Drake borrowed a jolt of energy from the speedy Brazilian genre known as baile funk on Wednesday when he remixed MC Kevin o Chris’ streaming hit “Ela é do Tipo.” MC Kevin o Chris originally released “Ela é do Tipo” in March. The single’s whiplash-inducing swings from airy to punchy …
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The creators of This Is Spinal Tap have settled a copyright dispute with Universal Music Group over the soundtrack recordings for the 1984 metal mockumentary, Variety reports. According to the settlement, Universal Music Group will continue to distribute Spinal Tap’s music, although “eventually the rights will be given to the …
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Ahead of the November 22nd release of their double album Everyday Life, Coldplay dropped by Studio 8H to perform two songs from their forthcoming LP on Saturday Night Live. To start their set, Chris Martin performed the beginning of “Orphans” backstage at Saturday Night Live in what looked like a …
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Producer Axwell — of Swedish House Mafia and Axwell/Ingrosso — has remixed Halsey‘s recent single “Graveyard.” The new rendition is a high-energy, pumping version of the electro pop song that adds in heavy beats and stirs up Halsey’s vocals. “Graveyard” comes off Halsey’s upcoming new album Manic, which is set …
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Everything about “He Is … I Am” is a risky endeavor. The four-minute song is a two-part concept record about guns; its first half is an introduction to East Atlanta rapper Grip and his formative years growing up with his first firearm, and the second, more daringly, is rapped from …
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In the Trump era, the protest song can be properly angry — see Gary Clark Jr.’s “This Land.” But it can also be quiet and thoughtful, almost mournful, as if the onslaught of troubling news is simply too much to handle. Lana Del Rey’s breathy-folk response to mass shootings, “Looking …
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Earlier this year, Neil Young and Crazy Horse gathered at Studio in the Clouds near Telluride, Colorado, to record their first album since 2012’s Psychedelic Pill. The new lineup of the group had played a handful of theater shows since guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro stepped aside and was replaced by …
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Sabrina Claudio heads to the future in the neo-noir video for her new single “Rumors.” The Zayn-assisted track appears on her album Truth Is, which came out earlier this month. At the beginning of the video, Claudio wanders the streets at night with a group of friends. At one point, …
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At her Thursday night show at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Lana Del Rey brought out more special guests than ever. And while there was no Don Henley, Del Rey did manage to bring out Chris Isaak, who performed his hit song “Wicked Game” in a sparkling black-and-pink nudie suit with …
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Laurie Anderson has landed a year-long residency at Joe’s Pub in New York City after receiving the Public Theater’s 2020 Vanguard Award and Residency prize. Anderson will receive the award at the third annual Vanguard Gala, set to take place February 3rd. The event will feature a night of performances …
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