Even when adorned with lavish, grand instrumentation, the raw intensity of Angel Olsen’s voice always remains at the center of her music. She proved as much with last year’s All Mirrors, perhaps her most sonically ambitious effort yet, in which she was accompanied by a 12-piece string section while sticking to her deeply introspective songwriting
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‘Cause we’re going to be here a while… Remember when lockdown started and us office-dwellers thought we’d be back in our cubicles by June? Cut to September and many of us are still working from home for the foreseeable future (and darn lucky to be). About three months in, when I realized that we weren’t
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As we began our annual ranking of the 100 Best Shows on TV Right Now, it was impossible to ignore the fact that there’s never been a “right now” quite like this one. The world is still reeling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 800,000 people. As schools, restaurants, businesses, music venues,
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A North Carolina man is camping in the Uwharrie National Forest when he encounters a small white light and then experiences several whooping sounds and other frightening noises. He later compares it to the Sierra Sounds recording. I found the following recent encounter account: “I have experienced something this week truly phenomenal that I cannot
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Brainchild of the rising Latin band Juliana, John Stewart and his writing partner and bandmate Madeleine Kaye have just released their highly anticipated new single/music video for the soon to be hit song  “Tu Sabor.” Juliana is comprised of singer/songwriter Madeleine Kaye, songwriter/guitarist John Stewart and drums/percussionist Bob Ross. John Stewart is no stranger to
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Brandon Ratcliff just can’t get over an ex in his new song “Sometimes Always Never.” The country up-and-comer gives an energetic performance of the track in a candy-colored studio in the video above, premiering exclusively with The Boot; press play above to watch. Ratcliff finds himself constantly reminded of his former flame, occasionally thinking about
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How seemingly fitting it is to have the box office prospects for a time-travel thriller like Warner Bros.’ Tenet changing in real-time. That’s not to say that opening weekend projections are going in reverse, rather the last minute reopenings of New Jersey, Maryland, and some parts of California are providing the commercial potential for the long-awaited Christopher
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For the Sake of Vicious, a collaboration between Canadian genre-benders Gabriel Carrer (The Demolisher, 2015) and Reese Eveneshen (Defective, 2017), is a brutally violent, riotously entertaining and utterly unpredictable exploration of vigilante justice and social power dynamics – albeit one with an ambiguous message. Our Culture reviews the film here for its selection as part
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Kelsea Ballerini has rerecorded the songs on her March release Kelsea for a new stripped-down album. Ballerini removes the polish and production of the original versions to center the focus on the songwriter’s lyrics and voice. Set for release next week on September 11th, Ballerini arrives with a starkly different recording of her single “Club.”
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