning to music for solace. It seems kind of a miracle we got to hear any new music at all in 2020, with artists facing more challenges than ever due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, we thought we’d kick

I’ve been writing a movie with Hunter, which I’m very excited about, so we talk pretty often. And I called her up to get her thoughts on this episode. Several hours later, we were talking and she said something that was based on a poem she had written when she was sixteen about the ocean

Kick-starting a healthy college lifestyle can seem like an uphill battle, especially when junk food is easily accessible. With a tight schedule and less time to spare, many students will opt for such food.  The preparation of this kind of food helps to save time consumed when cooking a meal. Because of such kind of

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Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins

What has the reaction been like, both from people in your life who didn’t know about this and strangers who might be feeling some sort of connection to your story? Obviously there are the inevitable trolls on Twitter, but it’s been really, really positive. My family, it’s been really tough to see themselves on HBO.

HAIM, Feist, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney, Sad13, and more performed in a livestream Cat Stevens tribute concert that took place yesterday (December 5). HAIM offered their take on ‘Hard Headed Woman’, from 1970’s Tea For The Tillerman, while Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney covered ‘But I Might Die Tonight’, Sad13 did ‘Trouble’,

Eminem made a cameo in Saturday Night Live‘s Christmas-themed ‘Stan’ parody, which starred Pete Davidson as a Santa-obsessed man named Stu. As announced, the episode was hosted by Jason Bateman, who played Santa, while Kate McKinnon played ‘Stan’‘s featured vocalist Dido, and Bowen Yang made an appearance as Elton John. Watch the sketch below. Last

Just a few days ago, Kaya Stewart, a rising star in the world of Indie Pop music, revealed her latest six-track EP Miss Kaya. The EP features songs such as ‘California,’ ‘The Thought of You,’ ‘Paper,’ and ‘Why I Wake Up.’ Talking about the song ‘Why I Wake Up,’ Stewart said: ‘Why I Wake Up’

Roberts was drawn to Cresco in large part due to its efforts on the social front. In 2019, the company became the first in the cannabis field to launch a Social Equity & Seed Development (SEED) program aimed at promoting inclusion and diversity in the industry. The effort focused on several areas, including access and

Evanescence have revealed the release date for their first album of new material in almost 10 years. Called The Bitter Truth, it’s set to arrive on March 26, 2021. The band have also shared a new single called ‘Yeah Right’. Check it out below. ‘Yeah Right’ marks the fourth single to be unveiled from the

Just over a year ago, Savannah Brown posted a video on her YouTube channel called ‘forming real human connections? sounds fake but ok’. Currently sitting at nearly half a million views, it’s one of her most popular videos on the platform, where she has an audience of around as many subscribers. Blending the intimacy of

Justin Timberlake has joined Ant Clemons on a new song called ‘Better Days’. The pair originally debuted the track on Thursday (December 3) during a livestreamed benefit concert put on by Stacey Abrams’ voting rights organization Fair Fight, which also featured appearances from John Legend, Michael Stipe, Common, Earthgang, and more. Check it out below.

RJ Sanchez: Moving forward after that, we said, “If we get Latin American stuff, we’ll do it together.” As time went on, we just kept working in that space and we wanted to expand to other stuff too. It felt like the “Reggaeton” video came out right at that point where people realized that the

With some fantastic releases presented in 2020, Pastel has finished off the year by releasing his latest album Cereal. The album features well-played songs such as ‘Bamboo’ featuring elizatwinkies, and ‘Parx.’ In his latest album, the London-based artist mixes elements of Jazz with prominent guitar riffs and mellow vocals. Sonically, the album is a gift for

Dua Lipa is the latest artist to perform on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Joined by her band and backup vocalists, the pop singer performed four tracks from her latest album Future Nostalgia: ‘Levitating’,’Pretty Please’, ‘Love Again’, and ‘Don’t Start Now’. Check out the stripped-back set below. Future Nostalgia, which came out in March of this