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Lamar’s new song and video “The Heart Part 5” is a precursor to his album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. By Frazier Tharpe May 8, 2022 Kendrick Lamar.Courtesy of YouTube. Kendrick Lamar season has officially begun. The rapper’s long-awaited fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers finally arrives this Friday, and he kickstarted
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Though each album marks a subtle self-reinvention, Sharon Van Etten’s body of work unites around an allegiance to sincerity. Her albums chronicle changing emotional states, with music performing the daunting task of excavating and broadcasting emotional truths. While her musical sensibilities have shifted dramatically across her six albums, this fundamental essence remains unchanged. The evolution
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Chappelle addressed the incident during an impromptu set at The Comedy Store. By Grant Rindner May 6, 2022 Dave Chappelle speaks during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Courtesy of Kevin Mazur via Getty Images. It didn’t take Dave Chappelle
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WVKR is the radio station of Poughkeepsie’s Vassar College. College radio, unencumbered by the dreary homogenization that afflicts most of the radio dial, is a dependable, welcome resource for expansive, interesting music and talk. WVKR’s dedication to eclectic programming is passionate, achieved via a mixture of rotating student DJs and more long-running shows drawn from
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Ellevator is the Hamilton, Ontario-based trio of frontwoman Nabi Sue Bersche, guitarist Tyler Bersche, and bassist/keyboardist Elliott Gwynne. After coming together as teenagers in their hometown of Guelph, the band went through various iterations and experimented with different styles before releasing their debut self-titled EP in 2018. Tomorrow, they’ll follow it up with their first
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NFTs have taken over the world of luxury designer brands, with many bringing out new artworks and even video games in the belief that this medium is the future of the world wide web as we know it. In this piece, we’ll look at five NFT projects made by well-established fashion brands. Chito x Givenchy
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An assailant rushed the stage at Hollywood Bowl but the comedian’s friends, including Jamie Foxx, retaliated, while Chris Rock cracked a joke afterwards. By Grant Rindner May 4, 2022 Dave Chappelle attends the Netflix Is a Joke Opening Night Party at W Hollywood on April 28, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
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“When everything ends/ Can we do it again?” Win Butler sings on the final track of Arcade Fire’s new album, WE. The end-of-the-world sentiment can seem as heavy-handed as it is overly familiar, and you might imagine it as part of an attempt to bring the band’s big comeback record to an excessive, wide-eyed conclusion.
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On her debut album, Yesterday Is Gone, Canadian-Serbian artist Dana Gavanski journeyed through her teenage years growing up in Vancouver as well as her move to Montreal, where she picked up the guitar during her final year of university. It was while spending a summer as her producer father’s assistant on a horror film in
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Wallice has shared a new song, ‘Funeral’, the latest offering from her upcoming EP 90s American Superstar. The single follows previous cuts ‘Little League’ and the title track, and you can give it a listen below. “‘Funeral’ is a spin on the usual emotions and celebrations (or lack thereof) at a funeral– shifting the view
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DIIV are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2012 debut Oshin with an expanded reissue, which is out August 19 via Captured Tracks. The 2xLP set features demos, two live versions (including the previously unreleased track ‘Yuk’), a 24-page retrospective booklet with photos, reflections from the band, and liner notes written by Shaad D’Souza. “Oshin
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tribute to the late musical composer Jonathan Larson premiered on Netflix in late 2021. The film, starring Andrew Garfield, received positive reviews from critics and fans alike, rounding out what has become known as the Andrew Garfield renaissance of 2021. After appearing in The Eyes of Tammy Faye and (spoiler alert) Spider-Man: No Way Home, tick, tick…BOOM!
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